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BUILDING OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES

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Today -Creating a community -Growing your membership -Keeping people happy -Doing something awesome

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@kyle_conroy

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My journey building ‘s community

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WHY EVEN BUILD A COMMUNITY?

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THE VISION

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Recreate the episode faithfully (with caveats)

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FINDING A HOME

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Keep it asynchronous (with chat on the side)

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ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS

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Release early (and often)

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Release early (and often)

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Be n00b friendly (seriously)

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$ make run

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-README -CONTRIBUTING -Makefile -LICENSE -CONTRIBUTORS

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-README -CONTRIBUTING -Makefile -LICENSE -CONTRIBUTORS

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Make it stupid simple to contribute

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Clear work items (help wanted)

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Keep a clean house (tidy and neat)

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Do regular house keeping

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Pull Request Zero

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Celebrate your contributors

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MANAGING YOUR PEOPLEBASE

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Have a good time (fun can’t hurt)

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http://www.twitch.tv/derferman/b/333875625

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Be responsive to feedback

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Empower through automation

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The maintainer (anti-bikeshed)

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Code speaks louder than words

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Give the gift of commit access

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More than just code

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THE FUTURE

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-http://projecthawkthorne.com -http:// reddit.com/r/hawkthorne -#hawkthorne on freenode -http:// twitter.com/thebrittabot Thanks!