Best Chaoss Project Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 109: SBOMs and Project Health with Brittany Istenes 39:53

9d ago39:53

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 109 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Georg Link is joined by Cali Dolfi, Senior Data Scientist at Red Hat, and Brittany Istenes, FINOS Ambassador. The discussion delves into the importance of measuring open source community health and the rol…

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Episode 108: CHAOSS in Asia with Divya Mohan, Leon N, and Yaya Xia 28:55

23d ago28:55

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 108 In this episode of CHAOSScast, Harmony Elendu hosts a dynamic panel discussion with Divya Mohan, Yaya Xia, and Leon Nunes to discuss the latest updates from the CHAOSS Asia chapter. The episode dives into the history and growth of the CHAOSS…

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Episode 107: Guest Episode - Sustain meets Sean Goggins to talk about CHAOSS and Auger 42:53

1M ago42:53

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast- Episode 107 In this episode of CHAOSScast, we have a special crossover episode with Sustain, hosted Richard Littauer. Richard chats with CHAOSS contributor Sean Goggins, a tenured full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Missouri. Sean dis…

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Episode 106: Funding Impact Measurement Working Group 35:11

2M ago35:11

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 106 In this episode of the CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby introduces guests Dawn Foster, Cailean Osborne, and Paul Sharratt to discuss the newly formed 'Funding Impact Measurement Working Group' within the CHAOSS community. The panel explores th…

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Episode 105: GrimoireLab at Thunderbird 34:42

2M ago34:42

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 105 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby introduces guests Heather Ellsworth, Wayne Mery, and Luis Cañas-Díaz. Today, the conversation focuses on the collaboration between Thunderbird and Bitergia, detailing their journey in using G…

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Episode 104: 20m in CHAOSS Africa with Oluchi Nwankwo and Winifred Young 21:52

3M ago21:52

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 104 In this episode of CHAOSScast, join our host Harmony along with guests Winifred Young and Oluchi Nwankwo as they dive into their journeys and experiences in the open source community. They discuss their first encounters with open source, the…

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Episode 103: GrimoireLab at FreeBSD 36:01

3M ago36:01

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 103 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby welcomes guests Miguel Ángel Fernández, Ed Maste, and Moin Rahman to talk about the FreeBSD Project's adoption of GrimoireLab as part of work commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Agency. They d…

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Episode 102: 20min in CHAOSS Africa with Hamza Danjaji and Gift Uhiene 16:55

4M ago16:55

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 102 In this episode of the CHAOSScast, host Harmony Elendu shares a special segment titled "20 Minutes with CHAOSS Africa," dedicated to sharing experiences and stories from members of the CHAOSS Africa community. The episode features discussion…

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Episode 101: Inside CHAOSScast with your producers 30:09

4M ago30:09

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 101 In this episode of CHAOSScast, hosts Alice Sowerby, Harmony Elendu, and Dawn Foster provide an in-depth look at how the CHAOSScast podcast is produced. They share their backgrounds, discuss the importance of community participation, and elab…

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Episode 100: Celebrating 100 episodes of CHAOSScast! 57:58

4M ago57:58

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 100 In this special 100th episode of CHAOSScast, co-hosts Alice Sowerby and Harmony Elendu, along with a panel of eight past and current contributors, reflect on four and a half years of exploring open source community health. They discuss the e…

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Episode 99: Guest Episode - Re-licensing, forks, and community impact with Data in the Hallway 36:41

5M ago36:41

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast- Episode 99 Hosts: Ray Paik Daniël van Eeden Guests: Dawn Foster We’re taking a break this week so we’re very pleased to share instead an episode from our friends over at Data in the Hallway, hosted by Ray Paik and co-hosted by Daniël van Eeden. Their pod…

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Episode 98: Community building - the role of culture in OSS project health 48:40

5M ago48:40

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 98 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Harmony Elendu is joined by community experts Elizabeth Barron, Ibi (Fibi) Fiberesima, and Ana Jimenez to explore the vital role community culture plays in shaping the experience and productivity of contrib…

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Episode 97: Practitioner Guides: #4 Security 31:25

6M ago31:25

31:25

Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 97 In this episode of CHAOSScast, Harmony Elendu hosts a discussion with Emily Fox from Red Hat and Dawn Foster, the Director of Data Science at CHAOSS. Today, they explore the new Security Practitioner Guide created to help maintainers, who may…

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Episode 96: What's new with GrimoireLab, the open-source community analytics platform 33:58

6M ago33:58

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 96 In this episode, host Georg Link is joined by guests Courtney Robertson and Santiago (Santi) Dueñas to discuss the latest updates and future directions of GrimoireLab, an open-source tool designed to analyze community health metrics. They div…

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Episode 95: Planning an Open Source event or project with DEI badging 29:30

7M ago29:30

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 95 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Harmony Elendu and guests Ruth Ikegah, Enock Kasaadha, and Adeyinka Oresanya discuss the DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) Badging Project and its impact on promoting inclusivity in open-source communities…

