Episode 94: 20min in CHAOSS Africa with Precious, Gloria, and Maryblessing

Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSScast! CHAOSScast – Episode 94 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Harmony Elendu is joined by members of the CHAOSS Africa community, Precious Abubakar, Gloria Johnson, and Maryblessing Okolie. Join us as they share their personal journeys and experiences contributing to the open-source ecosystem. They also discuss their roles in various CHAOSS projects, including the DEI Badging project, documentation efforts, and the Contributor Covenant. The episode highlights the importance of community support, the challenges and successes in open-source contributions, and suggestions for improving the onboarding process for newcomers. Press download now to hear more! [00:03:21] Precious shares her “open source awakening” through the CHAOSS Project and mentorship programs, particularly the Africa Contributor Program. [00:05:04] Maryblessing shares her experience with the Outreachy program and how conversations with Precious led her to contribute to the CHAOSS Project, specifically working on Augur software. [00:06:50] Gloria talks about her introduction to open source through her friend and joining the CHAOSS community and shares her initial hesitations and eventual onboarding into the open source space. [00:09:17] Harmony discusses the importance of attending open source meetings as a form of contribution and he reflects on the importance of the onboarding party for newcomers in the CHAOSS community. [00:11:51] Maryblessing describes her various contributions to CHAOSS, including event planning, facilitating meetings, and her leadership role in the Contributor Covenant project. [00:17:12] Gloria shares her contribution to the DEI Badging project, reviewing event badges and contributing as a project manager. Harmony praises the Badging project for its impact on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the open source space. [00:19:25] Precious shares her contributions to Project Badging, the CHAOSS Slack bot, and reflects on her journey in the open source space. [00:23:02] Harmony opens the discussion on how the CHAOSS community could improve the contributor experience, and our guests share how the community has evolved and reflects on improvements such as recognizing no-code contributors and how the tour guide system has been helpful for onboarding newcomers to the community. [00:27:02] Harmony wraps up by commending the community’s efforts to consistently improve the onboarding process for newcomers. Value Adds (Picks) of the week: [00:28:01] Harmony’s pick is let’s see open source as a way of giving back to the world at large. [00:28:30] Maryblessing’s pick is nobody can steal your vision. [00:29:04] Gloria’s pick is let opportunities meet you prepared. [00:29:30] Precious’s pick is relaunching her blog. Panelist: Harmony Elendu Guests: Precious Abubakar Gloria Johnson Maryblessing Okolie Links: CHAOSS CHAOSS Project X CHAOSScast Podcast CHAOSS Slack [email protected] CHAOSS Project Africa X CHAOSS Africa-GitHub Georg Link Website Harmony Elendu Medium Harmony Elendu X Precious Abubakar Medium Gloria Johnson LinkedIn Maryblessing Okolie LinkedIn CHAOSScast Podcast-Episode 67: The CHAOSS Newcomer Slack Bot and She-Code-Africa with Precious and lyimide Contributor Covenant CHAOSS DEI Project Badging CHAOSS Slack BotSpecial Guests: Gloria Johnson, Maryblessing Okolie, and Precious Abubakar.