Audrey E. @audrey@toot.cat

I’m having a whole festival of PTSD today and maybe going to miss the NSWL final. Fuck this.

And of course, dwelling on these feelings keeps me from doing the work — I do have customers and contracts, even if I'm struggling financially. I know that I have a positive impact, the problem is scale.

I'm feeling pretty frustrated about what kind of an impact my work is having this week. I don't know why The Recompiler has less than 300 paid subscribers, other than it's close to my follower count on my personal Twitter account. Why is it so hard to get consulting projects? Why can't I find more conferences that want my 3rd Wave of F/OSS talk? I poke holes in the idea of 'meritocracy' constantly, but it doesn't actually make me feel better.

Having three cats means I get to see the ridiculous things they teach each other. Kirk discovered he likes wandering around with a toy in his mouth and yowling for someone to come play, so now Sputnik is trying the same thing except he doesn’t really get that you’re supposed to keep the toy until someone comes to play with you.

I'm working on scheduling the next community intro to code of conduct enforcement. If you might be interested, fill out the availability form: https://airtable.com/shrN4gM6sUQOc4t1i

What’s something you’re working on this week that you’re proud of?

Community conference organizers, the survey for the event planning book is still open: https://airtable.com/shrvbemYqHvL1Z7tt
We'd love to hear about your experiences, what worked, things you're still trying to figure out.

Shorter term, let me know if you’re interested in the next intro to CoC enforcement (online, 1hr/week for 3 weeks), or a follow-up course on risk assessment and resolving complex situations.

I’m trying to build out a more consistent consulting schedule (as referenced in my Recompiler update https://recompilermag.com/2018/09/16/a-year-3-progress-report/) and thinking about what comes after the current code of conduct enforcement trainings. I have an idea about an open source leadership skills clinic where we’d work through the maintainership and governance problems of a fictional project, but I don’t know who to pitch it to yet.

If recent events have you thinking about codes of conduct, you can hire me to evaluate yours and make an action plan to be ready to start enforcing it. $200 and I have a sponsored spot for a project that can’t afford to do this on their own. http://lifeofaudrey.com/2018/07/16/coc-consult.html

I'm uncomfortable writing this, but — here's the current state of The Recompiler business https://recompilermag.com/2018/09/16/a-year-3-progress-report/