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TAG Contributor Strategy is responsible for contributor experience,
sustainability, governance, and openness guidance to help CNCF community groups
and projects with their own contributor strategies for a healthy project.
We are a CNCF Special Interest Group that advises the Technical Oversight
Committee and CNCF projects on strategies related to building, scaling, and
retaining contributor communities, including governance, communications,
operations, and tools. We want to help grow flourishing, sustainable communities
with smooth journeys throughout their CNCF project lifecycle.
[Read our Charter](/about/charter/)
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The mission of CNCF TAG Contributor Strategy is to collaborate on strategies
related to building, scaling, and retaining contributor communities, including
(people) governance, communications, operations, and tools.
We want to help grow flourishing, sustainable communities with smooth journeys
throughout their CNCF
project lifecycle.
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Host a maintainers circle omprised of those interested in growing their projects
and joining fellow maintainers in related cross project discussions.
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Create informational and training resources including guides, tutorials and
templates of best practices, trade-offs, strategies, building and participating
in scalable contributor communities.
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Assist the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee with assessments and due diligence
of prospective new projects by developing community graduation criteria check
points for rolling feedback and guidance.
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Provide guidance to end users on how to engage with contributors and vice
versa.
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Looking to improve your project's governance model? We've got you covered!
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Need more contributors? Maybe a few good maintainers? We can help you
sustainably grow your contributor base, and provide tips for doing so without
burning out.
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Want to help new contributors get started? We participate in and run several mentorship programs!
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Connect with other maintainers, share best practices, commiserate and grow.
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View our
calendar to see when we meet next.
Meeting minutes and agenda
Meeting Link
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Keep up-to-date on new templates, advisory guides, and what we are planning
next.
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[#tag-contributor-strategy](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/CT6CWS1JN) on [CNCF Slack](https://slack.cncf.io)
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Dawn Foster (@geekygirldawn), VMware
Josh Berkus (@jberkus), Red Hat
Catherine Paganini (@CathPag), Buoyant
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