Top-post: Couldn’t this be made a President’s committee now and the board can chat about it elsewhere until the next board meeting in a few weeks? The board could even defer until there are Policy recommendations.
(I’m not excited about reading yet another passionate Jim/Sam debate about which type of committee at this moment.) Regards, Dave > On Apr 2, 2019, at 8:46 AM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > > On 4/2/2019 8:12 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > ... >> It's just that the comdev PMC is responsible for oversight and >> reporting on those new initiatives, and it keeps things simple for >> now. > > That is exactly what troubles me about making the new initiative part of > ComDev. > > There seems to me to be a risk of going back to the "Do we have a problem? > Even if we have a problem do we really need to do anything about it?" stage > every time the group tries to do anything, including reporting progress to > the board, and requesting resources from the board. > > At best, comdev PMC oversight and reporting would be mostly harmless. They > would just pass through whatever the group would have sent directly to the > board, only costing time. At worst, it could make the current initiative go > the way of all previous diversity efforts, by discouraging and sapping the > energy of the initiative's leadership. > > The risk of anything other than direct access to the board seems too high. > > [I have not attempted to join the initiative only because I do not have any > expertise in the area of solutions. I have been a woman in computing, in > various ways, for over 50 years. I want the current initiative to have the > best possible chance of making a difference.] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
