Hello, My name is Nina Reynolds; I am a software engineer in Microsoft’s Commerce + Ecosystems division, and a Chapter Lead at the Commerce + Ecosystems GLEAM (Global LGBTQI+ Employees and Allies at Microsoft) ERG.
In June, we are hosting a series of pride events, and I’m trying to see who I can assemble for a panel working-titled “Pride for Techies.” I’m contacting people within open source organizations important to the organization’s software stack to see if someone is interested in a paid speaking opportunity and is either: * A member of the LGBTQI+ community who wants to speak deeply about a technical topic in this space * A contributor who is willing to speak on their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the open source community as it pertains to LGBQTI+ contributors Internally, we and our friends in Data are big fans of Apache Spark, Parquet, and Kafka, so a member of the Apache contributor or DEI community would be awesome! Thank you for your time, _____ 🌸🌺🌸 _____ Nina Reynolds Software Engineer II [cid:image001.png@01D83EAE.065190B0]
