| Re: [open-regulatory-compliance] EU Open Source Week 2025 : Brussels & FOSDEM |
Hello,
This is the current proposal, please fell free to make any
suggestions:
Proposal title: Open Source Project Governance
Notes: Every Open Source project requires a manager, which is a
role not many developers are willing to take. Managing
communities, reducing communication noise, avoiding conflicts,
maintaining a diverse and renewed pool of talents, welcoming users
and defending against inner and outer aggression, these are all
aspects of Project Governance, that several communities have been
studying and creating helpful guide and conventions, on can be a
key element in the sustainability, longevity, renewal and success
of a project.
This devroom has several objectives: - to show developers there
are methods and guides to help them manage their project with
greater ease; - to engage with developers on better ways to manage
their communities; - to foster discussions on the current
development of guides and regulations; - to join different
communities handling separate aspects of Open Source Governance,
so they can all share their knowledge and experience, and learn
together
This devroom is NOT about: - policy - financing - management tools
Language: en
Why does this proposal fit FOSDEM: All projects need
governance, so this topic is of interest to all project leaders
attending FOSDEM.
Also, at some point in their career, a developer might want change
their role, becoming a technical leader or assume the team
management. This room will provide knowledge which might help in
their transition.
Another important aspect has to do with conflict resolution, being
a better contributor, a nicer person, improving communication with
users, bug reporters, new developers, being more aware of the
diverse needs of those around them. That is also an important part
of this devroom.
Although not code, it is also code (as all rules and guides are).
And it is yet another form to contribute to Open Source.
Prefered slot: Full day (any)
Additional Organiser: <your name here>
Submitters affinity to the topic: I've been involved in
Open Source since the late 80's and contribute to several projects
and community governance organizations.
Active member and volunteer in several Open Source, Digital Rights
and activism organizations.
Engineer, coder, father.
Dealing with software and hardware since the dawn of the ZX
Spectrum, programming assembly with decimal codes....
Relevant URLS: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/
https://sustainoss.org/dei-handbook/intro.html
https://ospo-alliance.org/ggi/
https://todogroup.org/resources/guides/
https://ethicalsource.dev/
https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.os-gov
https://orcwg.org/ https://todogroup.org/
https://innersourcecommons.org/ https://chaoss.community/
https://curioss.org/ https://sustainoss.org/
Best regards,
The Open Forum Europe has launched this website: https://opensourceweek.eu/
Anything being planned must be announced there too.
Now, FOSDEM 2025 devRooms call is open too: FOSDEM 2025 - FOSDEM 2025 call for devrooms
I propose we apply for a dev room (stands call is also open).
If we can’t get one, how about having an event on Monday 3rd Feb or Wednesday 29th Jan?
We really need to use these events to get together and advance work on Open Source Governance.
--
Gerardo Lisboa
Sócio-Gerente / CEOM +351 966 014 174 (skype/whatsapp/telegram) LinkedIn:gerardolisboa
INFO-CARE - Consultoria e Manutenção Informática, Lda.
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