In the world of open source software (OSS) development, attracting and retaining motivated developers is key to a project's sustainability and long-term survival. Many of us recognize the lack of diversity in OSS projects and the barriers that individuals from underrepresented groups face, but what can we do to retain diverse contributors? In this talk, I will present two evidence-based dashboards to help attract and retain diverse contributors. The first dashboard provides a set of real-time insights to track community turnover and diversity, and focuses on gender and affiliation diversity. The second dashboard determines contributors’ survivability likelihood in the project. These dashboards can empower project leaders to assess the diverse state of their projects and take relevant action to promote diversity in their projects
Speakers: Anita Sarma Zixuan Steve Feng