+1 Watched her talk, absolutely love it.
Aizhamal *From: *Ross Gardler <ross.gard...@microsoft.com.invalid> *Date: *Fri, May 10, 2019 at 16:19 *To: *diversity@apache.org +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 > >
