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Resource Types: πŸ“˜ Guide  πŸ–₯️ Slide Deckβ€‚β€‚πŸŽžοΈ Videoβ€‚β€‚πŸ§© Quizβ€‚β€‚πŸ§  Practice / Scenario

How contributor communities form, grow, communicate, and sustain participation.

  • πŸ“˜ Communication in Apache Projects - Explains how to use mailing lists, chat, and meetings effectively in Apache communities.

  • πŸ–₯️ Community Building in Practice - Slide deck on building diverse, healthy communities in incubating projects.

  • 🎞️ Community Building in Practice - Video on growing contributors into leaders and sustaining community health.

  • πŸ“˜ Community Governance - Documents governance and process topics that arise in incubation discussions, reflecting what participants question and reinforce in practice.

  • πŸ“˜ Community Proposals - Guidance on the community-related parts of proposals, focusing on how roles, groupings, and community structure are described during Incubator review.

  • πŸ“˜ Incubation Readiness - Captures patterns seen when projects are (and are not) ready to enter incubation, reflecting the kinds of questions raised before moving to a vote.

  • πŸ“˜ Incubator Case Studies - Examples of podling challenges and successes across the Incubator.

  • πŸ“˜ Initial Committer Selection - Explores early committer selection decisions in proposals and early incubation, and how those choices affect long-term governance, balance, and community trust.

  • πŸ“˜ International and Cultural Awareness - Guidance on working respectfully across cultures, languages, and time zones.