Post #1589213
2026-04-08 21:45 UTC
Finding volunteers is easy.
Finding volunteer leaders for the community (eg conference organizers, open source maintainers) is hard.
Finding successor to existing volunteer leader is also hard.
My random thoughts of the day.
Replies (2)
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@mariatta@fosstodon.org 2026-04-08 22:38
It is admirable and amazing that the open source community have been relying on voluntary unpaid contributors in critical roles for this long. I wonder how much longer this model will last.
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@benjaoming@social.data.coop 2026-04-08 22:07
@mariatta I think the answer can at times be found in some bigger perspectives: 1. To deconstruct the idea of "managing" volunteers, because that's not something that a volunteer might assume, so actions taken might differ from volunteer needs. 2. To align the bigger mission and attract people with the right motivation and/or understand that motivation better. The world is also pretty cruel.. the circumstances for volunteering are awful compared to 10-20 years ago.