At the last members meeting, the membership decided to recommend to the board that we change the Bylaws to remove gender-specific terms in favor of gender-neutral terms. This [1] is a draft of the resolution.
Please take a look and see how well it serves the purpose. I expect that some version of this will be voted at the September 16 board meeting. Thanks, Craig [1] WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to be a welcoming environment for all users and contributors regardless of their sex, gender expression, or gender identity; and WHEREAS, the Bylaws include gender-specific terminology might not be consistent with this goal; be it therefore RESOLVED, that the Bylaws be and hereby are modified to change all instances of gender-specific terminology to gender-neutral terminology; specifically changing "Chairman" to "Board Chair", "Vice Chairman" to "Vice Chair", "chairman" to "chair", "his or her" to "their", "him/her" to "their", "his, her, or their" to "their", "he or she" to "they", and "his, her, or its" to "their". Craig L Russell c...@apache.org
