#fedora-flock-openqa: I contributed! But what now? - Speaker: Bhagyashree (Bee) Padalkar (bee2502)
Meeting started by jflory7 at 09:02:51 UTC
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Meeting summary
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ANub0RZtqnLaBDzpiQRUkZdnf7n75Pn9H16gb0wZg68/
(jflory7,
09:40:25)
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