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https://flock2016.sched.org/event/76oD/i-contributed-but-what-now
Meeting ended Tue Aug 2 09:52:01 2016 UTC.
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#fedora-flock-openqa: I contributed! But what now? - Speaker:
Bhagyashree (Bee) Padalkar (bee2502)
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Meeting started by jflory7 at 09:02:51 UTC. The full logs are available
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Meeting summary
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* Introduction (jflory7, 09:02:59)
* Talking about improving contributor retention rates in Fedora
contributor community (jflory7, 09:03:16)
* Who am I? A data freak! Spends most time in Fedora CommOps working
on community-oriented metrics (jflory7, 09:03:52)
* Analyzing fedmsg data and how contributors interact, and what we do
in the field impacts our project (jflory7, 09:04:27)
* What are we talking about? (jflory7, 09:04:34)
* Newcomer on-boarding is important, but retainment is critical
(jflory7, 09:04:48)
* Using data analytics for improving contributor retention (jflory7,
09:05:02)
* === Contributor Onboarding and Retention (graph) === (jflory7,
09:05:53)
* fedmsg started in 2013, so no data available past that (jflory7,
09:06:08)
* Short-term contributor: Did a little bit, were active for around for
three months, then left (jflory7, 09:07:45)
* Long-term contributors: Stayed active after initial period
(jflory7, 09:07:52)
* Note about 2016: Inactive members were huge number because of spam
attacks in recent months, which affects skew (jflory7, 09:08:15)
* Inactive contributors: Have not done anything in Fedora beyond
registration (jflory7, 09:08:26)
* (Actually, there is a lot more specific criteria about how activity,
short-term / long-term is measured, but these are detailed in the
slides) (jflory7, 09:08:54)
* Contributor On-boarding and Retention (jflory7, 09:09:56)
* Around 50% of contributors are classified as "short-term", who
contribute for three months and depart (jflory7, 09:11:16)
* More than 5,000 new FAS accounts created annually (excluding spam
accounts) (jflory7, 09:12:47)
* Contributor Survey (jflory7, 09:12:58)
* 16 participants, looking at what made them stay as contributors
(jflory7, 09:13:34)
* None started as Red Hat employees, some are now (jflory7, 09:13:40)
* Diverse areas of contributions to range of areas in Fedora
(jflory7, 09:13:55)
* All intended to remain as long-term contributors to the project when
they became active (jflory7, 09:14:26)
* === Community matters === (jflory7, 09:14:42)
* Not just about loving your work, but a strong FOSS community makes
people stay (jflory7, 09:14:58)
* Some cited four foundations, a sense of giving back to the
community, and constant learning also made them stay (jflory7,
09:15:12)
* === Community Ratings === (jflory7, 09:16:24)
* === Inspire. Interact. Feedback. === (jflory7, 09:18:56)
* Encourage newcomers to speak up in IRC, meetings, and mailing lists
(involve newcomers and give them a voice) (jflory7, 09:19:26)
* Assign action items (creates sense of responsibility early on)
(jflory7, 09:19:36)
* Feedback process (IRC karma and Fedora Badges put to good use!)
(jflory7, 09:19:48)
* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-badges/ticket/409 (jflory7,
09:21:27)
* Interns matter! Whether Outreachy, GSoC, Red Hat, focus on ways on
making them stay past their internship (jflory7, 09:22:24)
* Onboarding is Important (jflory7, 09:23:44)
* Need for mentors, much debated issue, not as feasible (jflory7,
09:23:54)
* CommOps has been helping create a defined on-boarding process for
different Fedora teams (jflory7, 09:24:15)
* === On-boarding Master Ticket === (jflory7, 09:25:16)
* LINK: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-commops/ticket/34 (jflory7,
09:26:34)
* General on-boarding badges for all sub-projects: (jflory7,
09:26:54)
* Licensed to Push (Pagure), hot topic (mailing lists), etc.
(jflory7, 09:27:07)
* Studying other long-term Fedora contributors (jflory7, 09:27:23)
* Patterns in activity of long-time contributors: consistency >
activity (jflory7, 09:27:49)
* Consistency should be measured / valued perhaps more than short,
intense bursts of activity early on in a contributor's "lifecycle"
(jflory7, 09:29:22)
* Impact of attending Fedora events (jflory7, 09:29:30)
* Meeting community in person at events (jflory7, 09:29:37)
* Performed some data analytics understanding impact of attending
events like FOSDEM and contributionactivity (jflory7, 09:29:57)
* Not only great for newcmers but also lead to increase in activity in
attendees (jflory7, 09:30:09)
* LINK:
https://networksfordata.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/fedora-at-fosdem/
(jflory7, 09:30:32)
* Long-term activity from FOSDEM 2014 badge scanners: noticeable trend
from pre- and post-FOSDEM contributions (jflory7, 09:31:52)
* Q: "What did you use to measure activity specific from FOSDEM 2014?"
(jflory7, 09:32:36)
* A: Using the Fedora badge for FOSDEM 2014 enabled us to look at
these contributors (jflory7, 09:33:02)
* Trend also continued at FOSDEM 2015 (jflory7, 09:34:07)
* Conclusion / Open Discussion (jflory7, 09:34:18)
* What to take away: community matters for retaining contributors,
defining and refining on-boarding series, encourage interactions and
create a feedback mechanism (jflory7, 09:35:33)
* Individually: attending Fedora events, engaging in mailing lists,
IRC, meetings, etc., and look for consistency over just activity
(jflory7, 09:36:08)
* Shout-out to skamath for helping generate these statistics!
(jflory7, 09:36:29)
* LINK:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ANub0RZtqnLaBDzpiQRUkZdnf7n75Pn9H...
(jflory7, 09:40:25)
Meeting ended at 09:52:01 UTC.
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