Panel: Beyond Codes of Conduct: Igniting Diversity in Your Community
Panelat KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 · on Wednesday, 2019-11-20· at 11:50· Room 6D - San Diego Convention Center, Upper Level·
summary
Kubernetes community keeps a strict code of conduct and even bans harmful attendees, and GitHub lists concrete features: explicit consent for repo invites, a repo pause button to cool heated threads, and a newly enabled sponsorship program to pay maintainers. Practical company moves include anonymizing resumes for initial screens, standardizing interviews, offering closed captioning and signers at events, flexible work and a Reading Week for hands-on learning, and noting Kubernetes has about 2,300 contributors and 86,000 commits.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 1:31Lara Owen
- 2:09What Do You Think the Kubernetes Community Has Done To Be Welcoming to Underrepresented Groups
- 7:39Explicit Consent
- 10:52How Do You Think the Idea of Meritocracy That's Built into Many Open-Source Communities either Hurts or Helps the Ability for Diverse Ideas and Perspectives To Be Heard
- 13:37What Do You Think some Companies Are Doing To Support You Know Diversity and Inclusion in the Kubernetes Community
- 19:26How Do You Build that Appreciation for Non-Technical Leadership or Even Different Types of Technical Depth
- 28:43Stating Intent
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