Values

• John - Wikimedia
• Michelle - Mozilla
• Claudia - KDE
• Charlie - friend of Mozilla
• Siebrand - translatewiki.net

For participants

• Hard to define the value proposition. Easy for organisers, but we need to focus on the value for

the participant.

• Community summit - I love meeting my friends whom I work with every day in real life.
• Better understanding of the person on the other side of the line. Interfacing, improving relationships.
• Getting context.
• Reality check/Feedback on ideas or concepts in more understandable and sane ways.
• Group thinking (?)
• Learn, find out, get informed, get choice.

Summary

• Getting a reality check on ideas and concepts
• Fulfill the need for belonging and having and deepening social real-life relationships
• Get information on familiar and unfamiliar topics

For organisation

• Community summit - Results in code, decisions, strengthened community, outreach leading to new community.
• KDE has newbie quota for sprints.
• Growth of the contributor base, knowledge transfer, continuity of community.
• Community binding/bonding.
• Providing context and gathering feedback.

Summary

• Acceleration of loads of stuff
• Outreach kills groups thinking
• Boosting community health

Materials

• Mentorship programme for event organising
• Guidelines for event organising
• 10 steps to organising an event that sucks
• outreach toolbox
  • best practice examples
  • don'ts
  • checklists