[00:00.000 --> 00:10.000]  So we have Emma and Jess talking about what they learned about the creative freedom summit.
[00:10.000 --> 00:13.000]  So give a hand for them.
[00:18.000 --> 00:23.000]  Hi everybody and welcome to our talk. We're very excited to be here at Fastem. It's the first time here.
[00:23.000 --> 00:27.000]  So very excited and nervous. Had a great time yesterday.
[00:27.000 --> 00:33.000]  So today we're just going to go through a summit that we hosted two weeks ago.
[00:33.000 --> 00:40.000]  We're going to explain what it is for people who weren't aware of it and then we're also going to see what went well and what could be improved.
[00:40.000 --> 00:46.000]  So just a small introduction first then. So my name is Emma Kidney.
[00:46.000 --> 00:52.000]  I'm an associate software engineer at Red Hat in their community platform engineering team.
[00:52.000 --> 00:57.000]  Kind of the last year. So I've kind of been more doing design work.
[00:57.000 --> 01:00.000]  Kind of slowly doing more design work, less dev work.
[01:00.000 --> 01:08.000]  I'm part of the Fedora design team and I utilize Floss in every aspect of my work.
[01:08.000 --> 01:11.000]  And an active member of the Fedora community.
[01:11.000 --> 01:13.000]  So I'll just pass it over to Jess then.
[01:13.000 --> 01:21.000]  So I'm Jess and so I joined the Red Hat team in 2022 as a Fedora community designer intern.
[01:21.000 --> 01:24.000]  For the community platform engineering group.
[01:24.000 --> 01:29.000]  And I've got all open source software, Inkscape, Penpart of course.
[01:29.000 --> 01:36.000]  And just loads of other ones and creating numerous logos for the Fedora project as well that you might have seen around.
[01:36.000 --> 01:40.000]  Includes.
[01:40.000 --> 01:45.000]  So yeah, so a little bit of the creative freedom summit.
[01:45.000 --> 01:49.000]  It was a summit that we held, was it two weeks ago?
[01:49.000 --> 01:50.000]  Yeah, two weeks ago.
[01:50.000 --> 01:54.000]  Yeah, so it was all over like Jitsie and PeerTube.
[01:54.000 --> 02:01.000]  And it's just, again, promoting loads of creative software that people might know about.
[02:01.000 --> 02:06.000]  So yeah, basically, yeah, what is the creative freedom summit?
[02:06.000 --> 02:10.000]  So it's a virtual event focused on promoting open source tools,
[02:10.000 --> 02:15.000]  spreading knowledge of how to use them and connecting creatives across the FOSS ecosystem.
[02:15.000 --> 02:21.000]  So the summit's accomplishments and shortcomings will be examined in light of the first year.
[02:21.000 --> 02:29.000]  So the primary goals for this were, of course, promote open source creative software.
[02:29.000 --> 02:35.000]  And also spreading knowledge of how to use it.
[02:35.000 --> 02:40.000]  So it's very important like there's so many free software that people don't know about
[02:40.000 --> 02:42.000]  and it's great to give them that recognition.
[02:42.000 --> 02:46.000]  And also connecting creatives across the FOSS ecosystem.
[02:46.000 --> 02:53.000]  So other people who use these open source software can connect with each other and share ideas and all that sort of stuff.
[02:53.000 --> 03:00.000]  And then our secondary goals were to promote the Fedora design team as well as a welcoming group.
[03:00.000 --> 03:09.000]  So, you know, especially if you don't have a platform to show off like what you've done on open source software,
[03:09.000 --> 03:12.000]  you can always join the Fedora design team.
[03:12.000 --> 03:18.000]  We also create a potential onboarding path for new design contributors as well
[03:18.000 --> 03:23.000]  and spread info on how to use the creative open source tools in communities.
[03:23.000 --> 03:26.000]  So again, same as the last one.
[03:26.000 --> 03:31.000]  So showing how the Fedora design team will tools to make communities stuff happen
[03:31.000 --> 03:36.000]  and have sessions like how the Fedora design team do this, that and the other
[03:36.000 --> 03:41.000]  and hoping make sense for easier for people to get involved.
[03:41.000 --> 03:44.000]  So what topics do we cover?
[03:44.000 --> 03:47.000]  So again, pen path.
[03:47.000 --> 03:54.000]  So if you don't know what it is, if you missed the first talk, it's a web-based design and prototyping platform.
[03:54.000 --> 03:58.000]  Inkscape as well, which I love.
[03:58.000 --> 04:03.000]  And powerful, it's a vector-based graphics editor.
[04:03.000 --> 04:10.000]  Blender, Krita and Caden live, I assume you might have went to the KDE stand that was around.
