FOSDEM 2024 In Person – Community DevRoom Call for Participation!

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IN MORE DETAIL

The Community DevRoom will be back at FOSDEM 2024. Our goals in running this DevRoom are to:

Educate those who are primarily software developers on community-oriented topics that are vital in the process of software development, e.g. effective collaboration
Provide concrete advice on dealing with squishy human problems
FOSS Projects are made up of people and, in turn, these people form a community of practice, or purpose.
This devroom will provide concrete, useful advice on how to best enable volunteer contributors, community leaders, and folks just starting their journeys with open source to be successful, with the intended outcome that more free and open source software gets written and used.

TALK TOPICS

Here are some topics we are interested in hearing more about this year:

Establishing good community governance practices to ensure an equal playing field for all contributors
Deep diving into the rise of open source practices and OSPO creation in academia and government
Mapping the landscape for sustaining open source communities when many large corporations have discontinued their investments in open source over the past year
Exploring the impact of licensing changes on the open source ecosystem, community, and businesses
Applying the transferable skills we have learned as open source community participants to other areas, e.g. what should I explore doing next if working in the open source space is no longer a viable option for me due to ongoing layoffs
Creating local-first communities and authentic and sustainable connections with contributors who are not able to attend in person
Sustainability in FOSS from a community perspective, e.g. keeping contributors motivated and able to pay their bills and addressing maintainer burnout
Self-care in our communities, for both community members and community leaders, e.g. how are we all dealing with burnout and the ongoing impact of the pandemic
Community Management best practices

Amongst many others….Again, these are just suggestions. We welcome proposals on any aspect of community building!

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If you need to get in touch with the organisers or program committee of the Community DevRoom, email us at community-devroom@lists.fosdem.org

Thanks

Laura