Hello CommDev people: Is there precedent at ASF for a community-run MVP program? If not, would anyone like to collaborate on this to help provide guidance to ASF projects? And is CommDev the right place?
In a recent Cassandra Marketing Working Group meeting (1) we discussed the idea of a community-hosted MVP program that adheres to ASF governance. MVP programs reward people who are actively contributing to/promoting a project by designating them as "MVPs" and listing them on community channels (e.g. project website). It's a great way to get people onboarded/involved, recruit committers, and grow awareness for a project. This would also create more opportunities for non-code contributions to a project. MVP would be a non-governing body (2); one would need to re-apply or be nominated annually. Each PMC would have to approve of the MVP program and be part of the MVP Committee to select MVPs each year. For the first year, the committee would include at least one PMC member, 3-5 active contributors that will be selected by the PMC member(s), and a program lead. In subsequent years, the committee would include PMC member(s), previous MVPs, and a program lead. Doc below (3); feedback would be much appreciated. If you can't access it, let me know and I'll find another way to share. Thank you! (1) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/2023-06-07+Meeting (2) https://www-paulau.staged.apache.org/foundation/governance/ (3) https://docs.google.com/document/d/19sExbQFMBvEJPjE_YaZNZAp54I14Ez0sooybqm800qA/edit# -- Melissa Logan (she/her) Member, Apache Software Foundation CEO/Founder, Constantia.io