[04:10.000 --> 04:19.000]  And GIMP and also accessibility as well, which is very important in the design aspect of things,
[04:19.000 --> 04:22.000]  like color blindness pallets and stuff like that.
[04:22.000 --> 04:27.000]  And then the free software was actually, it's like free patterns for different crafts.
[04:27.000 --> 04:32.000]  So more kind of a hands-on design thing rather than technical.
[04:32.000 --> 04:37.000]  And creative professional using open-source software.
[04:37.000 --> 04:45.000]  So we had some people as well who, and of course us as well, like using free open-source in a professional aspect.
[04:45.000 --> 04:47.000]  And many others.
[04:47.000 --> 04:54.000]  So we had an amazing line-up of speakers, so Maureen Duffy and David Revoy to name a few.
[04:54.000 --> 04:59.000]  And we had social hours that include the audience and help build a sense of community.
[04:59.000 --> 05:03.000]  So some of these include a hack and craft, which is kind of like the free software.
[05:03.000 --> 05:07.000]  It's by the same person, Morgan Lemmerweber.
[05:07.000 --> 05:13.000]  And so we were basically, like for the hack and craft, we were all like knitting and making sewing things,
[05:13.000 --> 05:18.000]  but also talking about open-source and Pictionary and Gartik Phone.
[05:18.000 --> 05:20.000]  So it was really fun.
[05:20.000 --> 05:25.000]  And then, of course, wouldn't be possible without our sponsors.
[05:25.000 --> 05:29.000]  So Fedora and Red Hat were the main sponsors.
[05:29.000 --> 05:33.000]  And then the platforms we used to share was Wee's Element.
[05:33.000 --> 05:36.000]  So like people could interact in the chat.
[05:36.000 --> 05:38.000]  Jitsie was for the live streaming part.
[05:38.000 --> 05:39.000]  Oh, sorry.
[05:39.000 --> 05:41.000]  Jitsie was the video part.
[05:41.000 --> 05:46.000]  So we all went into a call, and then Peerchu was the live streaming part of it.
[05:46.000 --> 05:51.000]  So, yeah, I'm going to hand you over to Emma for the retrospective.
[05:51.000 --> 05:52.000]  Nice.
[05:52.000 --> 05:53.000]  Okay.
[05:53.000 --> 05:56.000]  So just some details then as well.
[05:56.000 --> 06:02.000]  So when it took place, as Jess said, around two weeks ago, January 17th to the 19th.
[06:02.000 --> 06:03.000]  What platform?
[06:03.000 --> 06:11.000]  We used Jitsie, streamed with Peerchu, and then Element and Matrix were used for the audience to interact with each other and the speakers.
[06:11.000 --> 06:13.000]  What if you didn't make it?
[06:13.000 --> 06:17.000]  The recordings are available on the Create Freedom Summit's Peerchu.
[06:17.000 --> 06:25.000]  And we'll soon be uploaded to the Fedora YouTube when editing is complete, where we have some great contributors at the minute,
[06:25.000 --> 06:31.000]  converting the raw video files over into properly caught and published talks.
[06:31.000 --> 06:33.000]  And was there a badge?
[06:33.000 --> 06:37.000]  The important question when an event is run by Fedora.
[06:37.000 --> 06:38.000]  Yes, there was a badge.
[06:38.000 --> 06:41.000]  It was designed by Jess, again.
[06:41.000 --> 06:45.000]  And it was able to be claimed by anyone with Fedora badges account.
[06:45.000 --> 06:49.000]  And it was claimed around 48 times, I believe.
[06:49.000 --> 06:57.000]  And also, if you're wondering why we had a badge, the summit was all about promoting open source design.
[06:57.000 --> 07:04.000]  And then obviously, as the Fedora design team, there can be a lot of overlap then between the two communities.
[07:04.000 --> 07:08.000]  Here's just an example of what the setup looked like if you were to attend the summit.
[07:08.000 --> 07:12.000]  So at the top there, you have a little widget for the live stream.
[07:12.000 --> 07:18.000]  And we have another little kind of notepad feature there where you can type out any questions you might have,
[07:18.000 --> 07:21.000]  some information kind of frequently asked questions.
[07:21.000 --> 07:27.000]  And then we have the chat there then so people can interact with each other.
[07:27.000 --> 07:33.000]  And also the background channel for the talk.
[07:33.000 --> 07:34.000]  Oh, yeah.
[07:34.000 --> 07:37.000]  Oh, yeah, because if you wanted to just watch the talk and I've been involved in the chat room,
[07:37.000 --> 07:41.000]  you just watch directly with the PeerTube link as well.
[07:41.000 --> 07:45.000]  So the event go went very well.
