Re: request to join

2025-04-29 Thread Craig Russell
+1 from me. Craig > On Apr 10, 2025, at 17:04, Chris Lambertus wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I thought I was already on this committee but apparently I'm just on the > lists. I'd like to officially join the effort. > > -Chris > Craig L Russell c...@apache.org

Re: 2025 Jump-start [WAS: Welcome new VP, Diversity and Inclusion]

2025-03-23 Thread Craig Russell
> On Mar 20, 2025, at 07:09, Daniel Gruno wrote: > > On 3/19/25 23:01, Chris Lambertus wrote: >>> On Mar 19, 2025, at 1:22 PM, Daniel Gruno wrote: >>> >>> On 3/19/25 11:28, Ruth Suehle wrote: Those of you who have read my board report for today's meeting will have seen that after a

Re: Open - source survey

2022-03-15 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Katia, I had no trouble following the large link to the survey. But I had trouble with the survey itself. A couple of pages into the survey there is a question about informal mentoring. At the bottom of the page is a question about how long you have been an informal mentee. And the next que

Re: Conscious Language Checker at the ASF

2021-09-09 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Christofer, I don't know plc4x well, but have some generic ideas. You cannot unilaterally change what you depend on but you can control how users see your interface. So your interface could use inclusive words like primary/secondary and the interface maps these terms into the underlying API

Re: Website work - INFRA-22287

2021-09-02 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Katia, To formalize Dave's involvement, I believe you have the authority to add him to the committer's list. (D&I is not a PMC but a VP appointment reporting to the President). Craig http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2019/board_minutes_2019_06_19.txt Special Order 7A. > On

Re: Where did my settings changes go?

2021-09-02 Thread Craig Russell
For the record, I just spent 20 minutes "ignoring" the bylaws section of the www-site clc scan. Every one of them was one of: 2002 bylaws (obsolete) 2021 changes e.g. s/he/they/ 2021 bylaws Amendment II (highlighting differences made explicitly for the purpose of diversity) I hope I do not need

Re: Why are there two public diversity lists?

2021-09-02 Thread Craig Russell
I am +0.8 on getting rid of diversity@ and keeping only dev@diversity. I see only one substantive discussion on diversity@ and don't see much need to keep it. Craig > On Sep 2, 2021, at 5:08 PM, Katia Rojas wrote: > > Hi folks, > > What do you think about keeping only one list (dev@) for bot

Re: https://github.com/apache/diversity-site uses master ...

2021-09-01 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Dave, I applaud your volunteering to take this task. Thanks, Craig > On Sep 1, 2021, at 2:28 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > > Actually the master branch is unused and everything for the website is hand > coded directly in the asf-site branch. > > I am willing to volunteer to create a main branc

Re: [Lazy consensus] request a VM for CLC for Apache projects

2021-07-12 Thread Craig Russell
act now. It is entirely up to each project if and when they change. The nice thing about the tool is that it allows projects to focus on those items that are important to them. Thanks for your perspective, Craig > On Jul 12, 2021, at 5:32 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > > > On 7/9/21

Re: CLC scanner adjustments - (WAS: Re: [Lazy consensus] request a VM for CLC for Apache projects)

2021-07-10 Thread Craig Russell
ories that use Git as their primary version Do you know if this phrasing is now best practice in Apache? Thanks, Craig > On Jul 10, 2021, at 12:05 AM, Daniel Gruno wrote: > > On 10/07/2021 04.44, Craig Russell wrote: >> Before this gets out of hand, I have to object to f

Re: [Lazy consensus] request a VM for CLC for Apache projects

2021-07-09 Thread Craig Russell
Before this gets out of hand, I have to object to flagging "master" as a git branch name without any other context like "slave". Craig > On Jul 9, 2021, at 5:05 AM, Daniel Gruno wrote: > > On 08/07/2021 18.25, Rich Bowen wrote: >> On 7/7/21 6:45 AM, Daniel Gruno wrote: >>> On 07/06/2021 19.48,

Re: Introductions: New Contributor - Veronica Tomat

2021-03-07 Thread Craig Russell
Welcome, Veronica. Always good to have more volunteers here! Craig > On Mar 7, 2021, at 5:57 AM, sharanf wrote: > > Hi All > > I'd like to introduce you to Veronica Tomat. She contacted us a few weeks ago > looking for ways to volunteer and contribute to our ASF communities. Veronica > is ne

[DRAFT] Board resolution to remove gender-specific terms from Bylaws

2020-09-02 Thread Craig Russell
At the last members meeting, the membership decided to recommend to the board that we change the Bylaws to remove gender-specific terms in favor of gender-neutral terms. This [1] is a draft of the resolution. Please take a look and see how well it serves the purpose. I expect that some version

Re: Vote on Technical Approach for Survey was Re: Survey Diversity and Inclusion

2019-11-21 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Georg, > On Nov 21, 2019, at 7:33 PM, Georg Link wrote: > >> 3. We should disallow multiple responses from the same individual to the >> survey. This might involve assigning an immutable ID to each person who >> receives or requests a survey. > > Tricky. If we share one link on social medi

Re: Vote on Technical Approach for Survey was Re: Survey Diversity and Inclusion

2019-11-21 Thread Craig Russell
Hi, I find it a bit difficult to respond to this message and would prefer to review a document. If a document already exists please give me a pointer. I'd like to propose that the process being discussed be put onto the public wiki in the D&I site, including a discussion of the privacy issues.

