Why Impact Matters

Stewardship at FOSSHive is about measurable outcomes for the community, clients, and the commons. We make results visible, auditable, and portable … so stewards gain reputation they can take anywhere in the FOSS H ecosystem.

What We Measure (Impact Pillars)

Community Health … new contributors onboarded, retention after 90/180 days, PR time-to-merge, CoC incident resolution.
Delivery & Quality … release predictability, issue aging, test coverage, MTTR/uptime (for hosted services).
Knowledge & Education … docs freshness, tutorial completion, certification pass-rates, talk/workshop reach.
Governance & Openness … RFC throughput, decision-log completeness, licensing compliance, SBOM accuracy.
Client & Social Value … placements in FOSS H-practicing orgs, reuse of outputs (stars/forks/downloads), case-study impact.

Default review cadence: quarterly (OKRs) with a lightweight monthly check-in.

The Steward Impact Score (SIS)

A transparent, role-aware score summarizing contributions per quarter:

SIS = 0.25*Community + 0.25*Delivery + 0.20*Knowledge + 0.15*Governance + 0.15*Client

Each pillar = 0–100, normalized from tracked KPIs.
We publish the weighting file and KPI mappings in a public repo; proposals to change them go through RFC.

Dashboards & Proof

Public dashboards (Metabase/Superset) show pillar KPIs per team and steward.
Decision logs link commits, issues, RFCs, and releases to outcomes.
Verification: automated checks (CI, SBOM, test reports) + periodic peer review.

Recognition Ladder

Badges are open, verifiable credentials (Open Badges format).

Contributor … completed starter issues; code/docs merged.
Steward (Role) … 2+ months of role outcomes; SIS ≥ 60.
Senior Steward … 2+ consecutive quarters SIS ≥ 70; mentors ≥ 2 new stewards.
Principal Steward … cross-project leadership; authored accepted RFCs; SIS ≥ 80.
Community Fellow … sustained multi-year impact; nominated by peers; external community influence.

Badges include: issuer, criteria, evidence links, and expiry/renewal rules.

Non-Equity Rewards

Featured Steward Stories on site/newsletter.
Conference support (CFP coaching, travel micro-grants).
Learning credits for courses/certs.
Micro-bounties tied to public issues.
Stewardship retreats and facilitation training.

Equity-Adjacent Opportunities (Optional)

Eligibility for Partner track and C-shares after ≥2 successful quarters as Steward (SIS ≥ 70, no CoC violations, license compliance clean).
Clear vesting and conflict-of-interest policy published in the governance repo.

How Recognition Is Granted

Propose impact evidence via quarterly PR to the Steward Registry (YAML + links).
Peer review by two stewards from another team.
Automated checks validate metrics; mismatches trigger a revision request.
Merge & badge issue; dashboard updates within 24h.

Appeals: open issue → governance steward triage → public decision.

Case Studies (What “Good” Looks Like)

Onboarding Breakthrough: Reduced PR time-to-merge from 5.2 → 2.1 days; 3-month retention +28%.
Reliability Win: MTTR down 40%, SLO met 99.9% across quarter.
Knowledge Lift: New docs IA + tutorials → certification pass-rate +35%.
Governance Clarity: ADRs + license review cut integration delays by 50%.

(We publish anonymized, data-backed write-ups with linked evidence.)

Ethics, Credit & Privacy

Attribution first: cite co-authors, upstreams, and prior art.
License compliance: OSI/OSH licenses respected; third-party assets tracked via SBOM.
Privacy-by-default: dashboards show aggregates; personal data governed by our Privacy Policy.
No hero culture: teams win together; badges reflect shared outcomes.

Get Recognized

Start a Stewardship scope → pick a role, define OKRs, link your issue board.
Log evidence as you work → commits, issues, RFCs, recordings.
Submit your quarterly PR to the Steward Registry.

Ready to showcase your impact?

→ Apply for Stewardship • View dashboards • Read the badge criteria