There was a talk at PyCon US this year covering several of the questions you have. How (Not) to Build an OSS Community http://pyvideo.org/video/1742/how-not-t

There was a talk at PyCon US this year covering several of the questions you have. How (Not) to Build an OSS Community http://pyvideo.org/video/1742/how-not-to-build-an-oss-community http://pyvideo.org/video/1742/how-not-to-build-an-oss-commun...