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Episode 94: 20min in CHAOSS Africa with Precious, Gloria, and Maryblessing 30:30

7M ago30:30

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSScast! CHAOSScast – Episode 94 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Harmony Elendu is joined by members of the CHAOSS Africa community, Precious Abubakar, Gloria Johnson, and Maryblessing Okolie. Join us as they share their personal journeys and experiences contributing to …

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Episode 93: Guest Episode - Sustain meets CHAOSScast to talk about Practitioner Guides 40:12

8M ago40:12

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast- Episode 93 Guests: Elizabeth Barron Luis Cañas-Diaz Dawn Foster Panelists: Alice Sowerby Richard Littauer In this episode of CHAOSScast, it’s a crossover with Sustain, host Richard Littauer is joined by three guests, Dawn Foster, Elizabeth Barron, and Lu…

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Episode 92: ISO Standards for Open Source Community Health Metrics 28:41

8M ago28:41

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 92 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby is joined by Sean Goggins, Georg Link, and guest Divya Mohan, to discuss the importance and process of establishing ISO standards for open source community health metrics. The panel delves int…

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Episode 91: Red Hat OSPO: Contextual Community Analytics and the AI Hype Cycle 37:38

9M ago37:38

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 91 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Matt Germonprez is joined by Red Hat's Senior Data Scientist Cali Dolfi and Community Architect Josh Berkus to discuss their experiences in measuring and maintaining open source community health. They delve…

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Episode 90: 20min in CHAOSS Africa with Victoria and Kingsley 20:15

9M ago20:15

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 90 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Harmony Elendu welcomes guests Kingsley Mkpandiok and Victoria Ottah from CHAOSS Africa. They share their unique encounters with open source, from reading articles and attending events to making their first…

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Episode 89: Practitioner Guides: #3 Organizational Participation 32:25

10M ago32:25

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 89 In this episode of CHAOSSCast, host Alice Sowerby is joined by panelists Dawn Foster, Elizabeth Barron, and Harmony Elendu, to discuss the importance and complexities of organizational participation in open source projects. They delve into ho…

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Episode 88: Practitioner Guides: #2 Contributor Sustainability 33:23

10M ago33:23

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 88 In this episode of CHAOSSScast, host Alice Sowerby, along with Dawn Foster and Elizabeth Barron, discuss measuring and improving open source community health through contributor sustainability. The conversation highlights the importance of do…

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Episode 87: Celebrating 2 years of CHAOSS Africa 37:37

11M ago37:37

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 87 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Elizabeth Barron is joined by panelists Anita Ihuman and Ruth Ikegah, along with guests, Enock Kasaadha and Maryblessing Okolie, as they delve into the experiences and contributions of CHAOSS Africa, a regi…

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Episode 86: The Turing Institute: Using AI ethically with the power of Open Source 44:51

11M ago44:51

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 86 In this episode of CHAOSScast, co-hosts Alice Sowerby and Dawn Foster welcome guests Aida Mehonic, Malvika Sharan, and Kirstie Whittaker from The Alan Turing Institute. The discussion begins with delving into the Institute's strategic vision,…

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Episode 85: Introducing CHAOSS Practitioner Guides: #1 Responsiveness 31:51

11M ago31:51

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 85 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby is joined with Dawn Foster and special guest, Luis Cañas-Díaz from Bitergia. Today, they delve into the Practitioner Guide series created by CHAOSS, particularly focusing on the Responsiveness…

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Episode 84: Community Viability - how Verizon thinks about OSS risk 34:46

12M ago34:46

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 84 In this episode of CHAOSScast, Dawn Foster, Matt Germonprez, Alice Sowerby, and guest Gary White, Principal Engineer at Verizon’s OSPO office, delve into the world of viability metrics models developed for assessing the risks associated with …

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Episode 83: Metrics for Organizational and Digital Infrastructure with Edward Vielmetti 45:59

1y ago45:59

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 83 In this episode of CHAOSScast, Georg and Dawn chat with guest Edward Vielmetti, Developer Partner Manager at Equinix, where he oversees the Open Source Partner Program. Today, they delve into the significance of measuring open source communit…

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Episode 82: The AI Conundrum: Implications for OSPOs 39:16

1y ago39:16

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 82 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Dawn Foster brings together Matt Germonprez, Brian Proffitt, and Ashley Wolf to discuss the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), including policy consideratio…

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Episode 81: Managing Federal CHAOSS at CMS.gov 40:25

1y ago40:25

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 80 On today’s episode of CHAOSScast, we focus on the experiences and initiatives of the Open Source Program Office at the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Host Dawn Foster is joined by Sean Goggins along with guests, Remy D…

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Episode 80: Counting Potatoes vs. Computational Mysticism - Using CHAOSS for Research 52:59

1y ago52:59

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 79 In this episode, host Georg Link is joined by Daniel, Anita, Sophia, and Sean, to discuss their research experiences with CHAOSS metrics and software for open source community health analysis. They dive into various topics, such as collecting…

