Hi Craig, The proposal looks good, thank you so much for starting this effort. I'm a +1
I have reached out to a couple of other folks who I'd love to provide input on this, hopefully we get a broader response. Thank you! Gris On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 at 01:40, Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> wrote: > I'm not an expert for this, and I hadn't even read most of the bylaws till > you asked me this question. But with those two caveats: it looks good to > me. +1 > > Actually as I was skimming the bylaws to check these changes, I was > impressed by just how gender-neutral they already are. These will be minor > changes. > > Best Regards, > Myrle > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 1:56 AM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > >
