Avoiding Community Collapse when Passing the Torch

A presentation at DevOpsDays Organizer Summit 2023 in August 2023 in Chicago, IL, USA by Laura Santamaria

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@nimbinatus Avoiding Community Collapse when Passing the Torch Laura Santamaria

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@nimbinatus A bit of Austin community history An overview of the past 11 years

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@nimbinatus DevOpsDays Austin and local meetups

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@nimbinatus The diverse sets of core organizers

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@nimbinatus … And a culture of support

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@nimbinatus And then the world changes

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@nimbinatus Dangers and pitfalls in passing the torch Failure lessons from Docker Austin

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@nimbinatus Failure lessons from Docker Austin

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@nimbinatus For the leader stepping down

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@nimbinatus For the newcomer stepping up

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@nimbinatus Keeping things afloat Selected successes

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@nimbinatus Successes from DevOpsDays Austin

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@nimbinatus Successes from Cloud Austin

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@nimbinatus Handoffs aren’t goodbye forever

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@nimbinatus Change is good

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@nimbinatus Don’t be afraid to change

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@nimbinatus Help the community go along

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@nimbinatus Remember, temporary is better than forever

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@nimbinatus Thanks Let’s do some open spaces