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Open Source & GSoC: Your First Contribution
Help beginners make their first open-source PR and understand GSoC / open-source fellowship pathways.
October 5, 2026
Google Meet
100+ open-source beginners
90 minutes
About this Event
Many of our members want to contribute to open source but don't know where to start. We need a speaker active in OSS—GSoC mentor/alumni, maintainers, or prolific contributors—who can demystify the process. Cover: finding good-first-issues, reading codebases, writing PRs, communication etiquette, and overview of GSoC / LFX / Outreachy. A short live demo of finding and fixing a small issue would be a huge plus. Casual, encouraging tone welcome.
We're looking for
- Active open-source contributor or GSoC alumni/mentor
- Patient explainer for absolute beginners
- Optional: live demo environment ready
Speaker perks
- OSS community cross-promotion
- Featured in our newsletter
- Long-term speaker pipeline for CNX