General

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Community Development Strategy

What is the overall goal? / Possible Mission Statement from Original project charter

"To

make the ASF a culturally diverse and socially representative open source community

co-ordinate Community Development efforts and help people become involved with Apache projects"

What outcomes do we want?

1. To increase community inclusivity (use of inclusivity as incorporates diversity too...) by attracting and welcoming all contributors including those from to the ASF (Note do we need to explicitly specify a focus on under-represented groups to the ASF? or is it enough to encompass all groups and any work in this area will fall under this outcome?)
2. To maintain retain inclusivity To retain diversity by maintaining a healthy, positive and socially dynamic environment where all groups feel safe, welcome and appreciated
3. To actively monitor diversity inclusivity within the ASF and if necessary apply strategies to encourage and attract any under-represented groups
4. To educate projects on the Apache Way so they can more richly experience the organisation they are part of
5. Strengthen the bonds between projects themselves and the larger Foundation
6. ?????

How can we achieve these outcomes?

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Reach out and attract new contributors

1. Go to where our potential new contributors are
3. Outreachy
4. Hackbright Academy
5. Google Summer of Code
6. Women in Big Data
7. Others ??
Use Events and Meetups to attract new contributors
8. Apachecon
Apache Big Data
9. FOSDEM
10. Project Meetups
11. Grace Hopper ?
12. Project Meetups?
13. Other Events Apache represented at?
14. Promote and talk about Apache and its culture through Social Media, Blogging,
15. ASF Weekly News
16. ASF Twitter
17. ASF & Project Blogs
Articles for external magazines eg Open Source Way, Others
18. Other people blogging / talking about the ASF or any of its projects and their experience of it
Wikipedia ? - people use it a lot - what does the ASF or projects entries look like?
19. Marketing material (leaflets, stickers, swag..)
20. ASF information leaflets
21. ASF & Project Stickers
Small branded marketing gifts / giveaways (pen, keyring etc)

Ensure that people that join Apache communities enjoy what they do and feel safe and appreciated

1. Make existing contributors and all new contributors feel safe (IMPORTANT!)
3. Have a Code of Conduct
Ensure the code of conduct is enforcedEnsure the contributors know they are contributing to a legal organisation with defined standards and governance
4. Apache Licence
Promote ASF Standards and Governance Model
5. Make communities welcoming and inclusive
6. Respond to questions from newcomers as well as existing members
7. Acknowledge contributions (IMPORTANT!)
8. Remove the distinction between code and non code related contributions (they are equal)
9. Make it easier for newcomers to contribute
Use polite and neutral language
10. Celebrate achievements
11. Promote collaboration
    
12. Collaborative discussion and decision making (Mailing list)
Collaborative development (Wiki, Jira, Chat,?)

13. Build relationships (Chat, Meetups - virtual or real)
14. Other tools

Maintain a positive culture of inclusiveness and openness

Have clear and understandable policies and guidelines

Monitor

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Inclusiveness

Educate projects on the Apache Way

Strengthen the links between projects and also the larger Foundation