Venture: Medic
Medic builds world-class, open-source software that supports health workers delivering equitable care that reaches everyone.
Expert: Heather VanCura
Director of the Java Community Process Program at Oracle
• Manager of the Java Community Process Program, Sun Microsystems
Medic partnered with Rippleworks to build an open-source technical community
Medic is a nonprofit organization on a mission to improve health in the hardest-to-reach communities. We build world-class, open-source software that supports health workers delivering equitable care that reaches everyone. Medic serves as the technical lead and a core contributor to the Community Health Toolkit, which helps health workers ensure safe deliveries, track outbreaks faster, treat illnesses door-to-door, keep stock of essential medicines, communicate about emergencies, and more.
Medic’s top priority was to design the guiding principles for a technical community and prepare for its implementation. Medic partnered with Rippleworks to establish the user experience guidelines and legal foundation for community contribution and management.
We had a window of opportunity to jump-start a technical community for an open-source project—and we needed to do it right. The stakes for this project were very high; achieving scale in global health will mean more people receive high-quality care they urgently need.
Fortunately, Heather is a community-building Jedi and provided expert guidance through our launch!
—Medic CEO Josh Nesbitt
Medic partnered with Rippleworks Expert Heather VanCura, who has spent her career leading community management at Sun Microsystems and Oracle. Together, they:
• Defined Medic’s guiding principles for its technical community
• Designed the end-to-end developer experience for how members will contribute to the community
• Established the legal foundation and governance process for managing the community
• Set the official launch date and created an operating plan for Year 1 of the technical community, including roles and responsibilities for new full-time Community Manager
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