This session will discuss joint research findings from Bitergia on the inter-relatedness of contributions to the Kubernetes, OpenShift/ OKD communities developing around distributions and share new approaches to OS community development. The inter-dependency of open source projects such as OpenShift(OKD) with upstream projects (Kubernetes), downstream services, and related initiatives (Operator Framework) has changed nature of open source community development. As communities converge, release schedules and priorities collides, project leaders need to adjust OS models, re-think interactions with multiple release cycles and juggle the divergent agendas. This session will cover lessons learned, best practices developed and the new realities of open source community development.