I’m about to share some insights into how to build a successful open source community. Actually, a bit more than that - also how to tap into, and coordinate the expertise of seventy-odd world leading developers, packagers, technical writers, project managers, marketers, translators and educators. And have all these people volunteer their time for free.

Read Cameron's full blog post: Memoirs of a Cat Herder - Coordinating OSGeo-Live volunteers.

Cameron Shorter is Geospatial Solutions Manager at http://lisasoft.com. He's contactable at cameron.shorter AT lisasoft DOT com.