C4GT Community Program

What is the Community Program?

• Community Program is focussed on building a long-term C4GT community
• By enabling DPG organizations to list their DPG-related problem statements
• And, access a wide community of contributors who can solve these problem statements

The need for a community program

• DPG Adoption: Long-term contributors will promote DPGs, expanding their reach and impact.
• DPG Sustainability: Contributors can share the maintenance burden, driving long-term DPG support.
• Innovation: Contributors bring fresh ideas and collaboration for innovative solutions.
• Funding: Need to identify and have new models of funding for DPGs.
• Talent Pipeline: With long-term engagement, contributors will be a great pipeline for DPG orgs.
• C4GT Community: Contributors can start driving community engagement themselves.

What are the timelines & goals of the Community Program?

• Community Program will not have a timeline or end date as compared to DMP.
• It will be a running program to enable the goal of building a community.
• The goal of the Community Program is to build a community of 25000+ open-source contributors in the DPG ecosystem over the next 3 years.

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How will this program work?

• Organisations will contribute an array tickets across domains & skills to the C4GT Program
• Contributors will be able to discover a myriad of projects by different organisations and hone their skills by solving them.
• Contributors will receive points on the basis of tickets solved & with respect to engagement on the Discord & GitHub Repos.
• Contributors will get the opportunity to earn monetary and non-monetary incentives via points & tickets solved by them.

Why should you participate as an organisation?

• High ROI - Minimise effort & leverage the C4GT community for quality contributions.
• Community-Led Effort - Ensure sustainability & adoption with access to long-term contributors.
• Innovate - Conduct PoCs, new feature development & more through the community.
• Identify Talent - Create a talent pipeline through active contributors.
• DPG Visibility: Higher DPG visibility with a DPG Readiness Framework.
• Engage with Adopters - Connect with potential adopters who are a part of the community.

Why should you participate as a contributor?

• Professional Opportunity - Get PPI/PPO by working with DPG organisations through good quality PRs
• Develop Skills - Build technical skills by contributing to complex projects & build a portfolio
• Monetary Benefits - Earn money through good quality & high-volume contributions
• Accumulate Points - Get certificates, Badges, C4GT goodie, bragging rights & community privileges