WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.000 It is a light morning, it must have been a lot of party class nights, somewhere in Fossham 00:11.000 --> 00:12.000 and Brussels. 00:12.000 --> 00:14.000 Okay. 00:14.000 --> 00:17.000 I don't remember it being this quiet on the Sunday morning. 00:17.000 --> 00:20.000 Raid, do you remember? 00:20.000 --> 00:21.000 It is. 00:21.000 --> 00:23.000 The goal room is quiet too. 00:23.000 --> 00:27.000 Well, all right, it's 9 o'clock and because of the live stream schedule, 00:27.000 --> 00:29.000 we're just going to get started on time. 00:29.000 --> 00:32.000 So good morning folks. 00:32.000 --> 00:36.000 Welcome to the community bedroom, the people side of open source. 00:36.000 --> 00:39.000 I'm Shirley Bales and I'll be your host today. 00:39.000 --> 00:44.000 I'm hosting alone, which is also my first time hosting and it's slightly unexpected 00:44.000 --> 00:46.000 hosting alone. 00:46.000 --> 00:50.000 But I wanted to say a quick thank you to my co-host who isn't actually here today. 00:50.000 --> 00:54.000 She had family things to take care of, Laura Chakowski. 00:54.000 --> 00:57.000 She couldn't be in here in person, but I also wanted to thank Floor Dries, 00:57.000 --> 01:04.000 who is up there, high floor, and Orlin Vasilev for the work on the committee with us. 01:04.000 --> 01:08.000 And to the other volunteers, we'll have throughout the day managing the bedroom. 01:08.000 --> 01:13.000 These bedrooms don't run themselves, so we're really thankful and grateful for the time and effort 01:13.000 --> 01:16.000 that makes all this work possible. 01:16.000 --> 01:21.000 When we reviewed the series proposals, I think we had about 98 of them. 01:21.000 --> 01:24.000 A few themes came through loud and clear. 01:24.000 --> 01:27.000 First, sustainability is no longer optional. 01:27.000 --> 01:31.000 Whether you're a solo maintainer, a foundation, a company backed project, 01:31.000 --> 01:36.000 or someone who's trying to find your place, every community is wrestling with health, 01:36.000 --> 01:39.000 long-term health, governance, and succession. 01:39.000 --> 01:43.000 And especially funding these days. 01:43.000 --> 01:46.000 Second, AI is changing contributor behavior. 01:46.000 --> 01:51.000 Sometimes it accelerates participation, and sometimes it overwhelms maintainers. 01:51.000 --> 01:55.000 Several talks today will reflect real questions about the synthetic senior, 01:55.000 --> 01:59.000 contributor noise, and what mentorship looks like in this new era. 01:59.000 --> 02:05.000 Third, burnout continues to show up as a structural issue, not an individual failing. 02:05.000 --> 02:07.000 This is a really important point. 02:07.000 --> 02:11.000 A lot of invisible labor holds all of these communities together, 02:11.000 --> 02:15.000 and many of today's sessions are going to look at what's working, what isn't, 02:15.000 --> 02:17.000 and where we can all do better. 02:17.000 --> 02:21.000 And finally, diversity of participation matters. 02:21.000 --> 02:27.000 We saw proposals from students, civic tech groups, security foundations, hobbyists, 02:27.000 --> 02:31.000 tiny teams, large organizations, people from all over the world. 02:31.000 --> 02:35.000 And it's a good reminder that community isn't just one model. 02:35.000 --> 02:40.000 Our goal today isn't to present a single answer to how you build a community. 02:40.000 --> 02:45.000 It's to make space for practical tactics, cautionary tales, and experiments that are worth learning from. 02:45.000 --> 02:48.000 For each of us to take back to our own communities. 02:48.000 --> 02:52.000 So a few quick housekeeping notes, not that it's a super packed room at the moment, 02:52.000 --> 02:55.000 but we're trying to get people to come in through one door and leave through here. 02:55.000 --> 02:58.000 So when the session ends, if you guys don't mind heading out through this door here, 02:58.000 --> 03:00.000 help us keep the room clean. 03:00.000 --> 03:05.000 We do have an enormous amount of candy to get your day going if you want some sugar. 03:05.000 --> 03:09.000 And if you do have questions in QA part, can you just please wait to the end 03:09.000 --> 03:14.000 when the speakers are done, and then we'll hand the mic around the room for a Q&A session. 03:14.000 --> 03:16.000 So one quick heads up before we start. 03:16.000 --> 03:18.000 We do have a schedule change today. 03:18.000 --> 03:21.000 We, unfortunately, have someone had to travel issues. 03:21.000 --> 03:25.000 So there's a session at 1240, the partnerships at power community session. 03:25.000 --> 03:28.000 That's going to be replaced by a community talk. 03:28.000 --> 03:32.000 By Katherine Druckman, hopefully, over there, now that I've put you on the spot, 03:32.000 --> 03:34.000 you have no choice but to take it. 03:34.000 --> 03:36.000 And we'll update these schedule pages. 03:36.000 --> 03:38.000 We get a little bit closer. 03:38.000 --> 03:42.000 And finally, this room follows the Fossham Code of Conduct. 03:42.000 --> 03:46.000 We respect respectful and inclusive behavior from everyone. 03:46.000 --> 03:48.000 And if you experience anything or witness anything, 03:48.000 --> 03:52.000 please come find me or one of the other volunteers in the room throughout the day. 03:52.000 --> 03:54.000 Thank you for being here. 03:54.000 --> 03:58.000 Community isn't community without the people who participate. 03:58.000 --> 04:01.000 So it's really important that we all come together to support things. 04:01.000 --> 04:04.000 With that in mind, we're going to start with many of these challenges 04:04.000 --> 04:06.000 and how they begin with teams. 04:06.000 --> 04:09.000 Teams don't magically mature on their own. 04:09.000 --> 04:12.000 The way that we make decisions and handle conflict, 04:12.000 --> 04:15.000 share ownership and build trust is learned behavior. 04:15.000 --> 04:17.000 And it's often learned the hard way. 04:17.000 --> 04:21.000 So please welcome Adam, Warren and Elizabeth.