Inclusive Open Source Maintainership: How to Utilize Good-first-issues to Increase Participation and Retention

Healthy Open Source projects thrive and continue to be productive by attracting and retaining new contributors. This talk will detail practical ways you can make your Open Source project more approach …

Healthy Open Source projects thrive and continue to be productive by attracting and retaining new contributors. This talk will detail practical ways you can make your Open Source project more approachable for newcomers and returning contributors alike by crafting small tasks with high impact.  Rose will discuss what has worked well to attract new contributors to the project she co-maintains and what hasn’t. If you maintain an Open Source project or are invested in any way in the success of an Open Source project, this talk will help you better organize project tasks and evaluate the best practices for your project to make it easier for new contributors to get involved and stay involved.