Presented at
HOPE X (2014),
July 20, 2014, 3 p.m.
(60 minutes)
While a common philosophical and cultural thread ties all of us in open source together, the ecosystem is as diverse as the world itself. In fact, open source projects are a kaleidoscope of cultures that influence how they are approached, how teams interact, outcomes, and what type of people they attract. At the same time, open source is suffering greatly from a lack of diversity. Three percent are women, and many users from non-English subgroups feel their voices are not heard in the OS ecosystem. This panel will discuss: how open source projects can build bridges to help incorporate people from non native English speaking communities, examples of when lack of cross-cultural sensitivity goes wrong, descriptions of patterns and regional differences observed in various open source communities, and why the Dutch are some of the best open source volunteers ever.
Presenters:
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Douwe Schmidt
Douwe Schmidt is a community manager and privacy advocate. As part of his work at Dutch hosting provider Greenhost, he organizes the monthly meetup TA3M and founded the critical community Noisy Square - a coalition of many organizations and individuals questioning the dynamics of the net on a fundamental technical and political level. Currently, he is a volunteer for digital rights organization Bits of Freedom, for which he collaborates with many Dutch organizations to make a nationwide crypto party called Privacy Cafe. This initiative recently spread out to other countries like Belgium and France. He is also the author of a research blog on his digital alter-ego in which he investigates the data hunger of governments and of companies.
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Bryan Nunez
Bryan Nunez is the project lead for InformaCam at the Guardian Project. Previously, he was the technology manager at Witness, and was a founding advisor for The Engine Room. He is a recognized leader in the strategy and development of online and mobile projects for social change. Throughout his career, he has led the development and product launches of award winning mobile and online projects.
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Sandra Ordonez
Sandra Ordonez is the former communications manager for Wikipedia, and external communications lead for Joomla.
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