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Episode 79: The Mechanics of CHAOSS: A Deep Dive into Open Source Community Health Analytics 1:01:16

1y ago1:01:16

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! In this collaboration between the CHAOSS Cast and Mechanical Ink podcasts, hosts Dawn Foster and Schalk Neethling are joined by guests Daniel Izquierdo and Sean Goggins to discuss open source community health metrics. The focus is on providing an overview of two pro…

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Episode 78: University Open Source Engagement 40:29

1+ y ago40:29

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 78 In this episode, host Matt Germonprez is joined by panelists Sayeed Choudhury from Carnegie Mellon University, Clare Dillon from the University of Galway and Lero, Allison Kittinger from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Data Science Instit…

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Episode 77: Open Source Metrics at Microsoft 22:41

1+ y ago22:41

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 77 In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Dawn Foster has a compelling discussion with three guests from Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office: Emma Irwin, James Siri, and Justin Gosses. The conversation includes how Microsoft measures the health…

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Episode 76: CHAOSS Goals for 2024 and Beyond 42:41

1+ y ago42:41

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 75 In this episode, host Georg is joined by CHAOSS members, Sean, Nicole, Matt, Elizabeth, and Dawn. Today, they delve into the CHAOSS Project’s goals for 2024 and beyond, highlighting efforts to establish CHAOSS metrics and models as formal int…

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Episode 75: DEI Metrics Overcoming Social Barriers in OSS 32:50

1+ y ago32:50

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 76 In this episode of CHAOSScast, Georg and Dawn have a conversation with guest, Anita Ihuman, about the vital subject of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) metrics within open source communities. Anita, who’s a developer advocate and techni…

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Episode 74: Building on Top of CHAOSS Software 41:53

1+ y ago41:53

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 74 On this episode, our host Georg Link kicks off the discussion, introducing a stellar lineup of panelists including Sean Goggins, Yehui Wang, Mike Nolan, and Cali Dolfi. The topics discussed today are the CHAOSS software, Augur, and GrimoireLa…

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Episode 73: Reflections on the LF OSS Maintainer Report 41:25

1+ y ago41:25

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 73 In today’s episode, the conversation dives deep into the Linux Foundation Research Open Source Maintainers Report. Georg, Alyssa, Dawn, Sophia, and Anita engage in a thoughtful discussion about the report's methodology, findings, and implicat…

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Episode 72: Open Source Software Viability and Project Selection 32:38

1+ y ago32:38

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 72 In this episode, our host, Matt Germonprez, is joined by Dawn Foster from the CHAOSS Community, Sophia Vargas from Google, and Gary White from Verizon. Today, they dive into the crucial topic of assessing the viability of open source projects…

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Episode 71: What's New in CHAOSS: Podcast Reboot Episode 47:23

1+ y ago47:23

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Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast – Episode 71 In this episode, the CHAOSScast team is back! Georg Link, Dawn Foster, Sean Goggins, Matt Germonprez, and Elizabeth Barron discuss the relaunch of the podcast after taking a short break. They delve into the fascinating world of open source co…

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Episode 70: Revisiting Metrics Journeys with Chris Mercer 42:23

2+ y ago42:23

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Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. Venia and Lori are hosting a specia…

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Episode 69: Community Insights with Hedan Zeng [Part 2 of 2] 41:01

2+ y ago41:01

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Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. Welcome back to Part Two to a conve…

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Episode 68: Community Insights with Hedan Zeng [Part 1 of 2] 38:04

2+ y ago38:04

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Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. We are super excited to have joinin…

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Episode 67: The CHAOSS Newcomer Slack Bot and She-Code-Africa with Precious and Iyimide 35:29

2+ y ago35:29

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Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. Today, we are excited to be joined …

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Episode 66: Deciding what metrics to measure for community managers with Bri, Lori, and Victoria 49:40

2+ y ago49:40

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Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. Today, we are joined by two wonderf…

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Episode 65: How Projects Secure Their Code with Chris and Nir 41:06

2+ y ago41:06

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Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. Today, Georg has two experts in ana…

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Episode 64: Policy for Open Source in Amsterdam with Maurice Hendriks 37:38

2+ y ago37:38

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Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. We are super excited to have joinin…

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Episode 63: Revisiting Communities with Jono Bacon 48:53

2+ y ago48:53

48:53

Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. Today, we’re having a revisit episo…

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Episode 62: Maintaining Open Source Projects - a joint episode with the Sustain Podcast 42:07

2+ y ago42:07

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Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. Today’s episode is a shared podcast…

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Episode 61: The Untapped Potential Of Goal-Oriented Metrics with Richard Millington 42:16

3y ago42:16

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Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. We are super excited to have as our…

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Episode 60: Lessons Learned in Implementing Community Management Metrics 36:02

3y ago36:02

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Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS Project, to wherever you like to listen. Venia is super excited about this e…

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