Re: Outreachy candidates and CLAs

2019-10-04 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Awasum, I believe that you have exactly the right thinking on this subject. Details below. > On Oct 4, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Awasum Yannick wrote: > > For simplicity, all contributors in the context of Outreachy or GSoC should > just sign ICLAs when the submit first PRs. its going to make thi

Re: What is needed from a PMC for Outreachy mentor?

2019-08-31 Thread Craig Russell
I think that it would be good for the diversity team to consider how a PMC might approach the Outreachy Mentor discussion. Someone in the PMC needs to be willing and able to provide mentorship. This is pretty clear from the materials already provided. The PMC needs to be aware and supportive of

Re: Moderation guidelines

2019-07-21 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Myrle, > On Jul 21, 2019, at 3:42 PM, Myrle Krantz wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:59 PM Craig Russell wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'd also like to comment on "Comment can reasonably be expected to provoke >> an angry response from a

Re: Moderation guidelines

2019-07-21 Thread Craig Russell
t; there instead." > > But I feel like it may not fully cover this concern. Craig or Shane, Do > you have a suggestion for how to describe the case you are referring to, > and how to respond to it in the form of a concrete moderator guideline? > > Thanks, > Myrle > &g

Re: Moderation guidelines

2019-07-21 Thread Craig Russell
t forward. Regards, Craig > On Jul 21, 2019, at 11:24 AM, Myrle Krantz wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 4:07 PM Craig Russell wrote: > >> Problem: Not helpful; no actionable or useful content. >> Alternative behavior: Don't post this message >> Modera

Re: Moderation guidelines

2019-07-21 Thread Craig Russell
7;t post this message Moderation comment: Not helpful in moving the project forward. Regards, Craig > > Thanks, > Myrle > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 11:49 PM Shane Curcuru wrote: > >> Craig Russell wrote on 2019-7-20 4:47PM EDT: >>> Hi, >>> >>>

Moderation guidelines

2019-07-20 Thread Craig Russell
Hi, I think that one of the guidelines for moderation of a working list (as opposed to a general list) should be: Does this message help serve the function of the group it is directed to? There is a lot of discussion around whether a post is offensive, ad hominem, triggering, etc. and these cl

Re: Equity or equality

2019-07-18 Thread Craig Russell
I've read all of the responses to this thread and believe that we have consensus that the page should be renamed "Equity, Diversity & Inclusion". I'll ask Mark to make the change. Regards, Craig > On Jul 16, 2019, at 3:33 PM, Craig Russell wrote: > > I

Equity or equality

2019-07-16 Thread Craig Russell
I've seen these terms used pretty much interchangeably and just noticed our wiki uses the term equality. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=112820458 Do we care? Are they equivalent? Craig L Russell c...@apache.org

Re: [Volunteer Needed] Outreachy Coordinator for the ASF

2019-07-14 Thread Craig Russell
My only concern with the whole Outreachy effort is the implied coordination with fundraising. At least for the time being, we should simply say that fundraising is out of scope for D&I. No effort should be made to do anything but understand the current situation with funding. That said, having

Re: [discuss] private repository for the committee?

2019-07-14 Thread Craig Russell
I'd like to second the concern that svn in particular is not a good tool for any but coding professionals. For more insight into barriers faced by non-coders to use of svn, just ask Sally. I'm not sure what the solution is but the foundation is moving toward use of Google G Suite for many thin

Re: [Input Needed] June report 2019

2019-07-12 Thread Craig Russell
I just re-read this and for clarity, I'm suggesting making only the fourth bullet point public, and marking the rest as . Craig > On Jul 12, 2019, at 8:30 AM, Craig Russell wrote: > > Hi Gris, > > I would suggest marking the entire # Issues section except for the > p

Re: [Input Needed] June report 2019

2019-07-12 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Gris, I would suggest marking the entire # Issues section except for the paragraph discussing the mailing list and D&I committee. Craig > On Jul 12, 2019, at 8:07 AM, Niall Pemberton > wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 at 16:01, Gris Cuevas wrote: > > Hi folks - just a reminder to add yo

Re: Laptops for Outreachy interns

2019-06-30 Thread Craig Russell
> On 6/30/2019 7:45 AM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: >> Interesting idea. And then a decent but inexpensive chromebook would do >> the trick nicely. They can even run debian in development mode. >> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019, 10:42 Craig Russell wrote: >>> Hi Sage, >>>

Re: Laptops for Outreachy interns

2019-06-30 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Sage, Thanks for this. When I thought of why to provide laptops for interns, I thought of the challenges of compiling a large code base. I thought of a possible solution, which is using virtual machines (managed by the mentor organization) to do the heavy lifting. Obviously, this would mean

Re: Does Outreachy mean we are paying for code? Is that acceptable? (was Re: Why does the ASF not pay for development?)

2019-06-29 Thread Craig Russell
ight find that Outreachy gives us no information that we didn't know already. We might find it difficult or impossible to find Apache communities who are willing and able to provide mentors for Outreachy applicants. Craig > On Jun 28, 2019, at 9:48 PM, Craig Russell wrote: > > I

Re: Does Outreachy mean we are paying for code? Is that acceptable? (was Re: Why does the ASF not pay for development?)

2019-06-28 Thread Craig Russell
I've spent a bit of time looking into the Outreachy process and I'd like to summarize my understanding: 1. Pre-application: Communities choose prospective mentors to work with prospective interns. Apache communities who wish to participate must provide suitable mentors. 2. Application: Prospec