Alfresco Community

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

Spain Respondents Only

Spain Respondents Only

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

Spain Respondents Only

Spain Respondents Only

Spain Respondents Only

Spain Respondents Only

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 •  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

•  Tech Talk Live: Share Extras o  6 July, 17:00 CET o  First Wednesday of every month

•  Dashlet Challenge starts 29 June •  Alfresco meetups in Spain

o  http://www.meetup.com/alfresco o  http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Local_Communities o  Any volunteers???

•  DevCon Europe 2011 in November

Email: jpotts@alfresco.com Twitter: @jeffpotts01 Blog: http://ecmarchitect.com