If we want to find out how diverse our open source communities are, where is the best place to start? Running a survey always sounds like a pretty straightforward task to accomplish this, and at the time it always does. During November/December last year, Sharan organised and ran the first ever diversity survey for Committers on Apache Software Foundation projects. In this presentation, Sharan shares her experience of running the survey, the results and some of the unexpected challenges involved along the way.
Director, Community & Developer Relations, Instaclustr By NetApp
She has been involved with the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) since 2008 and has presented at several conferences about engaging and empowering communities.