Panelists Kate Stewart | Matt Germonprez | Georg Link Guests Stefka Dimitrova Ivana Atanasova Sponsor SustainOSS Show Notes [00:02:17] Stefka and Ivana tell us about themselves and what they do at VMware. [00:04:01] We learn more about what Stefka and Ivana talked about at the presentation at the OSS Europe 2020 with the metrics, why they did the analytics on open source communities, and what goals they had in mind. [00:06:39] Stefka talks more about identifying reasons why a project fails, what she’s observed, and what it means to her that a project fails. [00:10:01] Kate asks Stefka how long it takes before she actually considers a project to be inactive and what threshold she was using. Ivana tells us if they are measuring adoption and how much information they find using their analysis. [00:14:00] Georg mentions LFX Insights that Linux Foundation launched, and how they’re planning to include Twitter chatter to see whether projects are being mentioned. He wonders if Ivana would be interested in using this in their analysis. [00:16:31] Kate wonders how often Stefka goes back and re-examines and checkpoints her list of projects that she thinks are worth working with. [00:19:22] Stefka tells us how many metrics they keep standard for all the projects and about the dependencies. [00:22:24] Matt asks Stefka and Ivana to talk about the internal organizational process and the reception within VMware. [00:29:06] Since Ivana uses Augur and contributes to the CHAOSS Project Augur, she shares with us how she came to the project and how the journey has been for her. [00:33:51] Ivana and Stefka talk about examples of the types of improvements they would like to be seeing showing up in Augur. [00:38:48] Stefka and Ivana tell us where you can connect with them and follow the progress of their work online. Value Adds (Picks) of the week [00:39:48] Georg’s pick is Linux Foundation’s LFX Insights. [00:40:44] Kate’s pick is an LCA talk she watched called, “The Privacy Tax” by Dawn E. Collett. [00:41:17] Matt’s pick is he’s into baking right now. [00:41:52] Stefka’s pick is a quote that has been with her for the past couple of days by Brene Brown, “There is no innovation and creativity without failure,” and having the freedom to experiment. [00:42:43] Ivana’s pick is focusing on side things you do to shape your way of thinking and helps you in other areas, including professionally. Links CHAOSS CHAOSS Project Twitter CHAOSScast Podcast podcast@chaoss.community Stefka Dimitrova Linkedin Ivana Atanasova Linkedin Open Source Summit Europe 2020 presentation slides: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”- how to assess project health, by Ivana Atanasova and Stefka Dimitrova The Linux Foundation- LFX Insights LinuxConfAU Online 2021- “The Privacy Tax: How tracking and hacking affect disabled people, and what we can do about it,” by Dawn E. Collett. Augur Project-GitHub VMware Open Source BlogSpecial Guests: Ivana Atanasova and Stefka Dimitrova.Support CHAOSScast

Panelists Georg Link | Dawn Foster | Daniel Izquierdo Guest Sophia Vargas Sponsor SustainOSS Show Notes [00:02:12] Sophia tells us about what she does at Google and her journey to getting where she is right now. [00:06:15] We learn what Sophia does within the Open Source Programs Office. [00:08:33] Dawn asks Sophia how she looks at the life cycle of these open source projects in aggregate because it’s such a huge amount of projects. [00:11:06] Georg is curious to know Google’s approach to differentiate and generalize projects and the dynamics within the projects and Sophia tells us what they do for teams to learn more about their own projects. [00:16:27] Daniel wants to know what Sophia learned from FOSDEM as the first steps in the OSPO movement. [00:18:42] Since Sophia came from analyzing technology projects at Forrester, to now analyzing open-source projects, Dawn wonders what was different and what was the same about those two experiences. [00:23:48] We learn how coming to CHAOSS informed Sophia’s work and where she hopes CHAOSS will go as a project in the future. [00:28:57] Daniel asks Sophia if there’s any specific area that she is missing in CHAOSS that she would like to start working on, and she shares something. Also, Daniel talks about a survey done with ASF. [00:35:01] Sophia tells us where you can follow her work and connect with her online. Value Adds (Picks) of the week [00:35:55] Georg’s pick is a game called Jackbox.TV. [00:36:55] Dawn’s pick is Tabletop Simulator and two fun games, Munchkin and Gloomhaven. [00:38:08] Daniel’s picks are the board game Pandemic and discovering Pilates. [00:39:00] Sophia’s picks are learning how to cook again and the Farmers’ Market. Links CHAOSS CHAOSS Project Twitter CHAOSScast Podcast podcast@chaoss.community Sophia Vargas Twitter Sophia Vargas Linkedin Google Open Source Jackbox.TV Tabletop Simulator Gloomhaven Munchkin: Quacked Quest Pandemic Board Game Pilates Farmers’ Market Apache Software Foundation (ASF)Support CHAOSScast

Panelists Georg Link | Matt Snell | Aastha Bist Guests Xiaoya Xia Jaskirat Singh Sponsor SustainOSS Show notes [00:02:15] Xiaoya introduces herself, how she came to CHAOSS, what it was like to apply to the Google Season of Docs, and why she chose this project. [00:04:26] Matt and Aastha tell us what the Diversity & Inclusion Badging Program is about and what the status was before Xiaoya started her project. [00:08:50] Xiaoya tells us her experience coming into this project and deciding what the final outcome will look like. [00:10:30] Xiaoya shares with us some of the trials and tribulations and how she overcame any challenges. [00:12:19] Aastha asks Xiaoya how she’s going forward with this project and what her future plans are. She also tells us if she would do it again and if she would recommend other technical writers to the project. [00:19:49] Jaskirat introduces himself and tells us his background. He also tells us what it was about the CHAOSS project specifically that connected with your past experiences. [00:23:01] Jaskirat tells us all about his project. [00:26:51] We learn how Jaskirat got started with the project application process. [00:30:53] We find out how Jaskirat’s project evolved from the starting point to the completion. He also tells us about the Community Handbook and what his next steps are going forward. [00:33:30] Jaskirat tells us where we can find him online to connect with him. Value Adds (Picks) of the week [00:15:40] Matt’s pick is a WASD Keyboard. [00:16:07] Xiaoya’s pick is taking a short break to visit her family. [00:33:59] Georg’s pick is a tv show THE ORVILLE. [00:34:26] Matt’s second pick is the home search with his fiancé. [00:34:47] Aastha’s pick is levelling up her freehand drawing skills. [00:35:17] Jaskirat’s pick is learning and researching robotics stuff. Links CHAOSS Project CHAOSS Project Twitter CHAOSScast Podcast podcast@chaoss.community CHAOSS for Google Summer of Docs 2020 Xiaoya Xia Twitter Xiaoya Xia Linkedin Jaskirat Singh Twitter Jaskirat Singh Linkedin “How my big mistake led me to success in open source,” by Jaskirat Singh WASD Keyboards CHAOSS Community Handbook-Table of Contents CHAOSS Community Handbook-Table of Contents-GitHub THE ORVILLE You Can Draw in 30 Days: The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw in One Month or Less by Mark Kistler CHAOSS Diversity & Inclusion Badging ProgramSpecial Guests: Aastha Bist, Jaskirat Singh, Matt Snell, and Xiaoya Xia.Support CHAOSScast

Panelists Georg Link | Venia Logan | Brian Proffitt | Richard Littauer | Pia Mancini Sponsor SustainOSS Show Notes [00:03:54] Richard wants to know if metrics lose some of the qualitative aspects of communities and of projects by trying to find quantitative things and how are they not stripping away what really is the heart of open source. [00:09:20] Pia wonders what are the most important qualitative metrics CHAOSS is evaluating. Georg tells us how they established the Diversity & Inclusion Badging Program (D&I Badging) at CHAOSS. [00:14:48] Richard wonders if they’ve found a lot of uptake for the badges and if people have started using them. [00:15:29] Georg tells us how people can get involved besides joining the working group. He explains three main areas that CHAOSS has to get involved. [00:20:23] Pia tells us what Sustain is, how it started, and what they do. [00:23:29] Venia talks about the concept of what a company, organization, or community is to people, and how they want to see something happen, so they ask for more structure. Pia tells us about Open Collective. [00:27:36] Pia brings up doing the first Sustain and the first insights they wrote from the meeting about maintainers. [00:29:57] Venia talks about her consultation services and how she works with other companies to produce community strategies. Georg tells us what he thinks works well for the Sustain community and what brought him in. [00:32:41] Richard gives praises to Gunner and Pia for all the work they’ve done with Sustain, and Pia shares with us about having concerns the first time they did an event with a lot of people. [00:34:49] Georg tells where you can get involved in the CHAOSS community and Richard tells us where you can get involved in the Sustain community. Value Adds (Picks) of the week [00:36:33] Georg’s pick is an open source project called the Toolkit for YNAB. [00:37:36] Venia’s pick is Scribus. [00:38:49] Pia’s pick is Open Prioritization by Igalia. [00:39:42] Brian’s pick is reMarkable 2. [00:41:40] Richard’s pick is the Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Links CHAOSS CHAOSScast Podcast CHAOSS News CHAOSS Software CHAOSS D&I Badging Program CHAOSS-How to Participate SustainOSS SustainOSS Discourse Sustain Working Groups FOSS Backstage Toolkit for YNAB-GitHub Scribus Open Prioritization by Igalia reMarkable 2 Audobon Christmas Bird Count Audobon Christmas Bird Count Map of Active Circles Birding in VermontSpecial Guests: Pia Mancini and Richard Littauer.Support CHAOSScast

Show Notes [00:01:34] Abhinav gives us an introduction of himself and what he did at Google Summer of Code 2020. He tells us what it was like applying to the program, his experience throughout the process, discovering CHAOSS, and deciding on this project. [00:03:31] Abhinav talks about working with Gitlab Data and the new feature he developed. Sean explains the merge request and the work Abhinav did with Augur. [00:05:34] Sean and Abhinav describes how the pull request/merge request portion of how it’s set up and how much he was able to reuse or change it to implement the merge requests. [00:06:57] We learn the most challenging part about reimplementing the architecture for the GitLab API and how he overcame it. [00:08:28] Georg wonders once the data was there if Abhinav was able to use the same visualizations that he uses for pull requests or were there changes that he also had to do in the presentation of the data. [00:10:25] Abhinav tells us how his experience was, how he worked with the mentors in the community, and how his learning experience was enhanced or encumbered by having peers on the Google Summer of Code. [00:14:06] Abhinav explains what his experience has been like coming into an open source community. [00:14:56] Since Google of Summer Code is done, Abhinav shares with us his plans for the future and where his journey is taking him now. Value Adds (Picks) of the week [00:18:07] Georg’s picks are Minecraft and Minecraft Earth. [00:20:06] Sean’s picks are electricity and rubber flooring. [00:20:48] Abhinav’s pick is to play the game “Among Us” with friends. Panelists Georg Link | Sean Goggins Guest Abhinav Bajpai Sponsor SustainOSS Links CHAOSS Project CHAOSS Project Twitter CHAOSScast Podcast podcast@chaoss.community Abhinav Bajpai Linkedin Google Summer of Code 2020-Abhinav Bajpai Work Product Abhinav Bajpai Blog Posts (Medium) Augur Google Summer of Code Minecraft Minecraft Earth Rubber Flooring Among UsSpecial Guest: Abhinav Bajpai.Support CHAOSScast

Panelists Georg Link | Andrea Gallo Guest Luis Cañas-Díaz Sponsor SustainOSS Show Notes [00:02:20] Luis tells us all about himself, what he’s doing now, and how things evolved for him to get to this point. [00:06:25] Andrea wonders when Luis started the company if he followed those kind of management books of starting the company for dummies where first you need a mission or vision. [00:08:20] Andrea said some people say that maybe data is the new oil, or maybe it’s the way you use the data, or the metrics can be the new oil, and Luis responds. [00:11:22] Georg talks about starting CHAOSS three years ago, and how happy he was that Bitergia was one of the Co-Founders bringing in all of this experience. He also tells us about a new thing on the CHAOSS website under “Initiatives” where you can find community reports on the some of the metrics they have been defining. Luis talks about this report too. [00:13:58] Andrea wonders how many metrics Luis has available and if he has any common ones he recommends starting with. Georg wonders how does Luis identify contributors in open source and their organizational affiliation? [00:16:50] With Luis’s long history of working with metrics and users of open source metrics, Georg wonders if there are any do’s and don’ts or anything that he would take away from this experience and say to someone who is doing this work that here are some pitfalls that you need to be aware of. [00:19:28] Andrea talks about one of his favorite metrics, which is the geography one, Luis’s is the elephant factor, and Georg talks about the elephant factor. [00:23:45] Georg tells us why he enjoys the diversity and inclusion metrics and the value metrics, and why they are so important to him. [00:26:29] Luis tells us if he has a metric that is the most controversial or the most difficult to use. [00:29:04] Find out where you can learn more about Luis’s work and where you can find him online. Value Adds (Picks) of the week [00:30:09] Andrea’s picks are Queen Crest Logo (Freddie Mercury’s design} and the book, Queen All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track by Benoît Clerc. [00:31:08] Georg’s pick is his growing family and finally feeling complete. [00:31:29] Luis’s picks are a book called Persepolis _by Marjane Satrapi _and a video game called “Detroit: Become Human.” Links CHAOSS Project CHAOSS Project Twitter CHAOSScast Podcast Luis Cañas-Díaz Twitter Libre Software People’s Front-Luis Cañas-Díaz Blog The Tyranny of Metrics by Jerry Z. Muller Community Health Report Request-CHAOSS CHAOSScast podcast-Episode 9-“In Defense of Vanity Metrics” Queen Crest logo Queen All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track by Benoît Clerc Persepolis The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Detroit: Become Human Detroit: Become Human-PlaystationSpecial Guest: Luis Cañas-Díaz.Support CHAOSScast

Panelists Venia Logan | Matt Snell | Saleh Abdel Motaal Guests Aastha Bist Tola Ore-Aruwaji Shownotes [00:03:04] Aastha and Tola introduce themselves and talk about their projects. [00:05:21] Aastha and Tola tells us about their coding backgrounds and what interested them in their specific projects. [00:07:35] Aastha talks about the initial idea of her project and how it affects the CHAOSS metrics in the end. Tola tells us the idea of his project since it went in a different direction and how it came back around to metrics. [00:13:58] Saleh brings up how important it is to bring in the idea diversity and inclusion and how CHAOSS has managed to make a more inclusive open source body. [00:15:22] Aastha tells us how the idea for her project evolved from the start of Google Summer of Code, to the project end, and beyond. [00:21:03] Tola tells us about how his project got started. [00:26:59] Saleh touches on some of the common pains of developers. [00:29:34] Tola explains to us about the success with the translation process. [00:30:32] Venia asks Aastha and Tola what they enjoyed most about working on their projects and what the highlights were, and they explain. [00:34:51] Aastha and Tola tells us where the projects stand, how people can get involved, and what’s next. [00:39:38] Matt wants to know what Aastha and Tola’s next steps from here on out, with their projects and professional lives. Value Adds (Picks) of the week [00:43:16] Venia’s pick is ‘People Powered’ Book Club by Jono Bacon or any virtual book clubs around your local area. [00:43:57] Matt’s pick is a used amp for an old guitar-VOX Night Train. [00:44:28] Saleh’s pick is “Reflecting on My Autistic Self,” (Unlisted Medium Draft} [00:46:26] Aastha’s pick is conversations with my granddad. [00:47:52] Tola’s pick is protests in Nigeria- #EndSARS. Sponsor SustainOSS Links CHAOSS Project CHAOSS Project Twitter CHAOSScast Podcast CHAOSS Community Project Launch: CHAOSS Diversity & Inclusion Badging Program By Matt Snell CHAOSS Overview of the D&I Badging Aastha Bist Blog Aastha Bist Twitter Aastha Bist Linkedin Tola Ore-Aruwaji Twitter Tola Ore-Aruwaji Blog Tola Ore-Aruwaji Linkedin Aastha Bist GSoC 2020 final work report-CHAOSS Badging Project Tola Ore-Aruwaji-My Outreachy Project-Crowdsourcing Translation for CHAOSS Diversity & Inclusion Badging Jono Bacon People Powered Book Club VOX Night Train “Reflecting on My Autistic Self,” by Saleh Abdel Motaal BBC News-“SARS ban: Nigeria abolishes loathed federal special police unit” Google Summer of Code CHAOSS Mentorship Alumi (list of Mentees and their projects)Special Guests: Aastha Bist, Matt Snell, Saleh Abdel Motaal, and Tola Ore-Aruwaji.Support CHAOSScast

Panelists Georg Link | Brian Proffitt | Matt Germonprez Guest Stephen Jacobs Show Notes [00:03:18] Stephen tells us his background and how he got his start. [00:08:00] From his early experiences with One Laptop per Child, Stephen tells us some things that are still relevant today with the work he’s doing around open source and the connection between where he started and where he’s at today. [00:10:23] Brian asks Stephen if he has some immediate goals for the open source academic program that he’s continuing at RIT. [00:16:02] Matt wants to know if Stephen counsels people through the process of picking the right candidate for open source. Stephen also talks about modifying the IP policy or creating an IP policy dedicated to open source. [00:23:40] Talking about metrics now, there is a discussion about some challenges to overcome in metrics and the impact that the work in the open in software and other types of open has. [00:26:04] On the idea of a healthy community, Brian asks Stephen how he is addressing the challenges with working in an academic environment with students who are rotating every four to six years and accepting student contributions. [00:32:50] Stephen shares a story about his students working on an open project on a video chat program for One Laptop per Child, focusing on the needs of a deaf user. [00:34:52] Georg is curious if Stephen has thoughts on how we can show impact in what kind of metrics we might be able to develop to show that we are doing good things in the maintenance of work that is not originally our own. Stephen mentions a community of professors called, Teaching Open Source. [00:39:43] Stephen tells us where to find him online. Value Adds (Picks) of the week [00:37:00] Georg’s pick is a Crockpot. [00:37:16] Brian’s pick is being cognizant of your time since it’s the most valuable resource that you have. [00:38:07] Stephen’s pick is to be able to walk on his treadmill for sanity and physical health. [00:38:56] Matt’s pick is a shout out to the Omaha Humane Society who helped him find his lost puppy. Sponsor SustainOSS Links CHAOSS Project CHAOSS Project Twitter Rochester Institute of Technology-Open@RIT Stephen Jacobs One Laptop per Child TeachingOpenSource Crockpot Nebraska Humane SocietySpecial Guest: Stephen Jacobs.Support CHAOSScast

