Evolving thoughts about the Community
The more I discuss this community project with everyone, the more I realize that this is something bigger than simply giving resources to volunteers of Mozilla. It is about empowering, enabling, and developing the community. Chris Beard has some great thoughts about this and he, Asa, and I (and a few others) will be developing these thoughts going forward. It is an important point to articulate because as we scale, we want people inside and outside the community to know what we are about as Mozilla. I’ll start by steering clear of the title “community giving”. It might be a while before we know exactly what this will be called, but we can begin by not referring to this simply as community giving.
Just to be clear, we will not stop doing what we have begun. We’ll continue to look for volunteers who are doing great work and trying to find ways to remove any barriers that they might face in their efforts. But, we want to foster a sense of community, not just by giving back, but by doing more.
[...] Last week, I blogged about how the community program is evolving and that we might work to rename “community giving”. Since then, I have been trying to ask around to see what nouns and adjectives might help define this program. Here are some words I have heard. What do you think? [...]