On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:39:12AM -0400, Matthew Jadud wrote: > Hi all, > > http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=286958 > > Is anyone here familiar with this text? If so, what do you think?
Haven't heard about that one, and I'd be interested to hear more if anyone does read or know about it. > If > not, this is my (possible) need: I'd like a text that captures what it > means to take part in/take a "leadership role" in an open source > community. Is there one that explores what it means to be a > participant-leader? Or, even, a good text that just explores open > collaborative communities strictly in terms of dynamics, not mechanics > (eg. SVN usage, etc.)? There does seem to be a lack here. For example, 'Community Leadership Summit' was held for the first time last year and has generated a large amount of interest partially because it is filling a need otherwise dormant - it's a community of practice around community leadership. (There was a CLS West regional event in January, and another CLS @OSCON this year.) Jono Bacon is a founder, and people refer to his Art of Community as a reference, but I don't thin it's what you are looking for ... We talk about some of the principles around open source leadership in 'The Open Source Way' but not to any depth. https://www.theopensourceway.org/wiki/How_to_loosely_organize_a_community#Ongoing_soil_support_principles_or_.27Get_out_of_the_way.27 https://www.theopensourceway.org/wiki/Stuff_everyone_knows_and_forgets_anyway Heck, the entire book is targeted at community leaders ... - Karsten -- name: Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Community Gardener team: Red Hat Community Architecture uri: http://TheOpenSourceWay.org/wiki gpg: AD0E0C41
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