Allen Wyma talks with Rebecca Rumbul, Executive Director and CEO at Rust Foundation. The Rust Foundation is an independent non-profit organization to steward the Rust programming language and ecosystem, with a unique focus on supporting the set of maintainers that govern and develop the project.

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Timestamps

[@1:00] - Rebecca’s Bio [@2:36] - The Rust Foundation [@7:27] - How the Rust Foundation deals with legal work [@9:26] - How the Rust Foundation helps all contributors [@12:47] - Scoring matrix to measure the value [@15:20] - DevX Initiative & Ernest Kissiedu [@17:14] - Competing in funding projects [@20:29] - Applying for a membership in The Rust Foundation [@23:25] - Company membership benefits [@28:34] - The Rust Foundation can potentially connect people and projects [@31:08] - Board member Nell Shamrell-Harrington & The Rust Foundation sponsoring [@35:00] - Rebecca on making tough decisions [@36:46] - Nell’s weekly newsletter [@40:20] - What makes a company pay for a Platinum membership? [@44:21] - Rebecca’s background [@49:28] - Anything difficult in running The Rust Foundation? [@51:16] - Future plans for Rust Foundation [@54:12] - Contacting The Rust Foundation [@54:48] - Parting words

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Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma