Weekly Newsletter (January 17-21, 2022)
Reminder: Help Give Us a Name
Here’s a reminder that we’re looking for your vote! Many communities give themselves a collective name to help define a collective identity and build unity among the community members. The CHAOSS community decided to do just that at the last community meeting. We opened a poll to help us figure out what our name should be, and we’d love love love your input!
Please help us decide by voting in this sliding poll here: https://voteupapp.com/shared/lCHNiOfnO
We will keep this poll open until January 31, so if you haven’t voted yet and you want to, you still have time.
Recent Changes to Metrics Template and Checklist
In case you missed it or haven’t been able to attend our working group meetings recently, we thought we’d give you an update on the state of our metrics development process. With the release of MARS (Metrics Automated Release System) in October 2021 came some changes to the way we roll out new metrics. While there were process changes, there were also a few tools that were added to keep our metrics consistent across working groups and ensure all metrics fit a high quality standard: the addition of a metrics template and a metrics quality checklist for releases.
In the last few months, we have made some improvements to both of these things:
- We added a statement on Data Privacy to our metrics template to promote the ethical implementation of our metrics, especially when dealing with private information.
- We now perform an inclusive naming check and ask the working group to think about the impact on DEI when developing the metric.
- We added a line for synonyms that might be known to the user of the metrics, to help clarify the terminology used by CHAOSS.
We are also now regularly revisiting previously released metrics to make sure these new enhancements are included and to improve the quality of the metric when needed, and we are developing a checklist and process for that.
Upcoming Meetings
All calls use our CHAOSS community Zoom link: https://zoom.us/my/chaoss (except the DEI Badging Weekly Meetings). All meetings are listed in the US Central Time (Chicago) timezone. (Convert into your local time here).
Monday, January 24
12:00pm App Ecosystem Working Group (Agenda and Minutes)
Tuesday, January 25
10:00am – Evolution Working Group (Agenda & Minutes)
10:00am – DEI Badging Outreach (Agenda & Minutes)
11:00am – Weekly Community Call (Agenda & Minutes)
Wednesday, January 26
8:00am – Asia Pacific Community Call (Agenda & Minutes)
8:30am – DEI Badging Weekly (Agenda & Minutes)
10:00am – Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Working Group Meeting (Agenda and Minutes)
Thursday, January 27
9:00am – Value Working Group Meeting (Agenda and Minutes)
Meetings (Open to All)
All meetings at: https://zoom.us/my/chaoss
Calendar at: https://chaoss.community/chaoss-calendar/
Repositories
Working Groups
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/
- CHAOSS on Slack: chaoss-workspace
