[OpenStack Foundation] [Diversity] Stats on diversity in OpenStack

Kavit Munshi kavit at aptira.com
Thu Jul 2 00:23:27 UTC 2015


I also think someone should volunteer to anonymising the data :)

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On 2 July 2015 at 05:51, Kavit Munshi <kavit at aptira.com> wrote:

> I think the list should also cover socio-economic status and LGBTIQ, both
> disclosed voluntarily of course
>
>
> *Kavit Munshi*
>
> *Aptira - Asia Pacific’s leading provider of OpenStack*
>
> Direct/mobile: +91 971 292 9850
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> General enquiries: +61 2 8030 2333
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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.
>>
>>
>> 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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