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... and how can we get more #OpenTech users to become contributors?

a lot of communities are assessing their "barrier to entry"--from tools, to docs, and so on. Lowering the barrier to entry with easy to access docs, tools, and welcoming help from the current community are some of those keys.

Looking at not only corporate entities but also academia + user groups + partnerships w/different developer ecosystems can foster broader range of contributors (vs droids) ;)

open communities are pushed forward by Jedis who raise above their employee/ personal affinities towards common goals. Need to encourage and enable them

@estesp +1 on docs -> key to on boarding new users/contributors

Communication, communication, communication. It's easy for newbies to get lost in the millions of "things" that go on in open source communities. Great documentation and communication are key.

Make sure that a diverse AND inclusive community is a focus.

guidelines around diversity and codes of conduct, and actually enforcing them, definitely encourage broader engagement

@estesp completely agree, I call it the hello world problem if you can't use the tech in 15 minutes people will walk away

IMO #opentech users _are_ contributors - the very fact that they use #opentech improves or contributes to its quality

+1 on clear and concise communication @skpodila

Ensuring that everyone has a voice in the community.

@estesp can't agree more on lowering the entry barrier.

Usability from DX to UX (developer & user experience) is critical as well.

as far as documentation, I think rewarding and recognizing document updaters is important to not only onboarding new contributors but also new end users

@duncanjw totally agree. In fact, successful #opentech communities are those that get contributions back from users

As they say with relationships - establishing one is much easier than maintaining it, communities must focus on on not only lowering the entry barrier but also on keeping the level of commitment (and engagement) high.

there are less than 10% women in open source - #girslwhocode communities help https://wp.me/p6tTze...

@duncanjw for sure, and even better if they close the feedback loop to the dev/docs/etc. teams in the community.

@ab415 And to add to that a friendly platform for that voice, whether it be online or in-person

we also need to recognize the limitations of the users in terms of time/ sources to contribute back. Helping them/ representing them do will be a big win.

We've already called out @hyperledger and this is the fastest growing #opentech community that I am aware of < standing by to be corrected :)

@cloudfoundry , of course!

Linux Foundation, OpenStack, CloudFoundry are some that come to mind.

OpenCompute will be increasingly critical

I have to mention @the_jsf. We support the innovation layer on top of the more stable platforms in the JavaScript ecosystem

OpenAI is on my radar, but it's a different type of community.

the OCI (Open Container Initiative) and CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) are both LF collaboration projects that have broad membership, but could use more broad contribution (beyond major players).

@node.js doubles in size each year. 7.5 million users and billions on package downloads each months from npm

@estesp and consumers... alignment will be key for those 2 projects

#OpenStack, #CloudFoundry, #Linux, #Kubernetes are more popular. #CNCF is picking up.

Join us tonight in Manhattan JanusGraph Meetup https://www.meetup.c...

outside of technology there are great educational #opentech communities like @freecodecamp teaching people to code using non profit projects and @operation_code teaching military vets to code and matching them with mentors

@duncanjw fastest growing may be questionable :). I'd say one of the fastest growing.

@ODPiorg have some great special interest groups (data science, spark, governance etc). Do join

@sriramhere that's because #CNCF is just getting started ;-> *cracks knuckles*

@sumalaika yes, open data/ open gov. Hopefully they continue the momentum they had before Nov 2016

@estesp +1 on #CNCF and #OCI are ones to watch with a strong cadre of new projects landing soon. Watch that space

@tmmoore_1 hot topic is where will containerd land - this is the $64k question https://thenewstack....

@duncanjw :)

@skpodila i think people primarily think CNCF = Kubernetes. Will change soon.

OpenWisk

@sriramhere yup; lot more to CNCF than k8s

... or if we can't continue this pace, why not?

yes ;)

I think this pace will only increase, as more innovation is driven from #opentech.

it is relentless and the challenge is tracking everything which is where open governance is key as is an open mind

I see the way forward for most innovative products is going to be to "build in the open." It's faster, enables developer diversity & stronger mindshare in the open.

but to expand on that ... i would again go back to increased collaboration among organizations in neutral forums will provide the support structure to continue this pace

Engage enterprise employees via bug scrub hackathons and open tech internal hackathons

Pace of innovation dramatically increases when you look at things like Min Viable Product & Open Source as new ways to create products

I agree with @ab415 innovation builds on innovation and as resources are tight building on open tech makes too much financial sense

agree that pace can increase. The availability and access to the needed tools, the comfort level that the major & historic players (LF, Apache, OpenStack, etc.) have brought to open source and "open everything" in general all play a role.

it's not only going to continue, it's going to disrupt more things than we had imagined

@lcooney building in the open from inception is hard to achieve but a great goal

Engage more women in open source #girswhocode

@sriramhere And the MO is - disrupt or be disrupted ;)

As #opentech explodes it will be key to have foundations and others curate the tech. Today it is difficult to find and locate the best tools for the job.

open space the final frontier perhaps

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