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**Sid Sijbrandij:** I think these kinds of things - you can see them as a problem, you can also see them as an opportunity, and it sounds pretty corny, but... |
**Jerod Santo:** \[laughs\] It turned actually into an opportunity, didn't it? |
**Sid Sijbrandij:** Yeah... Look, it's not like we're taking down stuff just so we can apologize for it later, but... |
**Jerod Santo:** Like, tell your buddy, "Hey, put up something controversial and then I'll... Let's stage a controversy." |
**Sid Sijbrandij:** We're not into that business, but every time there is a controversy, people will look and they'll see how long does it take you, and are you doing the right thing? We were talking about this yesterday, and there was this remark, like we should make sure that when we're out there commenting on stuff ... |
\[14:59\] So I said it's better to just go out there and have a real conversation right where it's happening, whether that's on Hacker News, whether that's on our public issue tracker. I hope that when people see GitLab team members openly disagree, being kind to one another but being direct, that will be a better thin... |
I'm sure it will bite us from time to time, but that's what we're going for. We'll just go out there and we'll say what we think... And it's not a unified voice. It's over 120 individuals - you can see us disagree also on our issue tracker... |
**Jerod Santo:** \[laughs\] I haven't seen you guys do it so public. |
**Sid Sijbrandij:** Yeah, hopefully it's always kind and respectful, and we try to find the best solution together. |
**Jerod Santo:** Let's talk about OSCON for a minute. According to your guys' booth over there, this is like your first stop in the GitLab World Tour. |
**Sid Sijbrandij:** Yeah, exactly. |
**Jerod Santo:** So you guys are out in full force, you've got a huge booth, you've got lots of people here from the team... Tell us about OSCON and your support for conferences. |
**Sid Sijbrandij:** Yeah, so OSCON is our favorite conference. The big one of course is in the U.S., I think it's ten times bigger than this one, but it's great... All the open source projects are here, it's fun. We're growing pretty fast, so some of the team members have never seen other team members before, so this w... |
**Jerod Santo:** That's cool, right? |
**Sid Sijbrandij:** That didn't happen at their previous work, so there's a lot of love for open source companies here, and that's great to see. |
**Jerod Santo:** Sid, thanks so much for sitting down with me. This was fun. |
**Sid Sijbrandij:** Yeah, my pleasure! |
Thanks again to our friends at O'Reilly for the awesome working partnership at OSCON London 2016. We'll see you again, OSCON, in 2017 in Austin, Texas. If you want to save some money on that ticket, if you're going, use the code "changelog20" to save 20% off your registration to OSCON 2017 in Austin, Texas. |
• Role of education community manager at NodeJS Foundation |
• Inclusivity Working Group and its challenges |
• Conference organizing as a hobby and its human-related difficulties |
• Open source tooling for conferences, such as website and review system development |
• The state of available open-source tools for conference organization |
• How To Conf repo documentation on running JavaScript events |
• Challenges with maintaining and updating existing conference websites and tools |
• Discussion about the conference lanyards and badges |
• Comparison between different types of conference swag (lanyards vs. wooden engraved badges) |
• FutureStack conference mentioned as an example of a company doing hardware badges well |
• Sponsorship management challenges at conferences |
• Language barriers in programming and international collaboration |
• Accessibility and consideration for speakers with non-native languages |
• Difficulty communicating due to language barriers at conferences |
• Importance of inclusivity and diversity in conference planning |
• Challenges of creating a diverse speaker lineup without tokenizing under-represented groups |
• Need for community involvement and support in making conferences feel safe and inclusive |
• Childcare options and accommodations as important details for attendees with family responsibilities |
• Trust and liability concerns when hosting events with children |
• Security measures at the conference venue |
• The importance of inclusivity and creating a welcoming environment for attendees |
• Comparing single-track conferences (like How To Conf) to multi-track conferences (like Node Interactive) |
• Plans for sharing best practices and lessons learned from past conferences |
• Inclusivity strategy and future plans for the Node community |
• Community growth, outreach, and onboarding new contributors |
• Rebooting documentation efforts to align with community values |
• Guidelines or resources for new community members to find help and support |
• Creating a community org within the Node Foundation to facilitate collaboration and representation |
• Empowering local communities to take ownership of their projects and initiatives |
• Providing coordination and resources for event organizers, including sponsorship and logistical support |
• Establishing governance structures and providing guidance on organizational setup |
• Considering localized community managers or "lieutenants" to facilitate communication and support between the central community and local groups |
• Challenges of traveling and attending events due to costs and physical demands |
• Use of video conferencing tools such as Skype and Google Hangouts |
• Importance of building relationships and trust with community members for successful collaborations |
• "Speaker fatigue" and "organizer fatigue" in running local meetups and events |
• Need for empowering local communities through Node Foundation backing and education initiatives |
• Benefits of face-to-face interactions and conversations |
• Challenges of education and inclusivity efforts due to physical location-based models |
• Ways to contribute to Node's inclusivity efforts, including working groups, community organizations, and volunteering at meetups. |
• Conducting a survey to gather data on Node users and their experiences |
• Focusing resources on addressing user struggles with getting started or documentation |
• Developing a certification exam for Node professionals, with a low-cost goal and browser-based testing |
• Challenges in hosting the exam in China due to regulations and requirements |
• Targeting end of Q1 for English version certification exam release |
**Adam Stacoviak:** \[01:25\] What role do you play in the NodeJS Foundation? |
**Tracy Hinds:** I am the education community manager, but my hats are many. |
**Adam Stacoviak:** Like any organization, right? |
**Tracy Hinds:** Yeah, we run lean. I also have been taking responsibility recently for the Inclusivity Working Group, which is not under the foundation from the executive side, but we just needed the work to be sort of investigated, examined, and that's something that we're capable of doing. I took that on because it'... |
**Adam Stacoviak:** I understand from my conversation with Mikeal that you have some experience on that front, too. |
**Tracy Hinds:** Yeah, I run conferences as a hobby... |
**Adam Stacoviak:** Okay, nice hobby... |
**Tracy Hinds:** Yeah, volunteering... It's not paid. |
**Adam Stacoviak:** Are they hard or are they easy? Both? |
**Tracy Hinds:** They're both, yeah. The challenges are always the people, the human component. |
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