# 👥 Working Groups

**URL:** https://discourse.sustainoss.org/c/working-groups/17.md

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## [About the 👥 Working Groups category](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/about-the-working-groups-category/300)

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**Author:** [@jdorfman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jdorfman)\
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Why should people use this category? What is it for? This category is for everyone involved with a Working Group. While you can use GitHub issues we believe this is a better tool for discussions that are not code related…

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## [Beyond "Loop Engineering" - Addressing hidden threats to the OSS spirit in the agentic era](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/beyond-loop-engineering-addressing-hidden-threats-to-the-oss-spirit-in-the-agentic-era/1884)

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**Author:** [@JoshuaPoddoku](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/JoshuaPoddoku)\
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**Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/beyond-loop-engineering-addressing-hidden-threats-to-the-oss-spirit-in-the-agentic-era/1884 "2026-09-08T12:56:26Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve recently been observing a growing mindset among some commercial open-source (COSS) founders and investors - the belief that AI agents will soon ship near-unlimited code contributions at near-zero cost,…

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## [Ara's sustainability model: make user-centric software, and refactor to MVC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/aras-sustainability-model-make-user-centric-software-and-refactor-to-mvc/1819)

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**Author:** [@ahmetson](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/ahmetson)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/aras-sustainability-model-make-user-centric-software-and-refactor-to-mvc/1819 "2026-06-03T09:35:21Z")

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I released the Whitepaper of Ara, which outlines a possible path toward OSS sustainability. Although the whitepaper approaches this through a blockchain lens, Ara is not a blockchain project in the typical sense. Instea…

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## [Survey / demo from University of luxemborg](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/survey-demo-from-university-of-luxemborg/1805)

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**Author:** [@greggish](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/greggish)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/survey-demo-from-university-of-luxemborg/1805 "2026-05-10T10:29:40Z")

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Anyone else received this? (I’m excluding the name but will fwd if yr interested)… I’m a PhD student at the University of Luxembourg. My research focuses on governance policies in open-source software development, espe…

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## [Listing license changes](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/listing-license-changes/1569)

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**Author:** [@gvlx](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gvlx)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/listing-license-changes/1569 "2026-02-19T10:44:12Z")

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Some of these have been tagged #ClosedForkWarning

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## [Principles of Open Source Institutional Design](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/principles-of-open-source-institutional-design/62)

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**Author:** [@greggish](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/greggish)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/principles-of-open-source-institutional-design/62 "2025-12-04T18:27:08Z")

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Hi folks! So, during the SustainOSS 2018 workshop we had at least two sessions about Elinor Ostrom’s Principles of Institutional Design, from Governing the Commons, and how they might be applied to open source community …

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## [Flash presentation: Portugal - Festa do Software Livre 2025](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/flash-presentation-portugal-festa-do-software-livre-2025/1724)

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**Author:** [@gvlx](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gvlx)\
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**Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/flash-presentation-portugal-festa-do-software-livre-2025/1724 "2025-08-30T00:23:18Z")

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I’ve just submitted a proposal for a flash presentation about SustainOSS and a call for volunteers. Should you be in the are of Porto, Portugal, you are most welcomed.

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## [Sustain DEI WG meeting summary: February 28th 2025](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-dei-wg-meeting-summary-february-28th-2025/1654)

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**Author:** [@gvlx](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gvlx)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-dei-wg-meeting-summary-february-28th-2025/1654 "2025-06-20T18:52:52Z")

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Not much to say, but boring is good (sometimes). People are refraining from attending DEI meetings, maybe we have to double-down the creation of safe spaces, where they can freely expose their problems? Work to be done…

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## [BlueHats Global: Connecting FLOSS enthusiasts from government agencies around the world](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/bluehats-global-connecting-floss-enthusiasts-from-government-agencies-around-the-world/1683)

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**Author:** [@bzg](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/bzg)\
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**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/bluehats-global-connecting-floss-enthusiasts-from-government-agencies-around-the-world/1683 "2025-03-31T09:16:43Z")

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More and more civil servants and government agencies understand the need not only to use Free Software, but also to contribute to the wider FLOSS ecosystem. See https://www.sovereign.tech and https://opendesk.eu in Germ…

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## [Academic views on open source: a survey by Apereo!](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/academic-views-on-open-source-a-survey-by-apereo/1591)

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**Author:** [@ShaneCurcuru](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/ShaneCurcuru)\
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**Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/academic-views-on-open-source-a-survey-by-apereo/1591 "2024-10-22T09:58:34Z")

