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Let's talk: Communication & Consensus Building in Open-Source

Track:
Community Building, Education, Outreach
Type:
Talk (long session)
Level:
beginner
Room:
Terrace 2A
Start:
10:45 on Wednesday, 16 July 2025
End:
11:30 on Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Duration:
45 minutes
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Abstract

Open-source communities are often distributed around the world which presents a challenge to fostering effective communication and consensus building among its members. As the project and community grows, the challenges around facilitating effective communication only become more difficult.

Thankfully, there are a myriad of tools and methodologies available to deal with these challenges. During this talk, I will cover three ways both large and small open source communities can tackle these communication issues: project chats and message boards, regular project meetings and project enhancement proposals.

To learn more about these tools in practice, we'll follow a fiction character through his journey of creating and maintaining an open-source project 😺 🐈 😺 🐈 😺