[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] Thursday PLUG Meeting:

[Michael Dexter]

Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement

Who: VM Brasseur
What: The Biz of Community
Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level)
When: Thursday, January 5th, 2017 at 7pm
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live

While community management and developer relations are gaining 
acceptance, many companies still don't know how these efforts can 
benefit not only the communities of the open source projects on which 
their business relies but also their productivity and profitability.

In this talk, I'll look at community from a business perspective, 
including the effect community can have on an organization's bottom 
line. Although there are communities everywhere, I'll approach the 
topic—meaning, communities, their members, and their contributors—from a 
free/open source perspective.

In this talk I will also cover:

* Business reasons for supporting a community
* Metrics for gauging community management success from the business' 
perspective
* Getting started in community management
* Risks of community management

About VM

In VM (aka Vicky)'s nearly 20 years in the tech industry she has been an 
analyst, programmer, product manager, software engineering manager, 
director of software engineering, and C-level technical business and 
open source strategy consultant. Vicky is the winner of the Perl White 
Camel Award (2014) and the O'Reilly Open Source Award (2016).


Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250471135

Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 1945 NW Quimby St. after the meeting.

Rideshares to the Lucky Lab available

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See you there!

Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer