CHAOSScast

Episode 13: Internews OSS Lightweight Needs Assessment Toolkit with Gina Helfrich

14 August 2020 | 48 mins 58 secs

Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, our special guest is Gina Helfrich. Dr. Helfrich is Program Officer for Global Technology at Internews, where she manages global programs covering two streams of work. She will talk about the BASICS project, which is where they look at how to strengthen open source security tools that journalists and human rights organizations rely on. You can also find out about The Guardian Project and how it has developed a methodology called Clean Insights. We will learn about the OSS Lightweight Needs Assessment toolkit she created and why CHAOSS was a source of inspiration for the toolkit. Subscribe for free to this podcast and download this episode now!

Episode 12: How Social Marketing Interfaces with Community with Michelle Dalton

7 August 2020 | 45 mins 20 secs

Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, we have a special guest, Michelle Dalton, who is the Community Manager for DigitalMarketer communities and uses Facebook groups. We are going to be discussing DigitalMarketer engaged community. We will learn Michelle’s interesting journey that led her into community management. Also, she will give us some insights on what she thinks she can bring to inform the Open Source Community and the onboarding experience and how important it is. Michelle also mentions their core values, which one of them is, “Always pursue growth and learning.” Download this episode to find out more!

Episode 11: Diversity & Inclusion with Emma Irwin

31 July 2020 | 46 mins 1 sec

Hello and welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, we have an interesting episode about diversity and inclusion as one of the themes. We have special guest, Emma Irwin, Senior Program Manager at Mozilla, focused on building and sustaining healthy communities. We will learn more about the CHAOSS Diversity Inclusion Badging Project. Also, we find out what the number one problem is that people make when they approach community health metrics. And, as we think about diversity and inclusion, and all the movements going on right now, Emma tells us what we can do to help. Download this episode to find out more!

Episode 10: Managing Risks and Opportunities in Open Source with Frank Nagle & David A. Wheeler

24 July 2020 | 48 mins 40 secs

Hello and welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, we have two special guests with us, Frank Nagle, Assistant Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School and David A. Wheeler, Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security at the Linux Foundation. We will discuss the use of metrics in looking at software identified by the Software Configuration Management systems. We will talk about CII Best Practices Badge Program and License Risk. And, there is a survey that you can participate in called the Core Infrastructure Initiative FOSS Contributor Survey (CII-FOSS Survey). Go ahead and download this episode now to find out more!

Episode 9: In Defense of Vanity Metrics

17 July 2020 | 39 mins 11 secs

Hello and welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! In this episode, Matt and Venia have an informal conversational exploration of topics on their mind. Venia has Vanity Metrics on her mind. So today, we will explain what a Vanity Metric is, the importance of community strategy and why we are using metrics, and why you should consider your community social scientifically in meeting limitations. Matt and Venia have a few stories to share as well! Download this episode now!

Episode 8: Mautic Community with Ruth Cheesley

10 July 2020 | 45 mins 9 secs

Hello and welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! In this episode, we have special guest, Ruth Cheesley, Project Lead for Mautic Community and based in UK. Today, we will learn all about Mautic Community Health. We will find out what Ruth is doing with the metrics platform, her recently launched community healthcare dashboard, and participating in a Google Season of Docs. Also, we will learn about a program that enables contributors to take responsibility for specific areas of the Mautic project and become experts. Download this episode to find out more!

Episode 7: Your Community Story with Jono Bacon

3 July 2020 | 50 mins 22 secs

Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! In today’s episode, we have special guest Jono Bacon, a community and collaboration strategy consultant, author, and speaker. He works with companies to help them build communities wrapped around a product or service or develop a platform that’s out in the open. Today, Jono shares with us things that have helped him in his career in community management and community strategies. Also, he discusses what worries him about data and where he sees open source community management moving forward. Also, find out why Jono said, “I want community to be something that makes the world a better place.” Download this episode now!

Episode 6: CNCF, DevStats, and TODO Group with Chris Aniszczyk

26 June 2020 | 51 mins 31 secs

Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! In today’s episode, we have special guest, Chris Aniszczyk, Chief Technology Officer at Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and co-founder of the TODO Group. Chris is here to talk about community health and this fastest growing Open Source foundation ever. We will learn how CNCF began their journey with metrics, the diversity and inclusion within CNCF, DevStats, and he tells us about what he does at TODO Group. And, if you are interested in starting an open source program office journey, download this episode to find out how and much more!

Episode 5: Defining “Open Source Community Health”

19 June 2020 | 43 mins 59 secs

Hello and welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! In this episode, we are going to talk about what Open Source Community Health is. We will let you know what the foundations and basics of what CHAOSS is all about and what this podcast is all about. Also, we will discuss the different working groups of CHAOSS. Download this episode now to find out more!

Episode 4: GrimoireLab

12 June 2020 | 56 mins 2 secs

Hello and welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! What a great episode this is today! We have three guests joining us. Ray Paik, Community Manager at GitLab and Co-Founder and Board of CHAOSS. Also, Manrique Lopez, CEO at Bitergia, Co-Founder of CHAOSS, and Product Owner of GrimoireLab. And last, but not least, Valerio Cosentino, Senior Software Developer at Bitergia, Maintainer of GrimoireLab Projects, and Maintainer of Google Summer of Code. Today, we will be learning more about GrimoireLab and how it fits into the CHAOSS Project. Also, we will be discussing all the ways to gather metrics and the use of different tools involved in GrimoireLab. There is lots of great info, so download this episode now!

Episode 3: Augur

5 June 2020 | 38 mins 29 secs

Welcome to this episode of CHAOSSCast! Today, we have three guests that are maintainers from the CHAOSS Augur Project. They are Sean Goggins, Gabe Heim, and Carter Landis. Sean is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Missouri, CHAOSS Co-Founder and Board Member. Gabe is a senior at the University of Missouri, studying Computer Science and Carter is a senior at the University of Missouri, studying Computer Science. They are here to tell you all about Augur and how they play a huge part of the CHAOSS project. Also, Dawn tells us how Augur is used in VMWare’s Open Source Program Office. Also, they discuss all of their successes with Augur so far, and if you are interested in exploring Augur, find out where you could start. Download this episode now.

Episode 2: Social Currency Metric System (SCMS)

29 May 2020 | 49 mins 55 secs

Welcome to this episode of CHAOSSCast! Today, we have special guests, Venia Logan and Dylan Marcy of SociallyConstructed.Online. They are here to do some introspection on the process CHAOSS follows for defining metrics and to demonstrate this using the Social Currency Metric System (SCMS).

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