- Lack of awareness about the community program and its benefits.
- Time constraints due to academic commitments and personal responsibilities.
- Lack of incentives such as certificates, recognition, or career development opportunities.
- Ineffective communication and insufficient updates about the program.
- Skill gap and lack of experience and limited understanding of the long-term benefits and impact of participating in open source initiatives.
- Limited collaboration opportunities or preference for team-based projects.
- Perception of open source projects as difficult or intimidating.
- Difficulty in finding suitable projects or issues within the community program.
- Implement a leaderboard or scoring system to showcase and recognize individual contributions, creating a sense of competition and motivation among students.
- Regularly update the leaderboard and publicly acknowledge the top contributors to foster a sense of achievement and friendly competition within the community.
- Conducting the regular community sessions.
- Provide deterministic goodies, such as earphones or headphones, to participants based on their contributions each quarter.
- Consider offering special incentives or rewards for exceptional contributors, such as internship opportunities or PPO.
- Seek feedback from participants to refine the incentive structure and ensure it aligns with their preferences and motivations.
- Establish a campus ambassador program where interested students(can start with 8 C4GT23 Volunteers) can become ambassadors for the community program in their respective colleges or universities.
- Provide ambassadors with the opportunity to conduct sessions, workshops, or awareness campaigns about open source and the community program in their campuses.
- Offer certificates of recognition or appreciation to campus ambassadors for their active involvement and contribution.