Resources

A New Era in Python Governance

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

A PyCon talk detailing the 2018 Python governance transition.

Open Source Design

A community to support design work in open source.

CommunityRule

Nathan Schneider and Drew Hornbein

a website containing templates of various governance structures and a simple interface for writing out your own governance structure.

Open Source Governance Survey (PEP 8002)

Barry Warsaw, Łukasz Langa, Antoine Pitrou, Doug Hellmann & Carol Willing

A detailed overview of open source governance structures put together by Python leaders during their governance transition.

FOSS Governance Collection

VM Brasseur

An indexed collection of governance documents from Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects.

Open Source Needs Assessment

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

An exercise to help you identify what you need out of your open source experiences.

Context-Building Tasks

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

A guide to finding tasks for contributors to help them grow their understanding of the project.

Basic User and New Contributor Testing

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

'SpinachCons' are simple, short events that help software projects do basic user and new contributor testing.

Governance Questionnaire

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

Learn who already holds power, whether formal or informal, in your community.

Visibility Spectrum Exercise

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

An exercise to help your project understand what skills and needs you're overlooking.

FRAME-ing First Tasks

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

A guide to finding tasks for new contributors that don't require deep knowledege of the project.

How to Run a Whole Community Sprint

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

A how-to guide for running a whole community sprint.

Psychological Safety: An Exercise

Shauna Gordon-McKeon and Nick Murphy

An exercise for understanding and cultivating psychological safety.

Deciding How to Decide

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

When transitioning to a new governance structure, there are three main questions you have to answer: who will decide, how they'll decide, and when...

Six Ways to Onboard New Contributors

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

Onboarding new contributors is hard. Here are six different approaches to welcoming newcomers to your project.

Smoke Signals: How to Tell If You're Burning Out in Open Source

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

While maintaining an open source project can be fun and fulfilling, it can also be very draining. Here are some common signs of burnout in open...

"It all goes back to what's best for the community": An interview with Python's Carol Willing

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

Carol Willing was a crucial part of Python's governance transition from a BDFL model to a Steering Council. She served on the first Steering...