Community Building with Mentoring:
What makes people crazy happy to work on an open source project?
@YesCT
Cathy Theys
Cheppers, Gittip
Scale
Who is a possible new participant?
How can the community help people become participants?
every new person
inclusive
experienced contributors do promoting
Outreach
Repeat information
Repeat opportunities
announce opportunities to participate
How do we get a participant to return?
welcome
match tasks
ensure success
What do mentors do?
Answer questions they don’t know the answer to
In public
Where do mentors come from?
Engage new contributors and experienced contributors
Support mentors
Empower mentors
Sprints
Mentors at Sprints
Where do mentors come from?
Sprint Preparation
Live recognition of new Participants
Mentor recognition
Long-term recognition
Benefits
It's the people, people
Resources
yesct.net/warsaw
drupal.org/core-mentoring
drupalmentoring.org/mentor-instructions
drupal.org/new-contributors
Action
Sneak in announcing an oppurtunity to contribute
Expose your reasoning
Give feedback please
@YesCT
Questions?