Open Stack

I'd say meeting time accessibility is not an interest, it's a
non-negotiable requirement. Unconscious bias creates exclusion and all that.

This group must lead by example, and it would be sad for the first step to
be a misstep.

Roland

On 17/06/2015 8:36 AM, "Barrett, Carol L" <carol.l.barrett at intel.com> wrote:

>  The initial meeting for this work group will be: Friday,  June 19, 2015
> at 18:00 UTC, on IRC: #openstack-meeting
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> The Agenda is:
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> ·         Introductions
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> ·         Mission Discussion and definition of Diversity
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> ·         Discuss proposal to engage a Consultant/Coach to assist this
> work group
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> ·         Review proposed work plan, gather feedback, and owners
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> ·         Next Steps
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> o   Meeting Frequency
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> o   Interest/Need for alternating times to make the meetings globally
> accessible
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> Moving forward we’ll use the foundation at lists.openstack.org mail list for
> work group discussions and meeting communications.
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> Thanks
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> Carol
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> *From:* Sousou, Imad [mailto:imad.sousou at intel.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 09, 2015 1:28 PM
> *To:* openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org;
> community-owner at lists.openstack.org; openstack at lists.openstack.org
> *Subject:* [openstack-dev] OpenStack Diversity Working Group
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>
> Stackers – We’re happy to announce the creation of a Diversity Working
> Group. The genesis for this work group was a discussion at the May meeting
> of the OpenStack Board of Directors ahead of the Vancouver Summit.
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> The Board is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming place for
> all people to collaborate to drive innovation and design cutting-edge data
> center capabilities, while finding the best answers to our most pressing
> challenges. To achieve this, the Board formed this Work Group to determine
> what actions are required to fulfill this commitment. Three Board members
> volunteered to work with community members in this Work Group and bring
> updates/requests to the Board for discussion and action on a regular basis,
> starting with the July meeting.
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> If you’re interested in joining this effort, please:
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> ·         Join the Foundation mail list to participate in discussions and
> shape the direction: click here
> <http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation>
>
> ·         Visit the wiki page for this work group to learn more about the
> charter: click here <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Diversity>
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> ·         Plan to join the kick-off IRC meeting and let us know what
> day/times work for you by accessing the Doodle here: click here
> <http://doodle.com/z85c23dtexx8qzq7>
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> We will send out the results of the Doodle to the mail list and look
> forward to working with you to foster a strong and diverse community.
>
>
>
> Thanks
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> Imad Sousou (Intel), Egle Sigler (Rackspace), Kavit Munshi (Aptira)
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