Contribute/Lifecycle/draft

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Contribution Lifecycle This document seeks to define the process by which a Mozilla team becomes a community contribution area. The process is broken down into phases which, in our experience, communities go through as they develop, and includes milestones and resources for growing and supporting Mozilla communities.

Each phase of the lifecycle is designed to meet the client at their point of need and to provide a framework on which they can build.

In the community building context, an “Activator” is a dedicated community building resource from the team. This person’s work shifts in each phase of the lifecycle.

Pre-Work

In this stage teams are completely unfamiliar with working with contributors, do not understand the value of doing so, and have significant concerns or roadblocks to beginning the process.

Starting

At this stage clients don't have volunteers yet and they are committed in building a community around what they are doing.

Learning and preparing for growth

Clients at this stage have connected with some volunteers and are interested in learning about how to build on what is working and laying the groundwork for scaling.

Scaling

Clients have volunteers involved in their project and they'd like to turn up the dial on participation. Teams in this stage, having a few core contributors and many active contributors, are ready to steward their communities through on-going, significant growth.

Sustaining

At this stage community active and stable and is interested in keeping that momentum growing and retaining key contributors.