Building Inclusive Open Source Communities

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 Building inclusive Open Source
communities

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Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 @alicetragedy Diversity

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 Diversity merriam-webster.com “the condition
of having or being composed of differing elements; variety.”

Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 @alicetragedy Diversity: why should we
care?

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 teams with ethnic diversity
are 35% more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 teams with gender diversity
are 15% more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 Diversity: why should we
care? diversity is something you want in a team

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 Diversity: why should we
care? Decentralisation, freedom and democracy can only happen within a truly diverse community

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 The canary in the
coal mine

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 The canary in the
coal mine “the canary in the coal mine” is used to describe a being that is so sensitive to its hostile environment that it becomes an indicator of danger

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 Women in tech are
the canary in the coal mine. Normally when the canary in the coal mine starts dying you know the environment is toxic and you should get the hell out. Instead, the tech industry is looking at the canary, wondering why it can’t breathe, saying “Lean in, canary. Lean in!” When one canary dies they get a new one because getting more canaries is how you fix the lack of canaries, right? Except the problem is that there isn’t enough oxygen in the coal mine, not that there are too few canaries. Kate Heddleston

Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 @alicetragedy Inclusion

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 Different types of contributions

Open Source is design.

Open Source is UX and UI.

Open Source is marketing.

Open Source is community.

Open Source is project management.

Open Source is testing.

Open Source is translation.

Open Source is documentation.

Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 @alicetragedy My ﬁrst contribution

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 My situation was special.

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 Why is the idea
of contributing to Open Source software so scary?

of contributing to Open Source software so scary? Open Source Software is open

of contributing to Open Source software so scary? Open Source Software is open Impostor syndrome is real

of contributing to Open Source software so scary? Open Source Software is open Impostor syndrome is real The community can seem or feel hostile

Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 @alicetragedy Being an inclusive maintainer

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 Being an inclusive maintainer
Don’t forget where you came from

Make your project accessible

Make your project welcoming

Add (and enforce) a Code of Conduct.

Write clear, well-defined issues

Reward your contributors

Communicate (but don’t over-promise)

Communicate early

...But don’t communicate too early

Be a mentor

Give people (some) control

Set clear boundaries for yourself

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 It’s not the canary,
it’s the coal mine

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 It’s not the canary,
it’s the coal mine It won’t happen overnight — give yourself time

Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 @alicetragedy If it’s not diverse,
it’s broken – Lena Reinhard

Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 @alicetragedy If it’s not inclusive,
it’s broken

@alicetragedy Drupal Vienna Meetup, April 2017 Questions?

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Building Inclusive Open Source Communities

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