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 maintain a positive culture of inclusiveness and openness that is reflected at all levels
4. To actively monitor diversity inclusivity within the ASF and if necessary apply strategies to encourage and attract any under-represented groups
5. To educate projects on the Apache Way so they can more richly experience the organisation they are part of
6. Strengthen the bonds between projects themselves and the larger Foundation
7. Any more ?????

How can we achieve these outcomes?

1. Reach out and attract new contributors

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

2. 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!)
   1. Have a Code of Conduct
   2. Ensure the code of conduct is enforced
   1. Ensure the contributors know they are contributing to a legal organisation with defined standards and governance
   2. Apache Licence
   3. Promote ASF Standards and Governance Model
   4. Make communities welcoming and inclusive
   5. Respond to questions from newcomers as well as existing members
   6. Acknowledge contributions (IMPORTANT!)
   7. Remove the distinction between code and non code related contributions (they are equal)
   8. Make it easier for newcomers to contribute
   9. Use polite and neutral language
   10. Celebrate achievements
   11. Promote collaboration
   1. Collaborative discussion and decision making (Mailing list)
   2. Collaborative development (Wiki, Jira, Chat,?)
   3. Build relationships (Chat, Meetups - virtual or real)
   4. Other tools

1. Maintain a positive culture of inclusiveness and openness

   1. Have clear and understandable policies and guidelines

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1. 2. Ensure that contributors and projects fully understand the

2. Monitor Inclusiveness

   1. Survey contributors and projects
   2. Use and develop tools that can help monitor inclusiveness
   3. Work with contributors and committers to collect additional information

3. Educate projects on the Apache Way

   1. Ensure that clear and simple documentation exists outlining what the Apache Way is and how it works
   2. Make sure that contributors and projects are aware of where to find and how to use it
   3. Setup mentoring? and or guidance for contributors or projects needing help
   4. Identify projects that appear to be operating outside the Apache Way and gently, kindly lead them back to the light (Could this be linked to mentoring point above?)

4. Strenghten the links between projects and also the larger Foundation

   1. Ensure that projects are informed about what is happening across the Foundation

   2. Identify projects that cover similar domains and promote cross collaboration

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