[Stale Repository] Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public - Truly Stale #5384
Description
Repository Analysis: Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public
Repository URL: https://github.com/github/Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public
Last Activity: 2022-09-30
Classification: Truly Stale
Workflow Run ID: 19887144920
📊 Activity Summary
Commits
- Last Commit: September 30, 2022 by csmlo
- Commits (Last Year): 0
- Contributors (Last Year): 0
- Activity Trend: Stopped
Issues
- Open Issues: 2
- Closed Issues (Last 6mo): 0
- Recent Issue Activity: 1 new issue in Nov 2025 about workflow permissions (automated security audit)
- Issues Needing Attention:
- Weekly Research Report: AI Workflow Automation Landscape and Strategic Opportunities - August 2025 #9: Please define actions workflow permissions (Nov 2025, automated security issue)
- Add workflow: githubnext/agentics/weekly-research #2: Example volunteer ask from 2021
Pull Requests
- Open PRs: 0
- Merged PRs (Last 6mo): 0
- Outstanding PRs: None
Releases
- Last Release: No releases
- Release Frequency: N/A
🔍 Deep Analysis
The Skills-Based-Volunteering-Public repository was a program for GitHub employees (Hubbers) to participate in skills-based volunteering projects with nonprofit organizations. The repository contains templates, forms, and documentation for managing volunteer projects.
Activity completely ceased in September 2022 after a final README update. The last substantive commits in October 2021 involved setting up workflows and templates. Since then, there has been absolutely no maintenance, updates, or engagement.
The repository has only 4 total issues, with 2 open. The most recent issue (#9) is an automated security audit from November 2025 requesting workflow permissions be defined - but no one is responding or maintaining this repository. The other open issue (#2) is an example volunteer ask from 2021 that was never closed.
This appears to have been a short-lived internal program (possibly pandemic-era) that has been discontinued. The repository describes a formal process with strategy planning, stakeholder interviews, and tracking against UN Sustainable Development Goals, but the program appears to have ended without formal announcement.
💡 Recommendation
Action: Archive
Reasoning: This repository has had zero meaningful activity for over 3 years (1,160 days). The program it supported appears to have concluded, and no one is maintaining or responding to issues. The automated security issue from November 2025 has received zero response, confirming abandonment. The repository served a specific time-bound internal program that is no longer active.
Impact: Archiving will prevent confusion about whether this program is still active and will stop automated tools from flagging unmaintained workflows. Historical information remains available for reference.
⚠️ Important Considerations
- Verify with the Social Impact or Employee Experience teams whether this program is truly discontinued or has moved to a different platform/repository
- Consider adding a prominent deprecation notice to the README before archiving, explaining the program's status
- The author (csmlo) appears to be the program owner - contact them to confirm the program's status
- If skills-based volunteering continues under a different structure, add a link to current resources
- Check if any documentation or learnings from this program should be preserved elsewhere
📋 Next Steps
- Review this analysis
- Contact
@csmlo(last committer) about program status - Check with Social Impact team about current volunteering programs
- Add deprecation/sunset notice to README if program ended
- Archive repository with clear messaging about program conclusion
- Update any internal documentation referencing this repository
This analysis was generated by the Stale Repository Identifier workflow. Please verify findings before taking any archival actions.
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