Ah. Ok. That's fair. I retract my comment.

I was seeing going the full top-level committee thing as being a
bureaucratic stumbling block, and not in this light. I have no strong
preference one way or the other and merely wanted to remove obstacles.

Your reasoning is compelling and right. Go for it.

--Rich

On 4/2/19 11:38 AM, Griselda Cuevas wrote:
> I agree with Sam that if we do not formalize this as a committee it will
> die.
> 
> I understand and acknowledge the reasons why this being part of ComDev
> makes sense: simplicity and agility to get off the ground.
> 
> However, this rationale still treats the effort to embrace the need for a
> Diversity and Inclusion strategy as a proof of concept, expecting it will
> die. I have committed to make this happen and the commitment includes
> driving this through the bureocracy needed to make the group and efforts
> part of the ASF DNA.
> 
> If we do not do it now, it will just become what Naomi mentioned: yet
> another try.
> 
> I am happy to walk the walk and structure work and needs to make this
> happen.
> 
> I would suggest we still aim for the committee or at least define a clear
> goal to hit for it to graduate to that level. Right now the
> success.measurement is unclear and vague.
> 
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 8:12 AM Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 4:57 PM Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
>>> ...My feeling is that it will die here...
>>
>> IIUC what's been proposed so far is a new mailing list and issue tracker.
>>
>> Both can very well be owned by comdev and that shouldn't limit
>> progress in any way.
>>
>> It's just that the comdev PMC is responsible for oversight and
>> reporting on those new initiatives, and it keeps things simple for
>> now.
>>
>> -Bertrand
>>
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