+1 Having external people help us understand is part of the proposed actions put forward here. I too have heard Ruth speak, but as Jim says he's already embarrassed her enough ;-)
Ross ________________________________ From: Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2019 4:14 PM To: diversity@apache.org Subject: ApacheCon (Was: Re: Mailing list : public - private and external contributors) Hello all! I've been told by a little birdie that Ruth has in fact joined, and has been lurking here for awhile to get the lay of the land. One thing that I think could be very useful, in addition to contacting the Mozilla's and others about their D&I efforts is actually reaching out to active members of marginalized populations and encouraging them to speak, even if it means using TAC funds to have them attend and speak. With that in mind, I would really like encourage Ruth to de-lurk, because I have had the immense pleasure of attending several of her talks, and each and everyone have focused on the core tenets of D&I (empathy and compassion) in a totally true, honest, personal way, which I think is much better than "dry" talks about D&I initiatives and "how we setup a D&I charter"... etc. Make it *real*. Pull in people who have truly lived D&I and have paved the way for others. I would love for Ruth to speak up and I'm sure she will be warmly welcomed. I have now, most likely, embarrassed Ruth to no end, but I also fear that I have not done her justice. > On May 6, 2019, at 8:54 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > > I'd like to invite D. Ruth Holloway to this list... I've known Ruth for quite > awhile and I'd think she'd be a great asset to the list. Not proposing > membership yet, but I think having her onlist would be great. > > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhiruthie.me&data=01%7C01%7CRoss.Gardler%40microsoft.com%7Cc675fbc0bf8c4a4648c308d6d59d4a11%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=Vw0D%2B62HLfNsZVM2xRWf%2FfLQre%2F31Dj%2BrXkW2uE3fOw%3D&reserved=0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: diversity-unsubscr...@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: diversity-h...@apache.org
