Maintainer Month 2023: How the community gathered to spread some maintainer love

Maintainer Month, celebrated throughout May, brought together the open-source community to honor and support the crucial work of project maintainers. Over the course of the month, 16 organizations coordinated 42 events, including meetups, workshops, conferences, and podcasts, to engage nearly 500 maintainers globally. Highlights included major events like the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit in Vancouver and JupyterCon in Paris. Key themes focused on achieving balance, planning for leadership succession, and securing corporate funding, with notable discussions on these topics featured in various podcasts and stories. The month also saw initiatives like Bloomberg's FOSS Fund nominations and GitHub's sponsorship matching program, emphasizing the importance of financial support for open-source projects. Personal stories, such as those shared by Kelsey Hightower and Filippo Valsorda, highlighted the challenges and successes of maintainership, while the community was encouraged to continue supporting maintainers beyond the month through gratitude and sponsorship.