FOSS Backstage 2025

Shauna Gordon-McKeon

Shauna Gordon-McKeon is a writer, programmer and consultant who works at the intersection of technology and governance. She specializes in working with open communities (think open source software, open science, and open government) to collaboratively build and nourish a rich commons.


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https://social.coop/@shauna


Session

03-11
15:30
30min
Relationship Problems in Open Source
Shauna Gordon-McKeon

This talk will discuss how common open source problems such as maintainer burnout, new contributor onboarding, under-funding of open source projects, bad user experience in open source, and communities falling apart due conflict can be viewed through a relational lens.

Governance & Community
Wintergarten