[07:45.000 --> 07:52.000]  We had 18 speakers take part with an average of 50 viewers per session, which is very good for our first time round.
[07:52.000 --> 07:57.000]  We had more than 700 unique viewers spread out across 54 different countries.
[07:57.000 --> 08:02.000]  And in the element chat room, we came up to around 250 members.
[08:02.000 --> 08:08.000]  So we were kind of aiming for 100 in the element chat room, but so the fact we kind of double that grade.
[08:08.000 --> 08:12.000]  So what went well? Viewers loved the setup we had.
[08:12.000 --> 08:17.000]  They were able to watch videos soon after they were live as well, due to the system that we were using.
[08:17.000 --> 08:21.000]  And the chat room was very friendly and there was a real strong sense of community there.
[08:21.000 --> 08:25.000]  And the audience had a lot of back and forth with the speakers as well.
[08:25.000 --> 08:29.000]  There was a lot of interactions at the social events and a lot of interest.
[08:29.000 --> 08:34.000]  Also no code of conduct issues, which is always nice.
[08:34.000 --> 08:38.000]  So we got to see some amazing work.
[08:38.000 --> 08:44.000]  So we had some speed painting sessions there with grease pencil and blender.
[08:44.000 --> 08:48.000]  It's been painting with Krita, an inkscape tutorial.
[08:48.000 --> 08:55.000]  There's a software blender as well. There was a good few things about blender.
[08:55.000 --> 08:58.000]  So what can we improve for next year?
[08:58.000 --> 09:00.000]  So what didn't work?
[09:00.000 --> 09:04.000]  We want to try and create a guide for next year with guidance on how to use the platform.
[09:04.000 --> 09:08.000]  Because from a newbie perspective, if you're not familiar with matrix element,
[09:08.000 --> 09:12.000]  or that kind of thing, it can be a bit foreign, a bit hard to get into.
[09:12.000 --> 09:15.000]  We also need to look into auto captions then as well.
[09:15.000 --> 09:20.000]  Since we used jitsy and pure tube, we did not have live captions during the summit.
[09:20.000 --> 09:26.000]  We were able to add them in post-production, but it would have been nice to have it while the event was happening.
[09:26.000 --> 09:30.000]  So we're going to look into some open source tools that can be used alongside jitsy.
[09:30.000 --> 09:36.000]  Hopefully we can stick with that arrangement and then, if not, maybe look into some alternatives.
[09:36.000 --> 09:38.000]  So what's next then?
[09:38.000 --> 09:40.000]  So call for proposals.
[09:40.000 --> 09:46.000]  So depending on speaker capacity and interest, we'll probably do a call for proposals
[09:46.000 --> 09:48.000]  around two to three months prior to the event.
[09:48.000 --> 09:53.000]  There's a lot of interest in the audience to get involved themselves, present their own talks,
[09:53.000 --> 09:55.000]  and share their knowledge.
[09:55.000 --> 09:58.000]  We want to keep group and interaction growing throughout the year.
[09:58.000 --> 10:01.000]  This can bring more people into the community, maintain their interests,
[10:01.000 --> 10:06.000]  so maybe have socials, our challenges, kind of little, mini events.
[10:06.000 --> 10:09.000]  Spread the word, so participate in talks like this one.
[10:09.000 --> 10:15.000]  Kind of get involved in more of the open source design forms, all the different communities.
[10:15.000 --> 10:22.000]  Planning is a major part, so we're going to give ourselves some more time to implement improvements,
[10:22.000 --> 10:26.000]  try some things out, and then if any areas come up.
[10:26.000 --> 10:32.000]  So yeah, I'm going to pass you over to Jess, then, just in case you're interested in participating in Fedora.
[10:32.000 --> 10:40.000]  So a little bit of a segue, I suppose, since we're all, it's very heavily supported by the Fedora design team,
[10:40.000 --> 10:43.000]  so if you would like to be interested in the next one.
[10:43.000 --> 10:48.000]  So if you would like to, there's a Fedora account that you can create.
[10:48.000 --> 10:51.000]  You can create it at accounts.fedoraproduct.org.
[10:51.000 --> 10:55.000]  And you can use it to sign in to the element as well.
[10:55.000 --> 11:04.000]  And it's very kind of, it's like the main account to use, especially with a somewhat like this.
[11:04.000 --> 11:08.000]  So if you want to learn more about Fedora, it's all on the Fedora docs.
[11:08.000 --> 11:15.000]  And also if you do join.fedoraproduct.org, it gives you all the links that you can use as well.
[11:15.000 --> 11:20.000]  It shows our missions, our foundations, all the user documentation.
