# Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Rahul, CEO, FOSS United **URL:** \ **Category:** Organisation\ **Created:** [7 June 2024 05:51 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/ask-me-anything-ama-with-rahul-ceo-foss-united/3321 "2024-06-07T05:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Anand\_Baburajan](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/anand_baburajan/32/1749_2.png) [@Anand\_Baburajan](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/Anand_Baburajan)\ **Post date:** [24 June 2024 15:04 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/ask-me-anything-ama-with-rahul-ceo-foss-united/3321/13 "2024-06-24T15:04:09Z")
Thanks @rahulporuri for the AMA and the summary! Two things I remember: > We discussed a few different things that we could do to enable long-term FOSS creation and development via the Hackathon > > - tweak messaging around the Hackathon to highlight long-term FOSS that was created or augmented during FOSS Hack e.g. Raven, Samay (Kukkee that @Anand_Baburajan built last year) > - tweak messaging to winners or runners up of the Hackathon regarding potential long-term support if the creators are able to maintain it for a few months > - revisit projects after a delay e.g. 3 months after Hackathon and if the project is still active and maintained, financially incentivize the creators/maintainers e.g. via a small FOSS Grant > - highlight the activity on the project via the community to showcase long-term FOSS development We could also encourage the participants to ask for feedback on their ideas from the community before FOSS Hack. If a participant doesn’t have a good idea, the community could help with some brainstorming too. We also talked about “exploring and exploiting” ([Think more about what to focus on - by Henrik Karlsson](https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/multi-armed-bandit)). --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/ask-me-anything-ama-with-rahul-ceo-foss-united/3321)._