Re: Requesting the creation of a Diversity and Inclusion committee reporting to the President

2019-04-11 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 4/11/2019 5:17 AM, Myrle Krantz wrote: > The incubator has more influence on D&I at Apache in general than any other > committee. Having someone liaising between these two efforts would be > immensely valuable. I can help with that role. -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Ap

Re: Requesting the creation of a Diversity and Inclusion committee reporting to the President

2019-04-11 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
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 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

Re: ApacheCon NA

2019-05-01 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 4/30/2019 7:52 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > I assume anyone planning a presentation has either already submitted > it, or is close to doing so. I would say that's a bad assumption.  My experience is the last 24 hours can be a ton of submissions. -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apac

Resending KAM offer to Help re: Resolution

2019-05-08 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Regards, KAM -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: diversity-unsubscr...@apach

Re: D&I 2020 budget Request

2019-05-23 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
> 1.) Money to sponsor our Outreachy Internship projects(we could start with > 5 or 10 interns). > This sounds very interesting. Would you pair interns with a mentor like we do for GSOC? 2.) D&I specific travel assistance (For people who really need it, who are > under represented). > We have a

Re: D&I 2020 budget Request

2019-05-23 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
For the Africa event, Rich is appraised of my work and status. No worries there and I am working hard to get a detailed plan of attack for his review and discussion on planners. On Thu, May 23, 2019, 11:50 Joan Touzet wrote: > On 2019-05-23 8:19, Awasum Yannick wrote:> 3.) Money to sponsor an >

Re: D&I 2020 budget Request

2019-05-23 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
___________ > From: Kevin A. McGrail > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 8:55:22 AM > To: diversity@apache.org > Subject: Re: D&I 2020 budget Request > > For the Africa event, Rich is appraised of my work and status. No worries > there and I am working hard to get a detaile

Re: D&I 2020 budget Request

2019-05-23 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
ouldn't consider it, or any other > kind of event, here until they are officially ASF events. > > Riss > > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > ____ > From: Kevin A. McGrail > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 11:22:05

Re: D&I 2020 budget Request

2019-05-23 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
for all here is that I am working to align waterfowl for the idea of an event in Africa.  It won't be out of the blue for Rich if/when I can get a proposal to planners to discuss. Getting a proposal together has been a lot of very interesting work. > > On 5/23/19 11:55 AM, Kevin A. Mc

Re: [ANNOUNCE] D&I mailing list changes

2019-05-29 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
s email and let me know >> >> moderating dev@ and discuss@ just means receiving an advanced copy of >> posted emails from people who are not subscribed and accepting or rejecting >> them. moderation of private@ is the same responsibility, plus accepting or >> rejecting any

Re: GSuite Team Drive

2019-05-29 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
I've added you, Joan. -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 6:17 PM Joan Touzet wrote: > Oh HI Mark, > > I should have an apache.org gsuite ac

Re: GSuite Team Drive

2019-05-29 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Need a Gmail / G Suite account. I can create you a G Suite account under @ gsuite.cloud.apache.org domain if you would like. Regards, KAM -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 On Wed

Re: GSuite Team Drive

2019-05-29 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Done. -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:38 PM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy wrote: > Thanks Kevin, to keep things simple could you add aizhamal...@gmail.

Re: GSuite Team Drive

2019-05-30 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
) attached to aus...@apache.org > would be incredible. Otherwise, use 'whatwouldausti...@gmail.com'. > > Thanks, > Austin > > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 4:40 PM Kevin A. McGrail > wrote: > > > Done. > > -- > > Kevin A. McGrail > > Member, Apache S

Fwd: [revealed] nonprofit compensation info

2019-05-30 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Thought it might be good gender data. We have some paid people and vendors at the ASF. We should survey them for diversity numbers. Be very interested to see how we compare. Any thoughts? -- Forwarded message - From: Jesse Breaux Date: Thu, May 30, 2019, 08:49 Subject: [reveal

Re: Discussion of written English style

2019-05-30 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 5/30/2019 11:28 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > There has been a discussion on board@, subject "[Sidebar] [D&I] > Example of exclusion from debate", about writing English in a style > that will be accessible to as many ASF participants as possible. > > Tools for evaluating writing have been menti

Re: Discussion of written English style

2019-05-30 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 5/30/2019 2:29 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > re: Google Translate trick - This raises the question of what is a > good sequence of languages for this test. Great point. I've emailed Sarah and asked her.  I've heard her mention some guidance on languages and rather than my playing operator, I'll

Re: GSuite Team Drive

2019-05-30 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
it. > > Kenn > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 4:00 AM Kevin A. McGrail > wrote: > >> I can create you an account under @gsuite.cloud.apache.org or use your >> personal. Just let me know which you prefer. >> >> On the topic, Daniel Ruggeri has a proof of concept

Re: GSuite Team Drive

2019-05-30 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
u, May 30, 2019 at 12:43 PM Kevin A. McGrail > wrote: > >> Ken and Austin, I've added both of you. If you have issues, let me >> know. You *can* tie the Apache.org login to a gmail account and it >> should work but I've never tested it. >> >> On 5/3

Re: D&I consultant/speaker

2019-05-31 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
neseehilles.seattleschools.org/about/calendar_and_news/news/author_ijeoma_olou_coming_to_genesee_hill >>>>> She said she does consulting at tech firms in Seattle and that she'd >> be >>>>> open to talking with groups here at the ASF. If there's interest I >> can >>>>> include anyone who wants to join a phone call. I got the impression >> she >>>>> could help with how to approach topics and execute on things in a >>>>> constructive way, and she'd be a great addition to any D&I track. >>>>> >>>>> Let me know if you or anyone you know would like to speak with her >> on a >>>>> call. I've reached out for an initial chat, will keep the list >> posted. >>>>> Best >>>>> Andrew >>>>> -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171

Re: D&I consultant/speaker

2019-05-31 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
ira/browse/DI-8 > > I don't have admin privs on that board so someone who does should point it > over to this list. > > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 7:51 PM Kevin A. McGrail > wrote: > >> I'd like to recommend Nakia Powell. >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/nakia-po

Re: Community Exclusion, was Fwd: GSuite Team Drive

2019-06-03 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
> > whoever does the work decides which tool to use. Huge +1 on this. I would like to see someone do a spreadsheet in confluence and work on it to come up with a budget. Sam's work with custom scripts to do a FY budget is an example for me of how to exclude people because it assumes programmers

Feedback from Sarah Kiniry about the Google Translate Trick was Fwd: Discussion of written English style

2019-06-03 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
that helps, and thanks for spreading the word about this method! Sarah Kiniry On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 2:27 PM Kevin A. McGrail mailto:kmcgr...@apache.org>> wrote: Sarah, I brought up your wonderful Google Translate tip (below) and there was a question on "what is a good seque

Re: [revealed] nonprofit compensation info

2019-06-03 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Shouldn't we make the old address a synonym for the new list? I can open a jira ticket. On Mon, Jun 3, 2019, 12:00 Naomi S wrote: > hi Kevin! this should be moved to d...@diversity.apache.org :) > > On Thu, 30 May 2019 at 14:59, Kevin A. McGrail > wrote: > > > Thoug

Re: [revealed] nonprofit compensation info

2019-06-03 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
this work is in progress, here: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-18453 > > > On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 at 18:11, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > > > Shouldn't we make the old address a synonym for the new list? I can open > a > > jira ticket. > > > &

Re: Fwd: [INQUIRY]: Accessibility at ApacheCon?

2019-08-21 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
I am happy to work with them on planning for next year. I won't be at this year's ACNA. On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 20:31 Rich Bowen wrote: > If nobody speaks up, I'll just ask them to check back next year, ok? > > On 8/16/19 8:03 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > Hi, folks. I received the below email and wh

Re: Fwd: [INQUIRY]: Accessibility at ApacheCon?

2019-08-22 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
ponsibility on-ground. Will report >> back with findings (like what additional volunteer time it would require). >> >> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 7:21 AM Kevin A. McGrail >> wrote: >> >>> I am happy to work with them on planning for next year. I won't be at &g

Re: Blacklist/whitelist

2020-06-06 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
The spamassassin project has been working towards this same goal for a few months now too. On Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 16:29 Rich Bowen wrote: > I just made a few commits which removed all occurrences of "blacklist" from > the Apache httpd documentation. It took just a few minutes. > > I encourage each

Re: Naming branches "master"

2020-06-09 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
+1 to Naomi's interpretation. -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1:02 PM Naomi Slater wrote: > master in "master/slave" (distributed com

Fwd: Advancing DEI in Grantmaking Webinar Next Week

2020-11-06 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Hi all, thought I would share this with you all. Hope everyone is great and healthy, KAM -- Forwarded message - From: Maria Azuri Date: Fri, Nov 6, 2020, 16:30 Subject: Advancing DEI in Grantmaking Webinar Next Week To: Hi, Kevin! I wanted to send you a friendly reminder of t

Re: Does ASF has any criteria for inclusive words?

2021-05-07 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
One minor note: we've been working on this a long time at the spam assassin project and we found it to be very helpful to pow wow. One thing I'm especially happy with is that we renamed white list and blacklist to welcome list and block list. This allowed us to both change our terminology to be m

Re: Does ASF has any criteria for inclusive words?

2021-05-07 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Coty Sutherland wrote: > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 8:39 AM Kevin A. McGrail > wrote: > > > One minor note: we've been working on this a long time at the spam > assassin > > project and we found it to be very helpful to pow wow. > > > > Even though the term