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| #The Open Organization Ambassadors Program | ||
| # The Open Organization Ambassadors Program at Opensource.com | ||
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| ## Purpose | ||
| ## Our Vision | ||
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| The Open Organization Ambassadors Program identifies and spotlights management thought-leaders and members of the Opensource.com community who are exceptionally engaged in discussions regarding the management and leadership philosophy Jim Whitehurst outlines in his book, The Open Organization. Participants can use Opensource.com to discuss and evangelize open management and leadership practices. | ||
| We are the Open Organization Ambassadors, a group of Opensource.com community members dedicated to teaching others about the ways open source principles can enhance (and ultimately reshape) organizational cultures. | ||
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| Ambassadors will form a community of like-minded thinkers and practitioners who explore ways open source principles apply to (and ultimately reshape) management and leadership practices. | ||
| We write about, discuss, and evangelize organizational cultures predicated on transparency, adaptability, collaboration, inclusivity, and community. | ||
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| Together, the ambassador community will explore, extend, and move toward a second edition of The Open Organization, one written by the community, collaboratively, the open source way. | ||
| Selection/Candidacy | ||
| ## Our Commitments | ||
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| Led by community manager Jason Hibbets, the Open Organization team at Opensource.com will invite particularly engaged community members, thought-leaders, and practitioners to join the program. Contributors, authors, readers, and mailing list participants may also apply for candidacy by contacting the Opensource.com staff. | ||
| We're committed to: | ||
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| The program seeks individuals who are: | ||
| * **Learning.** We're researching the ways open source values so we can better understand how they are influencing today's innovative organizational cultures, and we're always refining the "open organization" concept, differentiating or distinguishing it from seemingly similar approaches to management and leadership. | ||
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| * Leaders: standout community members making notable contributions on Opensource.com | ||
| * Practitioners: community members enacting open organizational principles in their respective organizations | ||
| * Evangelists: high-profile contributors who have garnered reputations as open organizational thought leaders | ||
| * **Helping.** We're a trusted resource for anyone interested in leveraging the power of open principles to improve their organizations. | ||
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| * **Translating.** We explain community-specific vocabularies to general audiences seeking to understand the benefits of an open approach to management and leadership. | ||
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| * **Engaging.** We draw others into productive dialogues and exploratory activities that illuminate the benefits of applying open thinking to organizational contexts. | ||
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| ## Our Methods | ||
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| We do all this by: | ||
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| * Publishing informative and exploratory articles on the nature of openness in contemporary organizations | ||
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| * Speaking at industry and community-focused events | ||
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| * Connecting with and interviewing innovative leaders, managers, and practitioners innovating in an open manner | ||
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| * Maintaining a repository of high-quality, immediately accessible, and vetted resources anyone can use to implement open principles in their teams or organizations | ||
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| ## Our Members | ||
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| To discuss your participation in the ambassador community, just contact the [Opensource.com staff](https://opensource.com/contact) or and [open organization ambassador](https://github.com/open-organization-ambassadors/). Of course, current members can—and do—nominate potential participants. | ||
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| Our community consists of members from a wide variety of backgrounds—people from any number of different of domains who possess varying levels of experience and technical proficiencies. Successful ambassadors need simply: | ||
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| * Consider themselves champions of [open values and principles](https://opensource.com/open-organization/resources/open-org-definition), | ||
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| * Care about the ways those values can help create better organizational experiences for everyone, and | ||
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| * Enjoy working productively with others who feel the same way. | ||
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| Community members join the group through their participation Opensource.com, where they perform one of three common roles: | ||
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| * Supporter | ||
| * Contributor | ||
| * Ambassador | ||
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| ## Membership Benefits | ||
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| Members of the program receive the following benefits: | ||
| Members of the program receive the following benefits. | ||
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| ### Supporter | ||
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| Supporters receive: | ||
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| * Opportunities to speak with author and Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst | ||
| * Opportunities to influence future editions of The Open Organization | ||
| * Five complimentary copies of The Open Organization (as well as stickers) to distribute to their professional networks | ||
