Karin Lammers (Perspective 2)

Title:

So how do you make decisions? Governance in open source software projects.

Biography:

Karin Lammers is owner of Perspective 2, a company that helps open source software projects to improve their community processes, such governance, on-boarding and development of learning materials. With her background in public administration and education, she aims to bridge between the non-technical and FOSS world. She is a contributor to RIOT since 2022 and a member of the Digital Commons Task Force (part of NGI Commons).

Abstract:

How do you make decisions in an open source software project? The organizational structure of FOSS projects is quite different from traditional institutions such as companies, governments or NGO’s. These institutions often have described their values, leadership model and division of roles: their governance is described, resulting in clear decision making processes. This is also possible for FOSS projects! Therefore, this talk will cover what governance in FOSS projects is, why it is important and how to apply it practically in RIOT.