News

Current Open Call for Proposals

There are a few conferences that have open Calls for Proposals right now, and we encourage our community members to get out there and talk about CHAOSS! If you are interested in presenting at any of these and need some help with your proposal, let me know and I can connect you with some “veteran” speakers who are happy to give you feedback on your abstract. Also, feel free to join our Working Groups, which are discussing potential topics and panel discussions.

• All Things Open: https://2021.allthingsopen.org/call-for-papers/ (Closes April 30!)
• OSSEU: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-europe/program/cfp/ (Closes June 13)
• OSPOCON (attached to OSSEU) https://events.linuxfoundation.org/ospocon/program/cfp/ (also closes June 13)

Migrating to Groups.io

In the next few weeks, we are migrating to Groups.io to manage our mailing lists. If you are already a subscriber to our mailing list, NO ACTION IS NEEDED on your part, unless you’d like to unsubscribe from the mailing list. To unsubscribe, you can do so by using the unsubscribe form at the bottom of the mailing list page. You are welcome to unsubscribe from the list at any time, of course, even after the migration happens. You can also email us at mail@chaoss.community to request we remove you from the list. Otherwise you probably won’t see any change in your inbox after the migration happens.

Standardization Project Still Underway

We wanted to thank those who have been working to standardize the CHAOSS repositories and naming across working groups, as this is a very daunting task! But at the end of it all, ensuring consistency across the project means we are better set up for future automation and newcomer contributions. Thank you to Ritik Malik, Yash Prakash, Georg Link, and Faisal Riyaz. Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

Upcoming Workshops for Getting Started as a Contributor to CHAOSS Software

In case you missed it, we have successfully launched a series of free virtual workshops to help you get started contributing to CHAOSS software (mostly centered on Augur). All workshops will be hosted on our Community Zoom (https://zoom.us/my/chaoss) and are from 8am – 10am CDT, 6:30pm – 8:30pm IST. You can join as an attendee, or a mentor! GSoC Students are also highly encouraged to attend.

• April 27, 2021 – Jupyter Notebook Visualizations
• May 24, 2021 – Workshop: Configuring Your Computer (Getting Setup for Python Development in CHAOSS)
• June 5, 2021 – Workshop: Restful API Development
• June 19, 2021 –  Jupyter Notebooks: Getting Started
• July 17, 2021 – Jupyter Notebook Visualizations
• July 31, 2021 – Workshop: Configuring Your Computer (Getting Setup for Python Development in CHAOSS & Intro to Github Workflow)

Upcoming Meetings

All calls (except the D&I Badging Outreach call) use our CHAOSS community Zoom link: https://zoom.us/my/chaoss. All meetings are listed in the US Central Time (Chicago) timezone. (Convert into your local time here).

Wednesday, April 21

8:00am  Asia – Pacific CHAOSS Community Call (Agenda & Minutes)

10:00am  Diversity & Inclusion Working Group Meeting (Agenda & Minutes)

Thursday,  April 22

9:00am Value Working Group Meeting (Agenda & Minutes)

Meetings (Open to All)

All meetings at: https://zoom.us/my/chaoss

Calendar at: https://chaoss.community/chaoss-calendar/

Repositories

• Governance
• Metrics
• GrimoireLab
• Augur
• Cregit

Working Groups

• App Ecosystem WG
• Common Metrics WG
• Diversity & Inclusion WG
• Evolution WG
• Risk WG
• Value WG

CHAOSS Resources

• CHAOSS on the Web: chaoss.community
• CHAOSS on GitHub: github.com/chaoss
• CHAOSS on Community Bridge: tinyurl.com/y6bao886
• CHAOSS Podcast: tinyurl.com/CHAOSScast
• CHAOSS on YouTube: youtube.com/c/CHAOSStube
• CHAOSS on Twitter: twitter.com/chaossproj
• CHAOSS on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/chaoss/

Upcoming Workshops for Getting Started as a Contributor to CHAOSS Software

In case you missed it, we have successfully launched a series of free virtual workshops to help you get started contributing to CHAOSS software (mostly centered on Augur). All workshops will be hosted on our Community Zoom (https://zoom.us/my/chaoss) and are from 8am – 10am CDT, 6:30pm – 8:30pm IST. You can join as an attendee, or a mentor! GSoC Students are also highly encouraged to attend.

• April 13, 2021 – Workshop: Restful API Development
• April 20, 2021 –  Jupyter Notebooks: Getting Started
• April 27, 2021 – Jupyter Notebook Visualizations
• May 24, 2021 – Workshop: Configuring Your Computer (Getting Setup for Python Development in CHAOSS)
• June 5, 2021 – Workshop: Restful API Development
• June 19, 2021 –  Jupyter Notebooks: Getting Started
• July 17, 2021 – Jupyter Notebook Visualizations
• July 31, 2021 – Workshop: Configuring Your Computer (Getting Setup for Python Development in CHAOSS & Intro to Github Workflow)

Last Day for GSoC Applications!

Here is a reminder that applications for participating in Google Summer of Code are open until April 13, 2021. Potential students can see the list of ideas here: https://github.com/chaoss/governance/blob/master/GSoC-Ideas.md and how to apply here: https://github.com/chaoss/governance/blob/master/GSoC-interest.md. Good luck to all!

CHAOSScast Episode 32:
SmartSHARK: Reproducible Project and Code Analysis with Steffen Herbold and Alexander Trautsch

We are thrilled to host Alexander Trautsch and Steffen Herbold from SmartSHARK this week, where our panelists Georg Link, Sean Goggins, and Andrea Gallo discuss running data analytics on and collecting large bodies of data about repositories, and using SmartSHARK to gain insights from that data. You can listen here! https://podcast.chaoss.community/32

Upcoming Meetings

All calls (except the D&I Badging Outreach call) use our CHAOSS community Zoom link: https://zoom.us/my/chaoss. All meetings are listed in the US Central Time (Chicago) timezone. (Convert into your local time here).

Tuesday, April 13

10:00am  D&I Badging Outreach Track (Agenda and Minutes)

11:00am  CHAOSS Weekly Sync (Agenda & Minutes)

Wednesday, April 14

9:00am  Evolution Working Group Meeting (Agenda & Minutes)

10:00am  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group Meeting (Agenda & Minutes)

Thursday, April 15

10:00am  Common Metrics Working Group Meeting (Agenda & Minutes)

2:00pm Risk Working Group Meeting (Agenda & Minutes)

Meetings (Open to All)

All meetings at: https://zoom.us/my/chaoss

Calendar at: https://chaoss.community/chaoss-calendar/

Repositories

• Governance
• Metrics
• GrimoireLab
• Augur
• Cregit

Working Groups

• App Ecosystem WG
• Common Metrics WG
• Diversity & Inclusion WG
• Evolution WG
• Risk WG
• Value WG

CHAOSS Resources

• CHAOSS on the Web: chaoss.community
• CHAOSS on GitHub: github.com/chaoss
• CHAOSS on Community Bridge: tinyurl.com/y6bao886
• CHAOSS Podcast: tinyurl.com/CHAOSScast
• CHAOSS on YouTube: youtube.com/c/CHAOSStube
• CHAOSS on Twitter: twitter.com/chaossproj
• CHAOSS on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/chaoss/

Free Tutorial Workshops for Getting Started as a Contributor to CHAOSS Software

If you’ve ever wanted to contribute code to CHAOSS Software, but weren’t sure how to get started, this series of free virtual workshops are for you! All workshops will be hosted on our Community Zoom (https://zoom.us/my/chaoss) and are from 8am – 10am CDT, 6:30pm – 8:30pm IST. You can join as an attendee, or a mentor! GSoC Students are also highly encouraged to attend.

• April 6, 2021 –  Workshop: Configuring Your Computer (Getting Setup for Python Development in CHAOSS & Intro to Github Workflow)
• April 9, 2021 – Workshop: Configuring Your Computer (Getting Setup for Python Development in CHAOSS & Intro to Github Workflow)
• April 13, 2021 – Workshop: Restful API Development
• April 20, 2021 –  Jupyter Notebooks: Getting Started
• April 27, 2021 – Jupyter Notebook Visualizations
• May 24, 2021 – Workshop: Configuring Your Computer (Getting Setup for Python Development in CHAOSS)
• June 5, 2021 – Workshop: Restful API Development
• June 19, 2021 –  Jupyter Notebooks: Getting Started
• July 17, 2021 – Jupyter Notebook Visualizations
• July 31, 2021 – Workshop: Configuring Your Computer (Getting Setup for Python Development in CHAOSS & Intro to Github Workflow)

GSoC Applications Now Open!

Here is a reminder that applications for participating in Google Summer of Code are open until April 13, 2021. Potential students can see the list of ideas here: https://github.com/chaoss/governance/blob/master/GSoC-Ideas.md and how to apply here: https://github.com/chaoss/governance/blob/master/GSoC-interest.md. Good luck to all!

Reminder: App Ecosystem Working Group Meets Today

Because of the awkward timing of when the newsletter usually goes out, the App Ecosystem Working Group never makes it onto our list of Upcoming Meetings. 😭 This is a super interesting group that works on developing metrics pertinent to the larger open source ecosystem. Regular participants of this group come from a variety of communities and the conversation is always lively. For recent examples of their work, check out this blog post on opensource.com (How We Develop Success Metrics for Open Source Events) and the recent CHAOSScast episode (Marketing Metrics for OSS Foundations).

This group meets every other Monday at noon US Central (Chicago) time on our Community Zoom (https://zoom.us/my/chaoss), with the next meeting happening TODAY! Please feel free to join!

(And apologies to the regulars in this group – we ❤️ you!)

Upcoming Meetings 

All calls (except the D&I Badging Outreach call) use our CHAOSS community Zoom link: https://zoom.us/my/chaoss. All meetings are listed in the US Central Time (Chicago) timezone. (Convert into your local time here).

Meetings (Open to All)

All meetings at: https://zoom.us/my/chaoss

Calendar at: https://chaoss.community/chaoss-calendar/

Repositories

• Governance
• Metrics
• GrimoireLab
• Augur
• Cregit

Working Groups

• App Ecosystem WG
• Common Metrics WG
• Diversity & Inclusion WG
• Evolution WG
• Risk WG
• Value WG

CHAOSS Resources

• CHAOSS on the Web: chaoss.community
• CHAOSS on GitHub: github.com/chaoss
• CHAOSS on Community Bridge: tinyurl.com/y6bao886
• CHAOSS Podcast: tinyurl.com/CHAOSScast
• CHAOSS on YouTube: youtube.com/c/CHAOSStube
• CHAOSS on Twitter: twitter.com/chaossproj
• CHAOSS on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/chaoss/

OSS-NA Cancelled for 2021, OSS-EU Still On!

The Linux Foundation announced the cancellation of OSS-NA in August 2021, and instead are focusing their efforts on OSS-EU in Dublin September 28-October 1. The OSS-EU will have a global focus, and while CHAOSS’s participation is still TBD,  they have opened the call for proposals here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-europe/program/cfp/.

CHAOSScast Episode 28:  Human-centric Operations and Metrics with Sophia Vargas

The amazing Sophia Vargas from Google was our guest for the latest episode of CHAOSScast. Our panelists Dawn Foster and Daniel Izquierdo join our host Georg Link to talk with Sophia about her role in the Open Source Program Office in Google and her involvement with the CHAOSS project. You won’t want to miss this one! Listen here: https://podcast.chaoss.community/28.

Design Input for Presenting Metrics Needed

As our list of developed metrics grows, we are finding it increasingly challenging to present them in a cohesive and searchable way. We’d love input from those in the community who have ideas around ways we can present our metrics for a variety of users. If you are interested in joining this conversation, we will be discussing this at our next Web Content meeting on March 1, 2021 at 11:00 am Central (Chicago) (UTC -6) time. Find the time in your timezone here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210301T170000&p1=64. Please join us!

This Week’s Volunteer Opportunity

We are still looking to build out this team and are grateful for those who have stepped up to volunteer!

D&I Badging Initiative Reviewer (More than one volunteer needed!)

• Description of what’s needed: CHAOSS D&I Badging aims to foster healthier practices of Diversity & Inclusion in technology-centered events. We are looking for reviewers who care about this kind of work and want to make a difference in the tech event space.As a reviewer, your job is not to assess the Diversity & Inclusion statistics of an event. Your task is to help event organizers develop better practices for measuring Diversity & Inclusion in their own event spaces. (Training and a clear set of guidelines and criteria for awarding badges will be provided to volunteers.)All applications (so far) have been for virtual events, but the program will support in-person events as they begin to happen again. All the information you need for the review should be publicly available, such as on the website.You are encouraged to ask questions about the applicant event. Feel free to have a conversation with the applicant. We take the program’s impact seriously, but we hope the application can be a casual and enjoyable environment.
• Skills needed: The most important requirement for a reviewer is that you are committed to improving Diversity and Inclusion in the ways that you can. Otherwise, we require the applicant to understand basic GitHub functions, mostly regarding GitHub Issues.
  It is strongly recommended that you are involved in some sort of open source contribution as well. (Training on the D&I Badging process will be given to volunteers).
• Hours per week needed: Time commitment varies depending on your number of assigned reviews. Expect no more than an hour per week as a reviewer.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, reach out to Elizabeth (elizabeth@chaoss.community).

Upcoming Meetings 

All calls (except the D&I Badging Outreach call) use our CHAOSS community Zoom link: https://zoom.us/my/chaoss. All meetings are listed in the US Central Time (Chicago)(UTC -6) timezone. (Convert into your local time here).

Meetings (Open to All)

All meetings at: https://zoom.us/my/chaoss

Calendar at: https://chaoss.community/chaoss-calendar/

Repositories

• Governance
• Metrics
• GrimoireLab
• Augur
• Cregit

Working Groups

• App Ecosystem WG
• Common Metrics WG
• Diversity & Inclusion WG
• Evolution WG
• Risk WG
• Value WG

CHAOSS Resources

• CHAOSS on the Web: chaoss.community
• CHAOSS on GitHub: github.com/chaoss
• CHAOSS on Community Bridge: tinyurl.com/y6bao886
• CHAOSS Podcast: tinyurl.com/CHAOSScast
• CHAOSS on YouTube: youtube.com/c/CHAOSStube
• CHAOSS on Twitter: twitter.com/chaossproj
• CHAOSS on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/chaoss/