Hi Gris, I'm also very interested and will volunteer to serve on the committee.
Craig > On Apr 10, 2019, at 12:33 AM, Gris Cuevas <g...@apache.org> wrote: > > I'd like to request the creation of a committee reporting to the President of > the Apache Software Foundation to work on Diversity and Inclusion > initiatives. The purpose of this entity will be to house, govern and guide > the Foundation's efforts on this important topic pursued by several > organizations in the industry nowadays. > > I'd like this proposal to be reviewed by the Board on its next meeting on > Wednesday, 15 May 2019. > > This request formed in the following ComDev discussion: > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5b88a314fd28ec3753fd9aa57fdf815fe9f7a64c5f60fb00e2d25bcf@%3Cdev.community.apache.org%3E > > I added the people who expressed interest in the above thread as members of > the committee. If you'd like to be added or removed, please state it so in > this thread. > > Here's the formal request: > > WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests > of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to > appoint a Committee responsible for diversity and inclusion matters, > including but not limited to strategic planning and management of risks > related to matters of diversity and inclusion. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the office of "Vice President, > Diversity and Inclusion" be and hereby is created, the person holding such > office to > serve at the direction of the President, and to have primary > responsibility of managing the ASF's diversity and inclusion strategy; and be > it further > > RESOLVED, that the responsibilities of the Vice President of Diversity and > Inclusion shall henceforth include management of the Diversity and Inclusion > Committee as its chair; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that Griselda Cuevas Zambrano be and hereby is appointed to the > office of > Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, to serve in accordance with and > subject to > the direction of the President until death, resignation, retirement, > removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it > further > > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are > appointed to serve as the initial members of the Diversity and Inclusion > Committee: > > - Sam Ruby > - Ross Gardler > - Naomi Slater > - Joan Touzet > - Myrle Krantz > - Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy > - Kenn Knowles > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: diversity-unsubscr...@apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: diversity-h...@apache.org > Craig Russell Member, Apache Incubator PMC apache....@gmail.com
