Hi Patricia, Please join us. There are many of us who are privileged and interested in diversity, but with no formal training in D&I specifically.
You would be a welcome voice. Craig > On Apr 11, 2019, at 3:38 PM, 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 > Craig L Russell c...@apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: diversity-unsubscr...@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: diversity-h...@apache.org
