On 27 Oct 2021, at 20:26, Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net> wrote:

The code of conduct contact actually has already been updated on the
website version of the bylaws:

https://openinfra.dev/legal/code-of-conduct

It just didn't make it into the LibreOffice/Word format document. I ran
'wdiff' on the main bylaws text to catch any inconsistencies (and found,
for example, that the website version didn't apply the bylaws changes
for Vice Chairs late last year), but I didn't run it on the appendices,
so I'll make sure to do that before we get to the board vote.

On 10/27/21 1:47 PM, Robert Cathey wrote:

Wow. Good catch. Guess it's awesome we've not had any since 2019. :-)

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:39 PM Mohammed Naser <mnaser@vexxhost.com
<mailto:mnaser@vexxhost.com>> wrote:

   Hi:

   It looks good, but as I was going through it, I noticed that it still
   listed Lauren Sell as a foundation contact for code of conduct
   reports.  Perhaps we can slip in a replacement at the same time?

   Thanks,
   MOhammed

   On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM Sean McGinnis
   <sean.mcginnis@gmail.com <mailto:sean.mcginnis@gmail.com>> wrote:

Thank you Allison, this looks great. Glad to see this moving forward.

Sean

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:16 PM Allison Randal

   <allison@lohutok.net <mailto:allison@lohutok.net>> wrote:

Hi all,

In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working

   group

proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in

   December.

I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all

   comments

are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:

a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.

b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all

   cases

where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or

   hers",

"he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.

While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't

   universal, it

is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an

   explicit

statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as

   needed:

"6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural,

   as the

identity of the person or persons may require."


The updates change a few words in protected sections of the

   bylaws, so

after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these

   changes

in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January

   before

the changes are fully reviewed and approved.

Thanks,
Allison
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