PgPyDay

... And make a more welcoming community

DANCE

PyPGDay 2013

Ines Sombra@Randommood

I work with Databases!

OOPS!

Why beginners matter

❖ Meeting the needs of newcomers helps create new contributors

❖ Invigorate and extend the lifetime of your community

❖ Diversity is a source of strength and resilience

Help people get started

❖ Produce introductory content

❖ People are not ideas

❖ People evolve

Have Advocates

Selena Deckelmann

❖ Invite people to participate and work with you

❖ Find & mentor your replacement

❖ Reach out to other communities

Partner up

❖ Don’t tolerate bullying or harassment

❖ Policies are helpful

Mind Etiquette

Acknowledge ❖ Understand that

every community has implicit rules

❖ You have a choice between enforcing them or help make space for new viewpoints

Build a strong community today to

ensure that there will be a PostgreSQL

tomorrow