[OpenStack Foundation] Openstack Diversity Working Group

Tristan Goode tristan at aptira.com
Thu Jun 11 02:56:56 UTC 2015


I think the best option for this meeting is not a fixed time, but a rotating
schedule to enable all time zones to participate.

Cheers
Tristan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Fifield [mailto:tom at openstack.org]
> Sent: Thursday, 11 June 2015 12:07 PM
> To: Tristan Goode; carol.l.barrett at intel.com; imad.sousou at intel.com;
> foundation at lists.openstack.org; openstack at lists.openstack.org;
> community at lists.openstack.org; foundation-board at lists.openstack.org;
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> Subject: Re: [OpenStack Foundation] Openstack Diversity Working Group
>
> It turns out that if you accidentally forgot to enable timezone support
> when
> creating a doodle poll (the link isn't exactly the easiest to remember),
> you
> can't turn it on later.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tom
>
> On 11/06/15 03:15, Tristan Goode wrote:
> > Why not just enable time zone support for the doodle poll? That would
> > be a good example of improving diversity by being inclusive.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Tristan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 8:50 AM -0700, "Tom Fifield"
> > <tom at openstack.org <mailto:tom at openstack.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     If anyone needs help with the timezone conversion, I recommend
> >
> >     http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html
> >
> >     Just put in "Portland" and your nearest city into the boxes and
> > you'll
> >     get an hour-by-hour breakdown :)
> >
> >     On 10/06/15 23:39, Barrett, Carol L wrote:
> >     > The Doodle time zone doesn’t seem to be appearing in the local
> timebased
> >     > upon the viewer.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > Sorry – The time zone is US/Pacific time (UTC-7), you’ll need to
> > do your
> >     > own conversion.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > Thanks
> >     >
> >     > Carol
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > *From:*Sousou, Imad [mailto:imad.sousou at intel.com]
> >     > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 09, 2015 11:34 AM
> >     > *To:* foundation at lists.openstack.org;
> > openstack at lists.openstack.org;
> >     > community at lists.openstack.org; foundation-
> board at lists.openstack.org;
> >     > openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org
> >     > *Subject:* [OpenStack Foundation] Openstack Diversity Working
> Group
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > 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.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > 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.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > If you’re interested in joining this effort, please:
> >     >
> >     > ·         Join the Foundation mail list to participate in
> > discussions
> >     > and shape the direction: click here
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > ·         Visit the wiki page for this work group to learn more
> > about
> >     > the charter: click here
> >     >
> >     > ·         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
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > 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
> >     >
> >     > Imad Sousou (Intel), Egle Sigler (Rackspace), Kavit Munshi
> > (Aptira)
> >     >
> >     >
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