History behind this list (was: Welcome to diversity@apache.org!)

2019-04-03 Thread Shane Curcuru
Those arriving directly on this list should see the recent history on dev@community where the original idea for this mailing list about diversity and inclusion were formed. Obviously, as we build a productive and respectful community on this diversity@ list, we'll be updating the proposal with new

FOSS project CoC listing

2019-04-03 Thread Shane Curcuru
I've created a simple site with some CoC resources for FOSS projects readers here might find interesting: https://opensourceconduct.com/ I intend to keep it lightweight and primarily a jumping off point for the many other positive resources out there. It's on GitHub so patches welcome; current

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

2019-04-28 Thread Shane Curcuru
Gris Cuevas wrote on 4/9/19 6:33 PM: > 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

Re: Permission for the wiki

2019-04-28 Thread Shane Curcuru
Justin Mclean wrote on 4/28/19 6:32 PM: > Hi, > >>> Best way to do this would be to give the group “diversity_pmc” edit >>> permissions so that way all PMC members have edit access. >> >> There is no such group. > > There should be, but I’m not seeing the project in the roster either so I > gue

FOSS efforts in measuring diversity & inclusion

2019-05-09 Thread Shane Curcuru
Along with re-running our own committer survey, there are plenty of resources and existing frameworks to consider for what or how we might want to approach research questions around D&I. - The CHAOSS community - including participants from across FOSS organizations - now has a D&I working group:

Re: FOSS efforts in measuring diversity & inclusion

2019-05-09 Thread Shane Curcuru
Joan Touzet wrote on 5/9/19 5:47 PM: > Hey Shane, > > On 2019-05-09 17:36, Shane Curcuru wrote:> Along with re-running our own > committer survey, there are plenty of >> resources and existing frameworks to consider for what or how we might >> want to approach re

Re: Diversity in a diverse world

2019-05-10 Thread Shane Curcuru
Mark Thomas wrote on 5/10/19 4:22 PM: > On 10/05/2019 20:55, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: >> Yes, I have a lot to learn — for example, I don’t know nor care about the >> sexual or gender orientation of anyone in the Apache community where I’m >> focused on: Apache NetBeans. >> >> Can you simply explain

Re: What do *I* think the D&I proposal means?

2019-05-12 Thread Shane Curcuru
(NOTE: mixed private/public lists) Board resolutions to create new committees (like D&I [1]) have only a high-level description of the goals of the proposed committee. It's important for Directors to understand what they're voting on, so it's helpful to have a focused thread where we can reflect

Re: [FAQ] Proto-FAQ question 1

2019-05-14 Thread Shane Curcuru
Patricia Shanahan wrote on 5/13/19 4:13 PM: > The first and most important question is something along the lines of: > > -- > > Q: Apache does everything by e-mail. I do not know or care about the > race, ethnicity, gender, age, weight,

Email reply marker settings (was: FAQ and paywall articles)

2019-05-22 Thread Shane Curcuru
Patricia Shanahan wrote on 2019-5-22 5:59AM EDT: > Indeed. In the FAQ I am planning to use the research articles to > establish that merely knowing someone's name creates a possibility of > subconscious bias, and then point out that we actually know a lot more > than that about each other. > > My

Re: GSuite Team Drive

2019-05-29 Thread Shane Curcuru
Myrle Krantz wrote on 2019-5-29 5:17AM EDT: > Just FYI: > > Kevin has created an Apache GSuite Team drive for D&I. > > Currently there are three team members with "manager" access: Gris, Kevin, > and me. Feel free to request access for yourself or anyone else. Please add my Shane.Curcuru GMail

Re: [PROPOSAL] send automated emails to dev@diversity

2019-05-29 Thread Shane Curcuru
Naomi Slater wrote on 2019-5-29 6:43AM EDT: > (copying diversity@apache.org for the time being because I expect it will > take a few days for everyone to move over to d...@diversity.apache.org) (Replying to corrected list name as you noted) > > now that we have dev@ set up, I would like to propose