Anna Ossowski - Flourishing FLOSS: Making Your Project Successful

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About me...

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Flourishing FLOSS: Making Your Project Successful Anna Ossowski PyCon US 2018 @OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16 Meet *All emojis by emojione.com Grace Ada &

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all@company.com Open Source Funding Program Hi all, We are so excited to announce our new Open source funding program. @OssAnna16 ceo@company.com

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@OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16 Open source code is: ● Publicly accessible ● Reusable (depending on the license) ● Modifiable (depending on the license)

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Open Source Project Code Community Funding Docs Ticket triage Marketing Etc. @OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16

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Give back Give forward @OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16 Engage with people via the means they use to engage with you.

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But no one has ever thanked me... @OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16 happinesspackets.io

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“I’m having trouble installing your software…” @OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16 Step 1: Run this command. Step 2: Magic happening in between. Step 3: The software should work now.

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@OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16 Most people figure it out on their own… The docs make sense to me...

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Ask them to help you improve the docs. @OssAnna16

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But this person is a beginner... @OssAnna16

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Open source projects need contributions from people of all skill levels and expertise. @OssAnna16

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firstpr.me @OssAnna16

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But I don’t have time… And I’m not qualified enough to mentor someone... @OssAnna16

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Pay it forward! Helping someone succeed is the best feeling in the world! @OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16 I’m excited to become a mentor!

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I wish my project had more contributors... @OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16 Give people incentives!

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But I tweet about my project sometimes... @OssAnna16

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Your project needs: ● A website, including a blog ● An active Twitter account ● A mailing list ● People to evangelize @OssAnna16

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But I’m not good at social media... @OssAnna16

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Contributions to Open source don’t have to involve code. Everyone has different talents. @OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16 Write down one individual talent (other than coding), which you can use to contribute to Open source.

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@OssAnna16 Diversity of contributors matters!

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@OssAnna16 I don’t know what tasks to assign to people when they offer to help...

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@OssAnna16 Assign roles. Give people ownership.

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I struggle with ticket triage. I never know which issues are important. @OssAnna16

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Close issues you won’t be working on in the next 6 months. Close bugs as “known limitations” and document them. @OssAnna16

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I don’t do the best job engaging with people... @OssAnna16

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“Came for the language, stayed for the community.” - Brett Cannon @OssAnna16

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My project doesn’t need a Code of Conduct. Everyone is always nice. @OssAnna16

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Your project needs a Code of Conduct. And you need to be willing to enforce it. contributor-covenant.org @OssAnna16

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@OssAnna16 ● Listen to your contributors. Be responsive. ● Offer your financial supporters something valuable in return.

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@OssAnna16 ● Establish good communication systems. ● Thank *all* contributors of your project.

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@OssAnna16 ● Write thorough documentation, including screenshots and gifs. ● Acknowledge all contributions as equally important.

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@OssAnna16 ● Find contributors of all skill levels and expertise. ● Offer mentorship!

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@OssAnna16 ● Provide contribution incentives. ● Work on marketing: Website + blog, active Twitter account, mailing list, evangelism.

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@OssAnna16 ● Recognize the importance of diversity of contributors and talents. ● Give contributors ownership.

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@OssAnna16 ● Learn to say no to bugs and issues you won’t fix in the next 6 months. Document them. ● Nurture your community.