Alfresco Community Vision & Plan
Jeff Potts Chief Community Officer
Alfresco Community Mission
To increase the value of the Alfresco community for all stakeholders and make it the leading example for all other commercial open source companies to follow.
Increase the size of the pie
Increase the size of the slice
Lots of different slices
Our Community is our Innovation Engine
My Objectives for the Community: 3 E’s
Engage. Enable. Expose.
Engage
Engage community members
• Increase community participation o Quality and frequency
• Increase Alfresco-related community code contributions • Provide a mechanism for direct product
feedback from community
Enable
Enable the community
• Make it easier for the community to make code contributions • Make it easier for end-users to find & install
community-contributed extensions from within the product • Make it easier for newcomers to get
started with Alfresco
Expose
Small things matter
11 ways to contribute to the Community
• Create/respond to a topic in the forums
• Use Alfresco Jira to raise an issue or contribute a patch
• Edit the Alfresco wiki • Post an Alfresco-related
status on a social site • Write a blog post or
article
• Participate in a roundtable or committee
• Conduct a webinar • Attend an event • Give a talk at an event • Publish a screencast/
video • Contribute to/start an
open source project
What motivates the community?
Peace, love, & open source reasons
• You want to be part of something bigger; a movement, a revolution • You want to collaborate with others • You want to be recognized amongst your
peers • You dislike _________ (Microsoft, IBM,
Oracle, proprietary, all of the above) • You like to code or write or create • You want to be part of a community;
sense of belonging
Self-interested reasons
• You want to pick up new skills so you can earn more money • You want to lower the cost of
maintenance of your code/customizations/extensions • You want to build brand/name
recognition • You recognize that a healthy ecosystem
means more projects/revenue for you
Expose the greatness
• Promote individuals making exceptional contributions to the community • Promote community contributions • Alfresco Community Everywhere
Objectives Recap
• Engage community members, regardless of skill set or relationship to Alfresco, to participate more deeply • Enable the community with tools,
resources, and product enhancements that leverage community contributions • Expose the greatness already existing in
the community, both community projects and individuals
What to Expect in 2011 (1 of 2)
• Annual Community Survey (CMPL) • Alfresco support for locally-driven
meetups/hack-a-thons worldwide • Alfresco DevCon 2011 • Catalog of Alfresco add-ons with ratings,
comments, ACCP • Forum points contest • Contributor of the Month/Year
What to Expect in 2011 (2 of 2)
• Community Advisory Board • More examples of Share customization • Alfresco.org tweaks
Upcoming events
• Dashlet Challenge now through end of August • Tech Talk Live: Alfresco CMIS
o August 3, 11:00 Eastern o First Wednesday of every month
• DevCon 2011 Americas Nov 2 & 3 • DevCon 2011 EMEA Nov 9 & 10 • Join us at these sponsored events:
o JavaONE San Francisco, Oct 2 - 6 o Devoxx Antwerp, Nov 14 - 18
Community Driven Meetups
• Grab some people and a place and meet! o Doesn’t have to be fancy o Can be technical, end-user, or both o Start small and grow
• Atlanta, Washington DC, Milan, Rome have met • Colorado Springs in August • Johannesburg in September • Madrid in October
Getting involved in an Alfresco meetup
• Existing meetups looking for people o http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Local_Communities
• People looking for meetups o http://www.meetup.com/alfresco
Email: [email protected] Twitter: @jeffpotts01 Blog: http://ecmarchitect.com
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