We are awesome at helping people make their first contribution: creating an issue, manually trying a patch, improving a patch, updating issue summaries, etc. But, we could greatly improve our success rate at getting those people to continue a pattern of contributing.

We will present data on

Time from first comment on a core issue to first core patch
Average response time for getting reviews
We will discuss

Why people who consistently contribute are so important
Encouraging contributions
Give recognition for their first contribution
Changes to remove barriers to *repeat* contributions
Integrating sustainable contribution time for employees into business costs