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From another list, but highly relevant to this group, check out this survey: https://forms.gle/BaVv8hhUquHsidLn6 Hello Apereo and Higher Ed. Communities, \[Apologies for the cross-posts\] The Apereo Foundation, in colla…

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## [Sustain Together - June & July 2024 Summary](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-together-june-july-2024-summary/1544)

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**Author:** [@gvlx](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gvlx)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-together-june-july-2024-summary/1544 "2024-09-23T13:29:15Z")

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Although not many people attended, there we some topics of interest: new discussions on sustainability the new and funds Amazing reference libraries for research Calls for Papers and some strange things happening in th…

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## [Open Boards Summit - 24 October, online](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/open-boards-summit-24-october-online/1562)

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**Author:** [@gunner](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gunner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/open-boards-summit-24-october-online/1562 "2024-09-05T08:37:23Z")

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Hello friends, I’m excited to finally announce the first-ever Open Boards Summit, which will take place online on Thursday October 24th, 2024 from 15:00 to 18:00 UTC. The event is envisioned as a collaborative and inte…

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## [OFA Symposium 2024 Boston CFP open](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ofa-symposium-2024-boston-cfp-open/1536)

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**Author:** [@ShaneCurcuru](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/ShaneCurcuru)\
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**Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ofa-symposium-2024-boston-cfp-open/1536 "2024-06-24T22:17:08Z")

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This should be of interest to academics and practicioners alike! This fall in Boston (I live there, so I’ll be attending!) The CfP is now open until 7 August Hosted by the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard, the …

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## [DEI Handbook Update: Etherpad content moved to Github](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/dei-handbook-update-etherpad-content-moved-to-github/1511)

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**Author:** [@glauesppen](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/glauesppen)\
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**Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/dei-handbook-update-etherpad-content-moved-to-github/1511 "2024-05-29T09:32:11Z")

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Hi everyone, The Etherpad content was successfully migrated to our Github Repo DEI Handbook New contents on Etherpad will not be added to the repo since it will require a manual versioning comparison. You can see the f…

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## [Academic WG next meeting: Policy and Guide for publishing OSS as research](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/academic-wg-next-meeting-policy-and-guide-for-publishing-oss-as-research/1513)

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**Author:** [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
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**Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/academic-wg-next-meeting-policy-and-guide-for-publishing-oss-as-research/1513 "2024-05-23T19:06:01Z")

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Next event: SustainOSS Academic WG: Developing a Checklist/Policy for Publishing OSS Tickets, Thu, May 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite May 30th, 12:00pm EDT. Open source software can be considered a research object i…

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## [New attack vector on OSS projects: bullying](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/new-attack-vector-on-oss-projects-bullying/1509)

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**Author:** [@gvlx](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gvlx)\
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**Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/new-attack-vector-on-oss-projects-bullying/1509 "2024-05-17T13:54:43Z")

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After the XZ and LDAP.js cases we should be discussing the important work of issue tracking and communiction management as gateways to protect developrs and managers from \[external\] abusive behavior.

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## [Takedown on FLOSS repositories and projects](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/takedown-on-floss-repositories-and-projects/1466)

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**Author:** [@gvlx](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gvlx)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/takedown-on-floss-repositories-and-projects/1466 "2024-04-15T18:14:54Z")

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Follow the meeting on 2024/01/26, I’m starting a list of takedown here, until we create WG and repo on a Legal Defense Team, Fund, and Safe Harbour Policies. tags to be used when publishing: #OpenSource #TakeDownNotice #…

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## [Sustain Together Summary March 22th](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-together-summary-march-22th/1494)

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**Author:** [@Anita\_Ihuman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Anita_Ihuman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-together-summary-march-22th/1494 "2024-04-09T23:19:20Z")

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Hello everyone! Here is the summary of the last Sustain Together . Our next call is happening Friday, 5th April, 17:00-18:00 UTC 2 Here’s a highlight of what was discussed: CRA: Ciarán shares his insights on the Cyb…

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## [First Meeting of the Year on January 12th!](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/first-meeting-of-the-year-on-january-12th/1448)

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**Author:** [@Anita\_Ihuman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Anita_Ihuman)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/first-meeting-of-the-year-on-january-12th/1448 "2024-04-08T15:10:30Z")

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Happy New Year everyone! :tada: This is to announce that we would be resuming our community activities and plans on the 8th of January, 2024. :dancer::man\_dancing: To kick off the year on a positive note, we are thrille…

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## [The PearPC tragedy: a GPL violation halts development](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/the-pearpc-tragedy-a-gpl-violation-halts-development/1491)

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**Author:** [@gvlx](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gvlx)\
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**Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/the-pearpc-tragedy-a-gpl-violation-halts-development/1491 "2024-03-22T22:16:04Z")

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Follow the history here: PearPC - Emulating Mac OS X on Windows XP!

