BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Pentabarf//Schedule 0.3//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALDESC;VALUE=TEXT:Community devroom X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Community devroom X-WR-TIMEZONE;VALUE=TEXT:Europe/Brussels BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:15003@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T090000 DTEND:20230205T090500 SUMMARY:Welcome to the Community Devroom DESCRIPTION:
Welcome to the FOSDEM Community Devroom, here from the devroom organisers.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/welcome_community/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Laura Czajkowski":invalid:nomail ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Leslie Hawthorn":invalid:nomail ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Shirley Bailes":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13686@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T090500 DTEND:20230205T093500 SUMMARY:Building External Evangelists DESCRIPTION:Congrats, you have a community team! Maybe if you are lucky, you have some DevRel folks too! In many companies, the community or DevRel teams are small, impossibly small for the work that needs to be done. If you are like most companies I have talked to, your job in one of these roles is to gain lots and lots of adoption, “Grow the user base,” your boss will tell you. The issue is how does a team of 1 or a handful of people build and support tens of thousands or even potentially millions of users… the answer is you don’t. Rather the goal of most teams should be to support and grow external advocates and evangelists who can do the work for you. Hiring 2 people to tell the world how awesome your software is can only reach so far… but if those 2 people get 1000 people to tell their story that has a massive reach. So how do you build such a system? How do you measure it? I will walk through what I have learned when talking to hundreds of community teams over the last 5 years and share with you what I have seen works and what does not.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/building_external_evangelists/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Matt Yonkovit":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13599@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T094000 DTEND:20230205T101000 SUMMARY:What I learned about leading a healthy project from speaking to 50+ maintainers DESCRIPTION:For many (many) months, in semi-regular intervals, I've been one of the organizers of contributing.today - a livestreamed fireside chat on open source licensing, funding, mental health and neurodiversity in open source, and driving different communities forward... differently.
A 2021 Tidelift survey of 400 open source maintainers found that 46% of maintainers are not paid at all, and only 26% earn more than $1,000 per year for maintenance work. Over half (59%) have quit or considered quitting maintaining a project, and almost half of respondents listed lack of financial compensation as their top reason for disliking being a maintainer.
Beyond the projects maintained by the proverbial single individual in Nebraska in their free time narrative, there are other reasons for projects "going bad". I'd like to share some stories, straight from the horse's mouth, share some of the give-aways of unhealthy projects, and together find ways for mitigation.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/learned_leading_healthy_project/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="floord":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13584@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T101500 DTEND:20230205T104500 SUMMARY:Cultural Relativism DESCRIPTION:Cross cultural teams bring a special set of pitfalls that are not present in mono cultural teams; from hidden misunderstandings to perceived hostility or indifference. This talk introduces the anthropological concept of cultural relativism, explores how it can be used to uncover potential conflicts that arise out of cultural differences, and presents culturally sensitive strategies for addressing them.
You will gain an understanding of the interplay between culture and perception, and will understand how to apply the prism of cultural relativism to detect, understand, and disarm cultural differences that lead to failure within cross cultural communities.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/cultural_relativism/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Claude Warren":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13787@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T105000 DTEND:20230205T112000 SUMMARY:Contributor Experience 201 DESCRIPTION:Becoming an open source volunteer contributor has changed the entire course of my professional career. In hindsight, I realize how lucky I was that the first FOSS project I contributed had a welcoming to newcomers culture. In this presentation, we will discuss how to build a thriving contributor community around a FOSS project.
And what about the “201” in the title? Just like in a University course catalog, it means we are going to examine the topic beyond the basics. I will share insights and case studies from the work of our team supporting contributors to the 4 foundational libraries in the Scientific Python ecosystem, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and pandas.
I will also introduce (and invite you to join!) the Contributor Experience Project, a new community of practice and an open source community-led project dedicated to developing best practices for onboarding and supporting contributors to open source. Our goal is to provide a space to reflect, engage, and offer advancements in the work of effective transfer of knowledge, contributor hospitality and support, project leadership, and social infrastructure development for the entire open source ecosystem.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/contributor_experience/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Inessa Pawson":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13782@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T112500 DTEND:20230205T115500 SUMMARY:Free Culture CV DESCRIPTION:We do not have a common way to show all our contributions to the free culture community as a resumé. If you are a developer, you can show your Github/Gitlab profile; if you are a Wikimedia project editor, you can show your Wikimedia profile; and if you contribute to OpenStreetMaps, you can show your profile, but why not collect all those contributions in a Free Culture CV?
