+1 My contribution will be on aligning the frameworks of this project with the UX research and the survey, since they will complete the picture.
Other things we need help with: - Create a framework for mentors & mentees that produce resources for other ASF projects - Have D&I committee partners to keep the participating projects in the loop and motivated - We need help documenting the project/process and publishing it in our website/wiki/Github Thanks Myrle! On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 00:08, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > I'll help with trying to navigate the bike shedding and possible / real / > previewed policy conflicts. Around the ASF we often get confused over who > can do / say / control what. We can often spend more time over that than > actually getting stiff done. > > This very "vote" is an example. > > 1) it started out as asking the board for permissuon, which is not > necessary because the boundaries set in the current proposal mean the ASF > is investing volunteer time only and no policy is being changed. > > 2) this is an unnecessary vote. We clearly have consensus on this proposal > given the discuss thread of last week. There we were suggestions for > improvement, but no objections. That means we have consensus. > > 3) a week ago we were in danger of never progressing because this proposal > is deemed as insufficient. Some progress is better than no progress. It > does not mean we need to settle. It means we are moving forward in small > reversible steps. > > What I do not intend to do is the hard work this committee had in front of > it. I'll help as much as I can (possibly mentoring an intern if there is > the right match) but I plan to help others get stuff done, others are far > more suited than I when it comes to creating an infrastructure to help the > ASF change things with respect to D&I. > > Thanks Myrle for driving the closure here. > > --- > > Sent from my phone, likely while waking down the stars and having a > conversation. Sorry about my carelessness, I blame the machines. > > ________________________________ > From: Joan Touzet <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2019 5:00:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Notify the board that D&I intends to coordinate an > Outreachy intern program > > +1, with the parenthetical that calling a 72-hour vote on a Friday night > of a 4-day holiday weekend in the US was probably not a great idea ;) > > I am happy to support the vetting process of project and intern > applicants, working with Sage and others to help build an approach that > meets everyone's needs and expectations. > > I'll approach my communities as well, though I don't have the bandwidth > to mentor *and* be on the Board this year - my apologies. > > -Joan "with the humidity it feels like 40C here" Touzet > > On 2019-07-05 5:57 p.m., Myrle Krantz wrote: > > The long awaited vote! With a request: > > > > Those voting +1, please consider also saying what kind of help you'd like > > to provide the effort with. Even bringing the message to your respective > > communities will be helpful. Gris, what other tasks need to be done, > that > > people could volunteer for? > > > > Here's my +1. I would be willing to help keep the conversation > productive > > and moving forward here on this list, and to spread the message. > > > > If the vote passes, we'll send the following notice to the board. > > > > Best Regards, > > Myrle > > > > ----------------- > > Subject: [NOTICE] D&I intends to coordinate an Outreachy intern program. > > > > Background: D&I wishes to perform UX research on the experience of > members > > of underrepresented groups as they get started with our communities. > > Internships via Outreachy provide us with an excellent opportunity to do > so. > > > > A sponsor has offered to provide stipends via Outreachy which will cover > 3 > > interns. D&I plans to provide the following support: > > > > * Advertise this opportunity to projects and seek mentors & proposals. > > * Manage the project submission process to Outreachy, including filtering > > out unsuitable project proposals, and, if necessary, making a final > > selection of intern-project pairs. > > * Ask interns for feedback on their experiences at various times > throughout > > the internship. > > * Provide appropriate and useful feedback to the Foundation and to the > > projects about opportunities to improve how welcoming we are, and what we > > can improve on. > > * Use this as an opportunity to increase awareness and acceptance of the > > ASF in communities which we are currently not reaching as well as we > would > > like. > > > > If Outreachy receives funding for more than 3 interns for the ASF, we > will > > facilitate the placement of such additional interns with Apache projects, > > but we plan to keep the initial rounds of this project relatively small > for > > learning purposes. > > > > We intend to measure the success of this program in the following ways: > > * In a separate effort we will be working on and administering a survey > at > > regular intervals. > > * We will ask participating projects to provide feedback on the program > and > > on our resulting documentation. > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > The road ahead on this proposal is as follows (** indicates where we are > > now): > > * Start a [DISCUSS] thread. > > * Allow the discussion to run as long as *new* points are being made. > > ** Start a [VOTE] thread to run for 72 hours. > > * Submit a [NOTICE] to the board. > > * Wait 72 hours for potential board objections. > > * Get to work. > > >
