Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-10-01 Thread David Mortman
; Anne > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:25 PM, David Mortman wrote: > >> So given that it's been nearly two weeks since anyone has responded is it >> time to rebrand it the Opacity Committee? >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 8:23 PM, David Mortman wrote: >

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-10-01 Thread David Mortman
So given that it's been nearly two weeks since anyone has responded is it time to rebrand it the Opacity Committee? On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 8:23 PM, David Mortman wrote: > Joshua, > > I found this answer hilariously short and opaque especially given the > context of it

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-18 Thread David Mortman
- > > Joshua McKenty > Chief Technology Officer > Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. > +1 (650) 242-5683 > +1 (650) 283-6846 > http://www.pistoncloud.com > > "Oh, Westley, we'll never survive!" > "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one e

Re: [Openstack] Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-18 Thread David Mortman
k and a broader travel support program in Hong Kong. > > Thanks, > Lauren > > On Sep 17, 2013, at 11:00 AM, George Reese > wrote: > > Can someone summarize where things stand on this and what is actually in > motion to be done/has been done? > > Thanks, > George

Re: [Openstack] Fwd: Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-15 Thread David Mortman
"Oh, Westley, we'll never survive!" > "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has." > > On Sep 15, 2013, at 3:59 AM, David Mortman wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:26 PM, David Mortman wrote: > >> Agreed. There should be at le

Re: [Openstack] Fwd: Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-15 Thread David Mortman
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:26 PM, David Mortman wrote: > Agreed. There should be at least a small group, especially for events, so > that one person doesn't get hammered but also so there's a committee to > make judgement calls etc. Love the idea of some training too. >

Re: [Openstack] Fwd: Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-12 Thread David Mortman
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Anne Gentle wrote > I think more than one ombudsperson may be needed to assure coverage and > avoid anyone being reluctant to report, but I'm not familiar with how > ombuds work in general. I do know that I wouldn't ever report something to > a nameless phone numb

Re: [Openstack] Fwd: Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-12 Thread David Mortman
that Incorporating > the best of breed into our foundation Conduct document, along with > requiring participants of the OpenStack summit to respect the code of > conduct, even if they are not members of the foundation. > > ** ** > > An ombuds would be very useful. >

Re: [Openstack] Fwd: Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-11 Thread David Mortman
conduct.html > 2. http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy > 3. https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Conduct > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:18 AM, David Mortman wrote: > >> >> Given the recent and ongoing issues with sexism (not to mention rac

Re: [Openstack] Fwd: Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-11 Thread David Mortman
Daniel, Love the click through idea -DM On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 03:53:36PM +0200, Thierry Carrez wrote: > > David Mortman wrote: > > > Given the recent and ongoing issues with sexism (not to mention racism, &g

Re: [Openstack] Fwd: Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-11 Thread David Mortman
ct.html > 2. http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy > 3. https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Conduct > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:18 AM, David Mortman wrote: > >> >> Given the recent and ongoing issues with sexism (not to mention racism, >

Re: [Openstack] Fwd: Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-11 Thread David Mortman
Joshua, Thanks. I'll take a look and post some comments to this thread over the next couple of days. -DM On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Joshua McKenty wrote: > The manner of "who" and "how" to report any concerns is something that the > foundation board, through the transparency committee,

[Openstack] Fwd: Making the Hong Kong Summit as inclusive as possible

2013-09-11 Thread David Mortman
Given the recent and ongoing issues with sexism (not to mention racism, homophobia and general bigotry) at tech conferences, I recently engaged with several folks on twitter about what was being done to make sure that the Hong Kong Summit was as inclusive as possible regardless of an attendee's age