JDI. The fact that you are even looking at pros and cons means you are ideal IMO.
On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 15:39 Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > I have been trying to decide whether to ask to join the committee, and > would like some input. > > Pro: > > I have been a woman in computing since 1970 as a programmer, computer > architect, graduate student, and most recently open source programmer. > > I want to help the effort. > > I have some basic administrative skills that might be useful. > > Con: > > I have been relatively lucky. Because of when I started, while I was > building my career Grace Hopper was working on standards, and Jean > Sammet was very active in the ACM. Of course women could be technical > leaders. By the time programming turned into a guy thing, I was too > senior and well established to be affected by it. > > I have no training or experience in solving diversity and inclusion > problems, and I believe it is time to look for solutions. > > Committees that are too large can become slow to make decisions, so I > doubt whether my general interest in the topic is a reason to join > unless I can be useful. > > > > What do people think? > > > On 4/9/2019 3:33 PM, Gris Cuevas 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: diversity-unsubscr...@apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: diversity-h...@apache.org > >