[11:20.000 --> 11:24.000]  And you can look us up and ping us if you need anything.
[11:24.000 --> 11:27.000]  And then also, yeah, you can hang out with us.
[11:27.000 --> 11:34.000]  So in the element chat, we have a Fedora design element chat and people share what they've been contributing.
[11:34.000 --> 11:41.000]  And if anyone needs feedback from like the more senior people or like just in general,
[11:41.000 --> 11:46.000]  it's a really good place to be, Fedora marketing as well.
[11:46.000 --> 11:51.000]  And there's many more channels as well, even if you're not really interested in design, there's infrastructure,
[11:51.000 --> 11:54.000]  there's many more loads.
[11:54.000 --> 11:57.000]  So, and yeah, where to find us.
[11:57.000 --> 12:04.000]  So the matrix channel there, creativefreedom.dot.fedora.im.
[12:04.000 --> 12:09.000]  And then our website is creativefreedom.com where you can get all the information.
[12:09.000 --> 12:15.000]  And we have, like when we were playing it as well, we had all of our,
[12:15.000 --> 12:21.000]  we had a live schedule going on and you can click on it and it brings you to the streams.
[12:21.000 --> 12:26.000]  And then again, the Fedora design team matrix channel is there.
[12:26.000 --> 12:28.000]  And then that's us.
[12:28.000 --> 12:30.000]  So if you have any questions.
[12:30.000 --> 12:36.000]  Yeah, so we're planning on making it kind of like an annual event.
[12:36.000 --> 12:39.000]  So it'll hopefully happen in around January next year as well.
[12:39.000 --> 12:43.000]  So feel free to enter the matrix channel, ping myself or Jess.
[12:43.000 --> 12:50.000]  I'm more than happy to punch in the right direction if you're not sure on how to use matrix or element, anything like that.
[12:50.000 --> 12:53.000]  So yeah, I think that's our talk.
[12:53.000 --> 12:59.000]  Thank you.
[12:59.000 --> 13:03.000]  Does anyone have any questions?
[13:03.000 --> 13:04.000]  No.
[13:04.000 --> 13:06.000]  Yes.
[13:06.000 --> 13:14.000]  Do you plan to keep that format for the future?
[13:14.000 --> 13:20.000]  Yeah, because it's, I suppose it's making open source design tools kind of more accessible.
[13:20.000 --> 13:26.000]  So we'd like to kind of keep it a virtual event, I think for the foreseeable future.
[13:26.000 --> 13:28.000]  Maybe there might be some mini events, things like that.
[13:28.000 --> 13:33.000]  We haven't really discussed it, but we do like the online aspect that, you know, anyone can join.
[13:33.000 --> 13:36.000]  So it is, yeah.
[13:36.000 --> 13:37.000]  Yeah, I suppose.
[13:37.000 --> 13:43.000]  Yeah, just making it more accessible for people.
[13:43.000 --> 13:49.000]  Does anyone else have any questions?
[13:49.000 --> 13:50.000]  Yeah.
[13:50.000 --> 13:55.000]  Would you like to see more of the next one?
[13:55.000 --> 13:57.000]  So I'll just repeat the question.
[13:57.000 --> 14:02.000]  So we were just asked, what would we like to see more of in the next summit?
[14:02.000 --> 14:07.000]  So I suppose, just getting the numbers off.
[14:07.000 --> 14:15.000]  Well, you know, like it's good to see, you know, just make it more, well, it is approachable, I suppose.
[14:15.000 --> 14:17.000]  But I don't know.
[14:17.000 --> 14:19.000]  That's a tough question.
[14:19.000 --> 14:23.000]  I'd like to see more of like the craft inside a thing and the open source design aspect,
[14:23.000 --> 14:28.000]  because I thought that was really interesting when Morgan came in and was talking about having, you know,
[14:28.000 --> 14:32.000]  open source design, say, of like sewing patterns, things like that,
[14:32.000 --> 14:34.000]  making clothing more accessible to people.
[14:34.000 --> 14:37.000]  It was kind of an aspect of design I didn't really think of,
[14:37.000 --> 14:41.000]  even though I'm into like crocheting and knitting and stuff myself.
[14:41.000 --> 14:46.000]  So it was mad just to kind of see like a hobby and like work kind of come together then.
[14:46.000 --> 14:48.000]  So I thought that was quite interesting.
[14:48.000 --> 14:52.000]  Yeah, I'd like to see more of that.
[14:52.000 --> 14:56.000]  Anyone else?
[14:56.000 --> 15:00.000]  Okay. Yeah, we also have a stand-down in building H as well.
[15:00.000 --> 15:04.000]  So we'll probably be there after this.
[15:04.000 --> 15:28.000]  Thank you.