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©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Collaborative Leadership:
Governance Beyond
Company Affiliation
FOSS Backstage February 2021
Dr. Dawn M. Foster
Director of OSS Community Strategy
fosterd@vmware.com fastwonderblog.com
Open Source at VMware @vmwopensource
blogs.vmware.com/opensource
@geekygirldawn
©2020 VMware, Inc.
Project Ownership: Foundations and Companies
Governance is About the People
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Leadership
Resources
Final Thoughts
2
Agenda
Photo by Marco Verch - CC BY 2.0
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn 3
whoami
• Geek, traveler, reader

• 20+ yr tech career focused on
community & open source 

(Intel, Puppet, Scale Factory, …)

• OpenUK Board, CHAOSS Board and
Maintainer, TODO Group Steering

• Kubernetes contributor & CNCF
Contributor Strategy SIG

• PhD from the University of Greenwich
focus on Linux kernel collaboration
Photos by Mom, Josh Bancroft, Don Park
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Project Ownership
Photo by K-nekoTR - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Leadership,
trademarks,
and projects
5
Determining
Neutrality for
Foundations?
Image by Andreas Komodromos CC BY-NC 2.0
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Lower risk:
participate as equals
6
Neutral Foundations
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Higher risk:
single company
in control
7
Company
Originated
Photo by Jan Fidler - CC BY 2.0
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Give up control for
increased collaboration
8
Contributing
to Foundations
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Image by the CNCF CC BY-NC 2.0
Governance
Materials from the CNCF Contributor Strategy SIG, Governance WG
provided some of the content for this section
Image by the CNCF CC BY-NC 2.0
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Processes for how
people collaborate
and make decisions
10
Governance is
about People
Photo by Allen and Allen - CC BY 2.0
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Licensing, code of conduct,
contribution, and
communication process
11
Minimum
Documentation
Photo by Jenni C - CC BY 2.0
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Process for
reporting and
responding to
security issues
12
Security
Image by darwin Bell CC BY-NC 2.0
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Opportunity
and
responsibility
13
Leadership
Image by the CNCF CC BY-NC 2.0
https://github.com/cncf/sig-contributor-strategy/tree/master/governance
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Code of conduct,
leadership,
and community
14
Diversity,
Equity, and
Inclusion
Photo by David Jakes - CC BY 2.0
https://chaoss.community/metrics
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Never “done”
can always
be improved
15
Governance
Evolves
Image by kuhnmi CC BY 2.0
@geekygirldawn
©2020 VMware, Inc. 16
Resources
Linux Foundation’s TODO Group
https://todogroup.org/guides/
CNCF Contributor Strategy SIG
https://github.com/cncf/sig-contributor-strategy
The Open Source Way Guidebook
https://github.com/theopensourceway/guidebook/
Photo by Vicente - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn
Setting expectations
reduces uncertainty
and makes people
feel welcome
17
Final Thoughts
on Governance
Image by the CNCF CC BY-NC 2.0
@geekygirldawn
©2020 VMware, Inc.
Dr. Dawn M. Foster
fosterd@vmware.com
fastwonderblog.com
Open Source at VMware
blogs.vmware.com/opensource
@vmwopensource
18
Thank You!
Photo by Thangaraj Kumaravel - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Collaborative Leadership: Governance Beyond Company Affiliation

  • 1. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Collaborative Leadership: Governance Beyond Company Affiliation FOSS Backstage February 2021 Dr. Dawn M. Foster Director of OSS Community Strategy fosterd@vmware.com fastwonderblog.com Open Source at VMware @vmwopensource blogs.vmware.com/opensource
  • 2. @geekygirldawn ©2020 VMware, Inc. Project Ownership: Foundations and Companies Governance is About the People • Diversity & Inclusion • Leadership Resources Final Thoughts 2 Agenda Photo by Marco Verch - CC BY 2.0
  • 3. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn 3 whoami • Geek, traveler, reader • 20+ yr tech career focused on community & open source 
 (Intel, Puppet, Scale Factory, …) • OpenUK Board, CHAOSS Board and Maintainer, TODO Group Steering • Kubernetes contributor & CNCF Contributor Strategy SIG • PhD from the University of Greenwich focus on Linux kernel collaboration Photos by Mom, Josh Bancroft, Don Park
  • 4. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Project Ownership Photo by K-nekoTR - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
  • 5. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Leadership, trademarks, and projects 5 Determining Neutrality for Foundations? Image by Andreas Komodromos CC BY-NC 2.0
  • 6. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Lower risk: participate as equals 6 Neutral Foundations
  • 7. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Higher risk: single company in control 7 Company Originated Photo by Jan Fidler - CC BY 2.0
  • 8. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Give up control for increased collaboration 8 Contributing to Foundations
  • 9. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Image by the CNCF CC BY-NC 2.0 Governance Materials from the CNCF Contributor Strategy SIG, Governance WG provided some of the content for this section Image by the CNCF CC BY-NC 2.0
  • 10. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Processes for how people collaborate and make decisions 10 Governance is about People Photo by Allen and Allen - CC BY 2.0
  • 11. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Licensing, code of conduct, contribution, and communication process 11 Minimum Documentation Photo by Jenni C - CC BY 2.0
  • 12. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Process for reporting and responding to security issues 12 Security Image by darwin Bell CC BY-NC 2.0
  • 13. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Opportunity and responsibility 13 Leadership Image by the CNCF CC BY-NC 2.0 https://github.com/cncf/sig-contributor-strategy/tree/master/governance
  • 14. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Code of conduct, leadership, and community 14 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Photo by David Jakes - CC BY 2.0 https://chaoss.community/metrics
  • 15. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Never “done” can always be improved 15 Governance Evolves Image by kuhnmi CC BY 2.0
  • 16. @geekygirldawn ©2020 VMware, Inc. 16 Resources Linux Foundation’s TODO Group https://todogroup.org/guides/ CNCF Contributor Strategy SIG https://github.com/cncf/sig-contributor-strategy The Open Source Way Guidebook https://github.com/theopensourceway/guidebook/ Photo by Vicente - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
  • 17. ©2020 VMware, Inc. @geekygirldawn Setting expectations reduces uncertainty and makes people feel welcome 17 Final Thoughts on Governance Image by the CNCF CC BY-NC 2.0
  • 18. @geekygirldawn ©2020 VMware, Inc. Dr. Dawn M. Foster fosterd@vmware.com fastwonderblog.com Open Source at VMware blogs.vmware.com/opensource @vmwopensource 18 Thank You! Photo by Thangaraj Kumaravel - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0