In June 2018, Luminate commissioned Simply Secure to conduct human- centered research focused on understanding grantees’ experiences of the funding process. This is the public report from that research - a collaboration between Luminate, formerly the Governance & Citizen Engagement (GCE) Initiative at Omidyar Network, and Simply Secure. The interviews and survey were conducted over the course of July - September 2018.
Simply Secure is a US 501(c)3 non-profit building a community of practitioners that puts people at the center of privacy, security, and transparency. We have core team members in New York City, Swarthmore, Berlin, and Toronto. Our small but nimble team collaborates with a global network of professionals to engage domain- specific talent for each project. Read more about Simply Secure.
Simply Secure is a US 501(c)3 non-profit building a community of practitioners that puts people at the center of privacy, security, and transparency. We have core team members in New York City, Swarthmore, Berlin, and Toronto. Our small but nimble team collaborates with a global network of professionals to engage domain- specific talent for each project. Read more about Simply Secure.
Understand that the path into FOSS is perceived as formative, and people often identify strongly with the path they themselves took; criticizing it can lead to developers taking the criticism personally. Instead of arguing for greater diversity, approach the issue by first helping the project work out which people, skills or perspectives the project needs to be successful – and where these could be found – and work from there.