We will analyze several communities' state of the art of personal contribution metrics and propose/discuss the main technical (features, implementation, format) and ethical (data fields, data privacy) ideas to get an autogenerated Free Culture CV.This Free Culture CV will be useful for recruiters that want to know better their candidates, where and how much contributions they provided to Free Culture.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/free_culture_cv_show_community_contributions/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Pablo Hinojosa Nava":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13783@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T120000 DTEND:20230205T123000 SUMMARY:Uncover the Missing Link DESCRIPTION:We have a rich and evolving set of standards that we use to build and deploy interoperable systems. We also have a talented and productive open source community that creates code intended for use in these systems and their ongoing operation. The challenge is shifting from defining standards and writing code to knowing which standards to use and finding code that accelerates implementation and deployment of these standards. This challenge increases as we become more efficient at defining new standards and creating new open source projects.What if we could make it easier to navigate this landscape? What if we could create clear links between standards and code? This would make our open source and standards communities more productive. It would also make the great work they do more useful and rewarding. Fortunately, a set of practices is being defined and put in practice to make make it easy to identify and find open source code related to IETF standards. Join this session to learn what new mechanisms exist, how to use them, and to how help shape what comes next.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/uncover_missing_link/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Charles Eckel":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:15008@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T123000 DTEND:20230205T133000 SUMMARY:Just A Community Minute DESCRIPTION:A fun interactive sessions for the attendees to learn about each other and the community
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/community_interactive/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Shirley Bailes":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13768@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T133000 DTEND:20230205T140000 SUMMARY:Nurturing, Motivating and Recognizing Non-Code Contributions DESCRIPTION:When discussing contributions, we still see a lot of emphasis on the code contributions into project repositories. But the open source world is extensive and diverse, and everyone can find their place there. Your project will benefit from various experiences that non-coders can bring to the table. Isn’t that cool when you receive an issue with an interesting bug from the community, read about a user case in a blog or a review, or someone makes a video guide for your product? And more!
In this talk, we will look into different types of non-code contributions to the open source project. We will discuss how they can provide value to your project and team, and how to invite, engage and empower non-code contributors. We will cover various ways to find and measure those contributions and recognize individuals based on the experience that Percona Community Team gained working with non-code contributions to Percona repositories.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/nurture_motivate_recognise_noncode_contributions/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Aleks Abramova":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13734@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T140500 DTEND:20230205T143500 SUMMARY:If it’s public money, make it public code! DESCRIPTION:Do you want to promote Free Software in public administrations? Then the campaign framework of "Public Money? Public Code!" is the right choice for you; no matter if you want to do it as an individual or as a group; if you have a small or large time budget; whether you are targeting the national level or your local administration.
In this talk, we will present some inspiring success stories from the campaign around Europe and invite you to follow their example. For this we will explain how the campaign framework can be used to push for the adoption of Free Software friendly policies in your area; be it your public administration, your library, your university, your city, your region, or your country.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/public_money_public_code/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Johannes Näder":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13610@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T144000 DTEND:20230205T151000 SUMMARY:Contributor Growth Strategies for OSS Projects DESCRIPTION:Many projects struggle to find people who will actively participate in their projects and continue to participate over the long term. We are in a situation now where there are a lot of open source projects and not enough contributors. Maintainers are burning out and in desperate need for help. This session will provide practical advice and suggestions for ways to encourage participation while avoiding some common barriers that prevent people from contributing.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/contributor_growth_strategies_oss_project/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Dawn Foster":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13780@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T151500 DTEND:20230205T154500 SUMMARY:Centering DEI Within Your Open Source Project DESCRIPTION:The CHAOSS project represents a potential force for power and good in open source. This session includes speakers who took part in a two-year long reflection on DEI practices within the CHAOSS project. The session will help other open source projects in their work towards improving diversity, equity, and inclusion by exploring practices within the CHAOSS project first, then using those examples as points of reference for other projects. Our efforts have focused us on newcomer experiences, community surveys, and sustaining the people within the project. In particular, the session will discuss these efforts, aimed at answering the question of: How do we help open source communities to be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive?
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/centering_dei_within_os_project/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Kristi Progri":invalid:nomail ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Justin W. Flory":invalid:nomail ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Matt":invalid:nomail ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Ruth Ikegah":invalid:nomail ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Sean Goggins":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13632@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T155000 DTEND:20230205T162000 SUMMARY:Building Open Source Teams DESCRIPTION:This presentation highlights the challenges of motivating and managing an open source team of volunteers. Topics include motivation, communication, and project management. This talk is useful for anyone active in open source.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/building_open_souce_teams/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Bruce Momjian":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:13695@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T162500 DTEND:20230205T165500 SUMMARY:Do we still need to have virtual events? DESCRIPTION:During the Covid-19 pandemic, we were all forced to move our events to virtual platforms, and we got used to attending events online. Even as our lives are returning to normal and people are returning to in-person events, I believe there will continue to be a place for virtual events as the virtual format offers some important advantages.
In this talk, Ray will discuss some of the advantages of virtual events, such as smaller resource requirements, simpler logistics, easier distribution of content, and opportunities for experimentation. In addition, virtual events do not need to be limited to tutorial-type sessions, but they can also be used to provide additional opportunities for community members to get together, network, and collaborate (e.g., for triaging issues, working on documentation, etc.). Even as life returns to normal, virtual events should remain an important tool–and complement what we’re doing with in-person events–for helping open-source communities grow.
Ray will also discuss some of the common mistakes and challenges in virtual events, such as limited opportunities for casual interactions, difficulty facilitating hands-on work, time zone challenges, etc., and how we can work together to mitigate these issues.
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/do_we_need_virtual_events/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Ray Paik":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT METHOD:PUBLISH UID:15004@FOSDEM23@fosdem.org TZID:Europe-Brussels DTSTART:20230205T165500 DTEND:20230205T170000 SUMMARY:Community Closing remarks DESCRIPTION:Thanks for coming to the FOSDEM 2023 Community Devroom, let us know what you liked and what we can do to keep the discussions continuing!
CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Community URL:https:/fosdem.org/2023/schedule/2023/schedule/event/community_closed/ LOCATION:UB5.132 ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Laura Czajkowski":invalid:nomail ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Leslie Hawthorn":invalid:nomail ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;CN="Shirley Bailes":invalid:nomail END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR