Let's Open Source Diversity & Inclusion
summary
A maintainer listening tour surfaces six concrete surprises: sponsored hackathons often create more work than help and leave contributors feeling ignored, cross‑community collaboration already fills gaps, and many projects lack process documentation despite maintainers thinking they have it. Numbers matter: 56% of maintainers say there is a clear path to leadership versus 36% of others, and 72% of maintainers claim process docs while under half of others see them. Plans include an open source initiative All In, a 12‑month pilot, badging, inclusive language scans and accessibility audits.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:31Maintainers Listening Tour
- 6:58CrossCommunity Collaboration
- 8:28What are we trying to solve
- 11:32Community leadership
- 12:31Documentation
- 16:08Personal Networks
- 17:58All in All
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