Open Source Developer Interview: 05.22.2018 - usds/us-forms-system GitHub Wiki

Conversation with Mozilla Evangelist Team (5/22/18)

Research That's Out There

  • 'Open innovation team' - common archetypes and governance styles
  • 'Open Innovation Blog' - includes a report around enhancing value proposition to your contributors

Events or Programs

  • Mozilla Global Sprint program (twice annually) - next in October?
  • Open Leader Cohort - 14wks, teach you how to recruit and build community around OS projects
  • MozFest

Teams to Talk to

  • Open Science projects - Endangered Data Week
  • Librarians (Fedora, Blacklight) - quote: 'Find the Right Librarians' <3
  • Digital Library Federation

Community

  • Bring in ppl quickly, don't ask them to do anything initially
  • A combination of local and online interactions
  • Local: hack days, meetups
  • Diversity: address exploitation and power concerns by making sure the value prop is clear

Who are our core community?

  • 'Forms geeks'
  • UX people
  • PMs - systems folks