# Volunteer Health

**URL:** https://discourse.sustainoss.org/c/working-groups/volunteer-health/14.md

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## [About the Volunteer Health category](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/about-the-volunteer-health-category/37)

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**Author:** [@jwheel](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jwheel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/about-the-volunteer-health-category/37 "2018-11-20T17:24:09Z")

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This category is a Working Group focused on Volunteer Health. Whether we are talking physical, mental, psychological, or physiological health, the overall well-being of volunteers in our community is a significant factor…

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## [Introducing a program to sustain and encourage contributors in the open source community](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/introducing-a-program-to-sustain-and-encourage-contributors-in-the-open-source-community/377)

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**Author:** [@Jaskirat](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Jaskirat)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/introducing-a-program-to-sustain-and-encourage-contributors-in-the-open-source-community/377 "2020-05-14T15:59:37Z")

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Open Source merely depends upon the contributions and volunteering work. So communities find hard to hold their contributors sustain with the community and keep them encouraged of their work but somehow they likely lose …

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## [Avoiding Burnout](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/avoiding-burnout/92)

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**Author:** [@pia](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/pia)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/avoiding-burnout/92 "2019-04-17T09:43:26Z")

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The following people added their name to continue the conversation on this topic: Mike McQuaid

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## [Reviving sustain.md](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/reviving-sustain-md/120)

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**Author:** [@jdorfman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jdorfman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/reviving-sustain-md/120 "2019-04-05T10:17:18Z")

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After finishing the 1st draft of the manifesto¹ with @GeorgLink I decided to start cranking on sustain.md. Right now it’s just a skeleton and I guess I am looking for comments/suggestions, etc. Grand vision would be if …

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## ['The Sustainers Journey' Timeline Feedback](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/the-sustainers-journey-timeline-feedback/68)

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**Author:** [@jdorfman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jdorfman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/the-sustainers-journey-timeline-feedback/68 "2018-12-04T15:05:21Z")

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I stopped updating “The Darker Side of Open Source” due to it’s depressing nature. I started another timeline called: If you think I should continue “The Sustainers Journey”, click the :heart: below. If you have feedb…