FOSDEM 2023 In Person – Community DevRoom Call for Participation! The twenty-third edition will take place Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th February 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Key dates / New updates - Conference dates 4-5 February, 2023 In person - Community DevRoom date: Sunday 5th February - Submission deadline: Monday 21st November - Announcement of selected talks: Thursday 15th December - You must be available in person to present your talk - Talk submissions should be 30 mins and this should include Q&A time. IN MORE DETAIL The Community DevRoom will be back at FOSDEM 2023 (In Person). 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 - To unpack preconceived ideas of what community is and the role it plays in human society, free software, and a corporate-dominated world in 2023 - We are seeking proposals on all aspects of creating and nurturing communities for free software projects TALK TOPICS Here are some topics we are interested in hearing more about this year: - 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 - Creating a community around a corporate sponsored open source project that is respectful of its users and FOSS principles - 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 - Balancing community expectations with company objectives in a manner that is respectful, authentic, and serves both audiences well - Community Management best practices - Dealing with toxic people - Rewarding volunteer contributors and keeping volunteers motivated - Effective collaboration techniques - Recruiting new people to your project - Creative ways to engage and grow your developer community Again, these are just suggestions. We welcome proposals on any aspect of community building! HOW TO SUBMIT A TALK - Head to the FOSDEM 2023 Pentabarf <https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM23> website. - If you already have a Pentabarf account, please don’t create a new one. - If you forgot your password, reset it. - Otherwise, follow the instructions to create an account. - Once logged in, select “Create Event” and click on “Show All” in the top right corner to display the full form. - Your submission must include the following information: - First and last name / Nickname (optional)/ Image - Email address - Mobile phone number (this is a very hard requirement as there will be no other reliable form of emergency communication on the day) - Title and subtitle of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with ~500 from other projects) - Track: Select “Community DevRoom” as the track - Event type: Lecture (talk) - Persons: Add yourself as the speaker with your bio - Description: Abstract (required)/ Full Description (optional) - Links to related websites / blogs etc. - Beyond giving us the above, let us know if there’s anything else you’d like to share as part of your submission – Twitter handle, GitHub activity history – whatever works for you. We especially welcome videos of you speaking elsewhere, or even just a list of talks you have done previously. First time speakers are, of course, welcome! - For issues with Pentabarf, please contact community-devroom@lists.fosdem.org. Feel free to send a notification of your submission to that email. 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 Shirley Bailes, Leslie Hawthorn, and Laura Czajkowski - Community DevRoom Co-Organizers FOSDEM website <https://fosdem.org/2023/> / FOSDEM code of conduct <https://fosdem.org/2023/practical/conduct/>