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Contributor program for organizations

Ray Paik requested to merge contributor-program-for-customers into master

Goals

We want to create a program to:

  • Empower and support organizations who are using GitLab, to help them shape it to provide a better service to them.
  • Lower the entry barrier for dedicated individuals or teams who are contributing code to GitLab within those organizations.
  • Leverage the participants' contributions to extend GitLab and to accelerate its development.

Requirements

Participants must:

  1. Have contributed at least one merged MR to GitLab to enter the program.
  2. Be part of an organization1 which endorses their contribution to GitLab as an integral part of their role.
  3. Made at least 10 contributions at the end of each membership year2.

1 Examples of organizations: for-profit company, educational institution Open Source project/foundation.
2 To ensure sustained contributions, the number of merged Merge Requests will be reviewed periodically on a yearly basis.

Benefits

  1. Training content and mentoring
  2. Dedicated support channel via Slack
  3. Organization listing on the program webpage
  4. Badging/certification for individual contributors
  5. GitLab Contribute invitation

Program name suggestions

Program members are experts within their company dedicated to contributing code to GitLab. By adding new features and accelerating GitLab's development cycle, they enable their teams to work more effectively and increase the velocity of their software development.

The Program

  • GitLab Contributing Organizations (GCO)
  • Specialist Contributor Program
  • GitLab Program Office
  • Designated GitLab Contributors
  • Dedicated Contributor Program
  • Permanent Contributor Program

The Members

  • GitLab Specialist
  • GitLab Expert
  • GitLab Maestro
  • GitLab Savant
  • GitLab Champion
  • GitLab Coach
  • GitLab Captain
  • Sponsored Contributors
  • GCO Member

FAQ

How is this program different from the Core Team?

Core Team membership is not tied to any particular organization. It is by invitation-only, based on sustained contribution to GitLab over an extended period and subject to vote by the current Core Team members.

How is this program different from the Code Contributor Program?

This program extends the regular Code Contributor Program to organizations committed to supporting their team members to contribute to GitLab. In comparison, the Code Contributor Program is open to any individuals without any particular requirements other than abiding to the GitLab Code of Conduct (which applies to everyone contributing to GitLab).

Actions

  • Create landing page
  • Work with existing customers to join the first batch of participants and add their logos to the landing page.
Edited by David Planella

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