Panelists Venia Logan | Dylan Marcy Guests Ria Gupta | Venu Vardhan Reddy Tekula Show Notes [00:02:35] Ria and Venu introduce themselves and tell us how they got into CHAOSS. [00:04:34] Ria and Venu share with us how they found their projects and what is was like applying for Google Summer of Code. [00:07:27] Venu tells us all about what his project was in the Google Summer of Code. [00:08:50] Ria tells us all about what her project was in the Google Summer of Code. [00:10:05] Venu and Ria share with us how their projects started and what their experiences were in the Google Summer of Code. [00:12:24] Since Venu and Ria were working with similar systems, Dylan asks if at one point their two projects overlapped and they ended up working in the same area or with each other more directly. [00:14:14] Venia wants to know the most difficult parts of Ria and Venu’s projects and they tell us. [00:17:40] We find out how Ria and Venu feel about their end results and where they are in their projects right now. [00:23:35] Ria and Venu tells us what’s next for them since Google Summer of Code is over. [00:27:08] Venu shares one last thought about his project. Value Adds (Picks) of the week [00:29:42] Venia’s pick is a book called, Building Brand Communities by Carrie Melissa Jones and Charles Vogl. [00:30:39] Dylan’s pick is puppies. [00:32:23] Venu’s pick is amFOSS. [00:33:08] Ria’s pick is staying connected with friends and family. Links CHAOSS Project CHAOSS Project Twitter Implementing Social Currency Metric System in GrimoireLab-Ria Gupta Creating Quality models with GrimoireLab and CHAOSS metrics-Venu Vardhan Reddy Tekula Ria Gupta Twitter Ria Gupta-Blog Ria Gupta Linkedin Venu Vardhan Reddy Tekula Twitter Venu Vardhan Reddy Tekula Website Venu Vardhan Reddy Tekula Linkedin Venu Vardhan Reddy Tekula YouTube GrimoireLab Building Brand Communities: How Organizations Succeed by Creating Belonging-Carrie Melissa Jones and Charles Vogl amFOSSSpecial Guests: Dylan Marcy, Ria Gupta, and Venu Tekula.Support CHAOSScast

Panelists Venia Logan Guest Rob Underwood Show Notes [00:01:10] Rob tells us about himself, his career, and what he does at FINOS. [00:03:34] Rob talks about the culture and the environment that he built this tool in FINOS. [00:12:38] Rob tells us about being blessed in his career with some great mentors, and he shares a story about one. [00:16:34] We learn from Rob about the “tool” which is their board reporting and program health check. It is a rubric in order to present a set of criteria. [00:21:44] Venia summarizes the rubric. [00:23:21] Rob explains the philosophy behind selecting the metrics they did. [00:28:18] We find out what some of the metrics are which Rob calls “dimensions” and he explains each of these dimensions in detail. [00:34:58] Venia tells us to go to podcast.chaoss.community-Episode 11, if you’re looking to get involved in diversity and inclusion, which is a really great place to start. [00:37:38] Rob tells us about some big highlight metrics that he’s excited about. [00:46:35] We learn what the first step is toward community leaders implementing and adopting this tool in their own community [00:50:32] QIA process is mentioned by Venia. Value Adds (Picks) of the week [00:51:48] Rob’s pick is VOTE and wear a mask. [00:52:12] Venia’s pick is donate and contribute, especially to the people who are working on the front lines. Links: CHAOSS Project CHAOSS Project Twitter Rob Underwood Twitter FINOS AVC-FINOS (interesting last paragraph about diversity) FINOS Board Reporting and Program Health Checks (this is the tool for the projects) CSforAll Girls who code Black girls code FINOS Incubating FINOS Activation CHAOSScast Podcast-Episode 11: Diversity & Inclusion with Emma IrwinSpecial Guest: Rob Underwood.Support CHAOSScast