+1 to all of the below Am 11. Dezember 2017 21:45:10 MEZ schrieb Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com>: >On 12/8/17 7:20 AM, Myrle Krantz wrote: >> Hi Isabel, >> >> Since sustainable development is very much in Apache's interest as a >> foundation, I believe this is an excellent idea. >> >> My first thoughts on where this could go: >> 1.) This belongs somewhere under https://community.apache.org >> 2.) It should come "early" in the intro to open source development. >> So maybe here: https://community.apache.org/newcomers/ ? >> 3.) It's important enough to link to from the first community page, >> maybe under or with the code of conduct? > >+1 - whatever we can pull together belongs here. > >Some general narrative on "volunteeritis" and how to stay sane would >likely be helpful, but what would be really cool is if we could >somehow organize some more interactive, personal support for >volunteers in need. I would love to see some health services >provider(s) step up to offer pro bono services to volunteers and >even communities going through difficult times. I don't think we >have ever tried to recruit anyone to help us in this area. Does >anyone have ideas? Does anyone know of organizations who are >offering counseling services to OSS developers? We could at least >include links to these if we can find them. > >Personally, I agree with the intent of the German law (IIUC what >Isabel is saying below) that employers are responsible for mental as >well as physical problems that their employees encounter as a result >of their employment. As a foundation, I think we should strive to >make sure that we have a net positive impact on the lives of our >volunteers. I know a lot of us are here because of that "positive >impact." Most of us have also been through periods where the impact >swung into the negative. Just by acknowledging that its important, >and watching for the warning signs in ourselves and others, we can >make a big difference. > >Thanks for raising this, Sharan, Isabel and Myrle. > >Phil >> >> But I'm still fairly new to comdev. Who else has an opinion about >> where this belongs? >> >> Best Regards, >> Myrle >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 12:51 PM, Isabel Drost-Fromm ><isa...@apache.org> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Last week at FOSS Backstage one of the topics Sharan discussed in >her talk was IIRC the responsibility that comes with running an and >participating in an open source project. One of the topics related to >keeping an eye on your own well being as well as on your peers. >>> >>> At Apache we have a couple resources that warn against things like >volunteeritis, over committing and the like. I'm not sure how visible >these are, also I'm not sure if Apache projects in general are aware of >the topic of mental health. >>> >>> IANAL, but AFAIK at least in Germany, mental health legally is >treated the same way as physical health when it comes to employer >liability (someone with better "legal English" skills, please correct >my wording). While we are not an employer, would it make sense to offer >some material on the topic to community members? I would guess that we >wouldn't need to produce any new content, but maybe just link to and >endorse existing stuff we already have? (Maybe we already do that, it's >been a while since I was a new committer reading through the getting >started docs, so anyone who is new - feedback welcome.) >>> >>> Isabel >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android-Gerät mit K-9 Mail >gesendet. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
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