User:Kthiessen/Projects/Community

• Why we need the community
  • Without that relationship, we're just another corp making money off our users (and their searches.)

• Why the community needs us
  • Some (but not all!) features need to be developed at speed.
  • Some corps can't cope with anything but another corp as a partner.

• Why we need to avoid the Geek Social Fallacies
  • Radical Inclusion is a nice idea -- but we need a way to say 'thanks, but no thanks.' Like commenters, bad contributors will drive away good ones.

• Community norms -- why anti-sexism and anti-racism are important in this community
  • If we're going to walk around congratulating ourselves on 'doing good is part of our code,' then we need to walk that walk in addition to talking the talk.
• What the community can offer us
  • The community is not a focus group. It is our sensory system, giving us constant feedback -- pleasure, pain, etc.

• What we can offer the community
  • A good CS degree in the States costs $250K now. We can give better training at a tiny fraction of the price.

• On-ramps!
  • One and Done isn't enough. Talk with Mike Hoye about this.

Also see: Contributor Motivations