Angie Byron

This discussion features Stormy Peters, VP of Communities at GitHub; Dr. Dawn Foster, Director of Open Source Community Strategy at VMware; and Angie Byron, Drupal Core Product Manager at Aiven. They dive into the crucial challenges faced by open source maintainers, including sustainability, funding innovations, and community recruitment. The guests share insights on innovative strategies for documentation, governance in projects, and the importance of leadership succession to combat burnout. They also celebrate the joy of community networking at conferences.

Angie Byron, Director of Community at Aiven, discusses overseeing 11 open source projects, prioritizing tasks by impact, and using a 'start at the end' goal-setting exercise. She highlights challenges of transparency in open source projects and the importance of involving community members. The podcast also delves into strategies for corporate involvement in open source, decision-making processes, and promoting meetups for learning about technologies like Kafka and Postgres.