Beyond Bean Counting: Measuring Open Source Engagement Beyond Commits and Stars
Details
Come join us for the first R-Ladies SF Meetup of 2018! We will hear from special guest, Augustina Ragwitz from R-Ladies Portland, about her work evaluating open source community engagement and walk us through the code she wrote so you can analyze data of your own.
Augustina's Talk Abstract:
I'll be talking about my work in data science/developer advocacy to challenge the traditional paradigm of "human-system" metrics the tech industry is intent on shoving down our throats. I'll be asking the question, "How can we better understand open source community engagement beyond counts of commits, stars, or people?" and sharing some of my ideas on how to move beyond bean counting and into data-driven conversations.
Following Augustina's talk, co-organizer Erin LeDell will give a short preview of the meetupr R package which can be used to retrieve data about meetups. https://github.com/rladies/meetupr
We will also discuss what we would like to accomplish this year. Come with ideas on what you want topics you would learn about or projects your would like to share.
WHAT TO BRING
Laptop is highly encouraged.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Anyone who violates or has previously violated this community's Code of Conduct will be refused entry, expelled, and/or any other action deemed appropriate by the Organizer, regardless of event registration, meetup membership or other condition.
https://github.com/rladies/starter-kit/wiki/Code-of-Conduct
We are emphatically queer and trans friendly.
