Any FOSS project will encounter (and have to overcome if it wants to keep growing) the three key challenges: 1. Proper integration of newcomers 2. Maintaining vision and values 3. Keeping an open ear for the users Yes, there will be many exciting technical problems, but the key growth factors are people related. In FOSS, everything revolves around the contributors, and it all comes down to the community to attract, integrate and support. As FOSS communities, we need to acknowledge this and work on setting up a culture that will enable us to thrive. Let's talk about this! Given as a keynote at PgConfEU2015

1. More than just code
The bigger picture

2. BELONGING

3. Project A Project B

4. COMMUNITY

5. “You see, Open Source is all about the people. Really, on
almost any project you would want to be a part of, the code
comes second. People are what distinguish a project that is a
joy to work on from one that is a chore; people are what
make the difference between a project that is flourishing and
one that languishes in the bitbucket. Sure, you will only stay
up all night coding on a project if it is solving a problem you
think is important; but unless you have people with whom you
can collaborate, discuss, design, and develop, you are
probably going to lose interest or get stuck before too long.”
Nóoirín Plunkett

6. Proper integration of newcomers
Maintaining vision and values
Keeping an open ear for the users

7. Why should I care?

8. Beginner bugs
Communication channels
Core reviews

9. Conferences
Mentorship programs
Diversity! (of contributions)

10. The equal give and take...

11. Excellence of code
Transparency
Culture <3 Processes

12. “Our results show that the level of politeness in the
communication process among developers does have an effect
on the time required to fix issues and, in the majority of the
analysed projects, it has a positive correlation with the
attractiveness of the project to both active and potential
developers.”
Would you mind fixing this issue? An Empirical Analysis of Politeness and Attractiveness in
Software Developed Using Agile Boards. May 2015.

13. LISTEN

14. KEEP AN OPEN EAR FOR THE USERS

15. “Coming together is a beginning,
keeping together is progress,
working together is success.”
Henry Ford

16. Thanks!
@tatanasoska
tamara.atanasoska@ableton.com