Episode 184: Omotola Eunice Omotayo & Jan Ainali at FOSS Backstage 2023

Guests

Omotola Eunice Omotayo | Jan Ainali

Panelist

Richard Littauer

Show Notes

Hello and welcome to Sustain! Today, Richard’s live at FOSS Backstage 2023 in Berlin, and on this episode, he’s joined by two guests.

His first guest is Omotola Eunice Omotayo, who works as a community manager and organizer for Outreachy, which is a fellowship under Software Freedom Conservancy. She gave a talk about “Contributor engagement and monetization opportunities” at the event. They discuss the number of applications Outreachy received, the number of interns, and how she manages to keep up with social media and meetings with each intern. Finally, we learn about the HUGE open source community in Africa and OSCA.

Richard’s next guest is Jan Ainali, who’s here to discuss a card game. Seriously! The Governance Game is a card game designed to encourage discussion about governance in open-source code bases. The game was created by publiccode.net, which helps public organizations collaborate on developing software for public purposes. The game includes starting states, bugs, and scenarios that are based on calamities observed in the real world. Jan also talks about the Foundation for Public Code, what they do, and how they are funded. Download this episode now to learn more!

Links

• SustainOSS
• SustainOSS Twitter
• SustainOSS Discourse
• podcast@sustainoss.org
• Richard Littauer Twitter
• FOSS Backstage 2023
• Omotola Eunice Omotayo Twitter
• Omotola Eunice Omotayo LinkedIn
• Outreachy
• Open Source Community Africa (OSCA)
• She Code Africa
• Jan Ainali Twitter
• Jan Ainali LinkedIn
• Jan Ainali Website
• Foundation for Public Code
• The Governance Game
• Signalen

Credits

• Produced by Richard Littauer
• Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound
• Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound

Special Guests: Jan Ainali and Omotola Eunice Omotayo.

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