| * Opportunities to meet, interview, and interact with open source and open organization thought-leaders, advocates, and activists | ||
| * Access to the ambassador community via electronic networks (mailing lists, social media groups, etc.) | ||
| * Opportunities to network and engage with other ambassadors (in-person meetings, etc.) and to expand their professional networks | ||
| * Advance notice of story ideas/writing opportunities | ||
| * Access to a global publishing platform and distribution system | ||
| * Priority assistance from the Opensource.com editorial team | ||
| * Designation as an ambassador on Opensource.com | ||
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| Optional perks include: | ||
| * Advance notice of story ideas/writing opportunities | ||
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| * Access to Opensource.com's global publishing platform and content distribution system | ||
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| ### Contributor | ||
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| Contributors receive all benefits supporters do, as well as: | ||
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| * Invitation to ambassador meetings and calls (attendance is optional) | ||
| * Invitation to an annual in-person ambassador meeting | ||
| * Invitation to attend annual All Things Open conference held in Raleigh, NC in October | ||
| * Access to community networks (such as mailing lists and discussion forums) | ||
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| * Opportunities to influence the direction of community-produced resources | ||
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| * Opportunities to meet, interview, and interact with open source and open organization thought-leaders, advocates, and activists | ||
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| ### Ambassador | ||
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| Ambassadors receive all benefits supporters and contributors do, as well as: | ||
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| * Complimentary copies of The Open Organization and associated companion volumes to distribute to their professional networks | ||
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| * Invitation to monthly online ambassador meetings and annual in-person ambassador meetings | ||
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| * Access to an ambassadors-only electronic mailing list | ||
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| * Write privileges in ambassador community GitHub repositories | ||
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| * Opportunities to network and engage with other ambassadors (in-person meetings, etc.) and to extend their professional connections | ||
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| * Special designation as an ambassador on Opensource.com | ||
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| ## Membership Responsibilities | ||
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| The program requires members to: | ||
| ### Supporter | ||
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| Supporters will: | ||
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| * Provide Opensource.com with one article per month. Ambassadors can write original pieces or curate articles from writers in their respective professional networks; articles will cover pre-approved topics related to the management and leadership philosophy in The Open Organization. | ||
| * Regularly promote open organization-themed content via social media outlets and other open source news, leadership, and management syndication venues (news aggregators such as Reddit, Hacker News, etc.) | ||
| * Assist in leading the Open Organization reading group and other management-related and leadership-related discussions | ||
| * Distribute copies of The Open Organization at pre-approved, high-profile events or to strategic people in their professional networks | ||
| * Regularly promote open organization-themed stories and materials via social media outlets and other open source news, leadership, and management syndication venues (news aggregators such as LinkedIn, Reddit, Hacker News, etc.) | ||
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| * Connect potential authors and other interested/engaged parties with the open organization community | ||
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| ### Contributor | ||
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| Contributors will undertake the same responsibilities as supporters, as well as: | ||
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| * Provide original articles for publication on Opensource.com, typically one every two months | ||
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| * Assist with and participate in community activities and events, such Twitter chats and book clubs | ||
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| ### Ambassador | ||
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| Ambassadors will undertake the same responsibilities as supporters and contributors, as well as: | ||
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| * Provide original articles for publication on Opensource.com, typically one every month (additionally, ambassadors can curate articles from writers in their respective professional networks for publication) | ||
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| * Contribute to community-generated materials and resources, such as printed companion volumes and other downloadable materials | ||
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| * Attend optional monthly community meetings | ||
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| * Attend optional in-person meetings and working sessions | ||
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| ## Membership Duration | ||
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| Ambassadors will serve a one-year minimum commitment. At the end of a term, ambassadors will discuss plans to renew or complete their commitments. | ||
| Supporters and contributors may remain in the program as long as doing so remains mutually beneficial for both participants and community. | ||
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| Ambassadors serve one-year minimum commitments. At the conclusion of their respective terms, ambassadors will discuss plans to renew or complete their commitments. |