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## [SustainOSS Academic WG – Next Meeting](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustainoss-academic-wg-next-meeting/1350)

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**Author:** [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustainoss-academic-wg-next-meeting/1350 "2024-03-05T14:45:02Z")

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Hey all, We’re restarting the SustainOSS Academia WG this month! Our first meeting will take place on September 28th at 12:00pm ET, for an hour. The format is going to be a short introduction and context setting, follo…

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## [Governance WG: Reboot](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-wg-reboot/1220)

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**Author:** [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
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**Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-wg-reboot/1220 "2024-02-23T13:27:46Z")

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Hey ya’ll :wave: I’ve been thinking about this more and more, and, through talking to others, I want to get the Governance WG up and running again. There are a few things I would initially like to look into scoping out w…

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## [Untenable employment practices](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/untenable-employment-practices/1473)

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**Author:** [@gvlx](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gvlx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/untenable-employment-practices/1473 "2024-02-12T01:04:30Z")

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This thread: Raghav Agrawal: &quot;Tech Workers Are Workers, Too by JS Tan &quot;Tech w…&quot; - Mastodon Also discusses #996 practices

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## [Diversity Equity and Inclusion WG: Reboot](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-wg-reboot/1381)

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**Author:** [@Anita\_Ihuman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Anita_Ihuman)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-wg-reboot/1381 "2024-02-05T20:52:32Z")

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Hey everyone, After much deliberation and input received from others in our meetings and this discussion topic, I want to get the DEI Working Group up and running again. There are a few things I would initially like to …

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## [Sustain DEI WG meeting summary: December 8th 2023](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-dei-wg-meeting-summary-december-8th-2023/1437)

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**Author:** [@Anita\_Ihuman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Anita_Ihuman)\
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**Last updated:** [December 12, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-dei-wg-meeting-summary-december-8th-2023/1437 "2023-12-12T16:49:28Z")

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Hello everyone! Here’s a summary of our meeting from Friday 8th December, During the last call, most of our members could not make it to the call. So Anna and I chatted about some of the topics. Here are the Takeaways …

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## [Sustain DEI WG meeting summary: Nov 10th 2023](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-dei-wg-meeting-summary-nov-10th-2023/1426)

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**Author:** [@Anita\_Ihuman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Anita_Ihuman)\
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**Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-dei-wg-meeting-summary-nov-10th-2023/1426 "2023-12-07T07:18:22Z")

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Hello everyone! Here’s a summary of our meeting from Friday 10th November, The main topic was setting up a governance structure for the working group, choosing a more suitable communication channel, and initiating the …

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## [Sustain DEI WG meeting summary: Nov 24th 2023](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-dei-wg-meeting-summary-nov-24th-2023/1431)

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**Author:** [@Anita\_Ihuman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Anita_Ihuman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/sustain-dei-wg-meeting-summary-nov-24th-2023/1431 "2023-12-07T07:13:44Z")

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Hello everyone! Here’s a summary of our meeting from Friday 24th November, As a result of the tThanksgiving holiday, we had mostly first-time attendees. Hence, I took the opportunity to introduce this WG and its goals. …

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## [GOVERNANCE.md draft: feedback solicited](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-md-draft-feedback-solicited/1392)

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**Author:** [@baentsch](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/baentsch)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-md-draft-feedback-solicited/1392 "2023-10-30T13:25:08Z")

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@gunner thankfully pointed me to this forum when asking his opinion of a governance draft we just put up for a (set of) presently still reasonably small FOSS project(s) that we’d like to see grow somewhat. The goal behin…

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## [Study: Designers in OSS: Summary of diary studies of designers contributing to OSS](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/study-designers-in-oss-summary-of-diary-studies-of-designers-contributing-to-oss/1378)

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**Author:** [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/study-designers-in-oss-summary-of-diary-studies-of-designers-contributing-to-oss/1378 "2023-10-16T11:34:21Z")

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Hey there Sustain community :wave: Superbloom are delighted to announce the launch of our new findings document: ‘Designers in OSS: Summary of diary studies of designers contributing to OSS’. We would appreciate your su…

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## [GitHub template repository with best practices](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/github-template-repository-with-best-practices/1225)

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**Author:** [@jlcanovas](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jlcanovas)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/github-template-repository-with-best-practices/1225 "2023-10-10T18:30:52Z")

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Hi, I’ve been working on preparing a template repository for GitHub trying to follow some recommendations and best practices to build sustainable projects. GitHub Best Practices Template The repository currently provi…

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