Running Open Source Projects

It's decided: Running Open Source Projects.

Let's talk about running OSS, how it works, the experiences, the challenges, the incentives, etc.

Partners
Lexicon, an Endava Company will be hosting the event, providing catering, and recording.
Meritorious is supporting the organizer
Rodolfo will be our MC for the night
Tony Tsui will help with the questions

VENUE, DRINK AND FOOD SPONSOR
https://www.lexicon.com.au/

Lexicon - is now part of the Endava family.
In October 2022, Lexicon joined forces with Endava - a global technology consulting firm. Our strong cultural and strategic alignment means that together we can better solve our client’s toughest challenges – in Australia, the Asia Pacific and beyond. We are incredibly excited about what the future holds. Watch this space.

PANELLISTS

Michael Peyper
Creator of react-hooks-testing-library: a simple and complete set of React hooks testing utilities that encourage good testing practices. Over 2.5M downloads per week on NPM.

Armin Nehzat
Founder of thanks.dev, an open-source ecosystem in which maintainers can focus on their projects full-time, be funded by the companies that depend on them, and for those companies to attain a competitive advantage via access to faster, cheaper & more sustainable execution.

Fagner Brack
Creator of js-cookie: A simple, lightweight JavaScript API for handling browser cookies. Over 6M downloads per week on NPM and 1.6B downloads per month on jsDelivr CDN.

Agenda
· 6:00 pm: Mingle with nibbles and beverages
· 6:20 pm: Introduction
· 6:30 pm: Agree on next meetup details
· 6:45 pm: Part 1 - Post-it Questions From Audience
· 7:30 pm: Break
· 7:45 pm: Part 2 - Post-it Questions From Audience
· 8:15 pm: Synchronous Q&A from the Audience
· 8:30 pm: Closing/Retrospective

Interview Panel Format
The format will be as follows:

1. Panellists Introduction
Each panellist introduces themselves in 1.5 min. and gets to their sit in front of the audience. In other words:

for (panelist of panelists) {
· · panelist.introduce();
· · panelist.sit();
}

2. The MC starts with an open question.
The audience will write more questions on post-its and deliver them to the Master of Ceremony while the panellist is speaking. Tony will help with gathering the Postits to the MC.

while(panelist.is(SPEAKING)) {
· · questions = audience.writeQuestions({ to: panelists })
· · tony.deliver(questions, { to: mc });
· · wait(Until.AUDIENCE_HAVE_MORE_QUESTIONS);
}

3. The MC will pick the questions.
The MC is responsible to select the questions more relevant to the flow of the conversation.

while(panelist.is(NOT_SPEAKING) {
· · question = mc.pickNext();
· · ask(question, { to: panelist })
}

4. Sync Q&A
In the end, the audience will be able to ask questions synchronously

while(panelist.is(NOT_SPEAKING) {
· · question = audience.pickNext();
· · ask(question, { to: panelist })
}

Audio/Video Recording
This event will be recorded for the purpose of sharing it with crafters who couldn't be present on the day. Click here to go to Youtube channel.
By doing an RSVP, you agree to participate in the recording; if you don't want to be recorded, please talk to one of the organisers.

Talk to your friends!
Please invite a colleague, or a friend, especially if they are taking their first steps into software development! Bonus points if they have a different perspective on the subject; this will enrich the conversation.

See you there!

"Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'."
- Richard Stallman