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On 1 July 2015 at 16:27, Roland Chan <roland at aptira.com> wrote:

> Great. Let's put race on the list.
>
> Roland @ Aptira from mobile.
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> On 01/07/2015 12:15 AM, "APlimpton" <aplimpton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Roland,
>>
>> I would say that the Diversity team should monitor other factors as well
>> so that we see the change over time as the team focuses on different
>> factors.
>>
>> One of the reasons I asked about existing metrics was to see what
>> historical data we have and which (if any) diversity factors are tracked.
>> Based on the 2014 report, the stats we've seen so far and the data
>> collected during OpenStack signup it would seem only gender and geography
>> have been tracked so far -- which were the two identified during the first
>> meeting. As far as I know that focus is not meant to exclude a discussion
>> how to gather statistics on other factors.
>>
>> For that discussion we will have to identify which of the numerous
>> factors we want track (the diversity charter is very broad for its
>> definition), how they should quantified and how we should collect them --
>> some of these are very sensitive for people and we have to take that into
>> account.
>>
>> Does that sound logical to everyone?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Amanda
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Roland Chan <roland at aptira.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Geography, gender. What about other factors?
>>>
>>> Roland @ Aptira from mobile.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 30/06/2015 2:38 PM, "APlimpton" <aplimpton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I think one starting point is a snapshot (as much as we can) of what
>>>> the diversity is like in OpenStack. We have some stats in the etherpad
>>>> about the Summits -- is there a official document with those numbers?
>>>>
>>>> Summit attendees is one metric, but includes a range of people in
>>>> non-technical roles and possibly not part of OpenStack.
>>>>
>>>> Better metrics would include the active members of the OpenStack
>>>> community -- contributors, leaders and management. One measure of active
>>>> members would be the list of active technical contributors (ATC) which
>>>> should capture contributors to documentation and development of the
>>>> projects. We likely need a way to count those contribute in other ways, but
>>>> for now the ATC is a start.
>>>>
>>>> I see that the OpenStack signup form asks about gender and location.
>>>> When was the gender question added? When was the location question added?
>>>> My concern is that if they were added recently that few records will have
>>>> the data.
>>>>
>>>> 2015 Metrics on Gender and Geography Diversity in OpenStack:
>>>>
>>>> 1. How many total active technical contributors (ATC) are there?
>>>>            a. If I read http://www.stackalytics.com correctly, that
>>>> would be 1316
>>>> 2. What is the total ATC breakdown by geography and gender?
>>>> 3. What is the per project ATC breakdown by geography and gender?
>>>> 4. What is the per company ATC breakdown by geography and gender?
>>>> 5. How many project team leads (PTL) are there?
>>>> 6. What is the PTL breakdown by geography and gender?
>>>> 7. How many OpenStack board of directors (BOD) members are there?
>>>>           a. https://www.openstack.org/foundation/board-of-directors/
>>>> has 21
>>>> 8. What is the BOD breakdown by geography and gender?
>>>>           a. https://www.openstack.org/foundation/board-of-directors/
>>>> shows possibly               2 women and 19 men.
>>>>
>>>> Did I miss any OpenStack metrics? Who would be able to help get the
>>>> data for the stats?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Amanda
>>>>
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