During my time running a Java User Group at UCLA, I discovered I had a love for community management. Most of my experience during my career has been in development environments as a release manager, so in a way I was already on the path. There are tons of books on the subject, but I passed them by and relied on my experience with JUGs and LUGs to guide me.
I got a copy of Jono Bacon's Art of Community as soon as it came out since it seemed more in line with my interests in GNU/Linux and open source community management. It was a good read and I took a lot away from that, but then I came across the Open Source Way. As a Red Hat and Fedora devotee I was excited to see another approach to the topic in a more familiar setting.
Where exactly is Open Source Way going? While the topics as they are now aren't quite a broad as Art of Community, it feels like a good template is there for going in that direction. There are many Fedora groups, for instance, that could use that extra bit of push that a Red Hat published community guide could bring - and Red Hat groups as well, I'm sure.
Thought I would express my deep interest in the document as I could use the backing of a solid reference like this as I slowly make a career change toward GNU/Linux and FOSS community management.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Christian Bryant | Los Angeles, CA http://christianabryant.fedorapeople.com/
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