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Doh. I missed the meeting. Totally my fault. I converted to Central time, but put it in my calendar while my calendar was set to Pacific. Time conversion obviously not my strong suit.

I had an idea I wanted to share. In the case of diversity and women in tech, we’ve had events/breakfasts/activities for those groups.  While the events are fun (I LOVED the boat cruise), it doesn’t do much to bring the group back into the fold of the community.

What if we did a Twitter campaign associated with a hashtag similar to the #ilooklikeanengineer campaign that ran a while back?

We could do something I like #isupportopenstackwomen or #isupportopenstackdiversity (or some other hashtag that is potentially shorter) and use them throughout the Tokyo event (and potentially beyond). We might also be able to get some folks in the community to kick things off with tweets followed by the hashtag and have a photo booth area with signs/props for photos/sharing. Maybe a chalkboard that folks can write on or a whiteboard sign with the hashtag. We could also have them in different languages representing other countries.

Sample tweets would answer “Why do you support diversity in OpenStack?” or “Why do you support Women of OpenStack?"

Because my daughter deserves to succeed  #isupportOSwomen
Because OpenStack is better for it #isupportOSdiversity
Because vanilla is boring ##isupportOSdiversity
Because our users are diverse #isupportOSdiversity
Because the women’s bathroom can be lonely #isupportOSwomen
Because the glass ceiling deserves to be broken #isupportOSwomen
Because diversity = innovation #isupportOSdiversity


Thoughts?

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From: Roland Chan <roland at aptira.com<mailto:roland at aptira.com>>
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 12:29 AM
To: Eoghan Glynn <eglynn at redhat.com<mailto:eglynn at redhat.com>>, Carol L Barrett <carol.l.barrett at intel.com<mailto:carol.l.barrett at intel.com>>, Tristan Goode <tristan at aptira.com<mailto:tristan at aptira.com>>
Cc: "foundation at lists.openstack.org<mailto:foundation at lists.openstack.org>" <foundation at lists.openstack.org<mailto:foundation at lists.openstack.org>>, "women-of-openstack at lists.openstack.org<mailto:women-of-openstack at lists.openstack.org>" <women-of-openstack at lists.openstack.org<mailto:women-of-openstack at lists.openstack.org>>
Subject: Re: [Women-of-openstack] [OpenStack Foundation] [OpenStack][Women of OpenStack] Kick-off Meeting Info


I did wonder about that.

Roland

On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 5:10 PM Eoghan Glynn <eglynn at redhat.com<mailto:eglynn at redhat.com>> wrote:


> Ideally anywhere that might have an OpenStack community. I know we have
> active communities in:
>
> - Australia
> - NZ
> - India,
> - China (incl HK)
> - Taiwan
> - Japan
> - Vietnam
> - Singapore
> - Vietnam
> - South Africa
> - Kenya
> - Some of the Gulf States
>
> The countries where a user group exists would be a good guide. I expect
> most conf-call providers to have widespread toll-free access, although a
> provider with toll-free coverage in some of the developing nations might be
> harder.

Or alternatively, how about falling back to the standard medium that's been
effectively mandated[1] for project team meetings upstream, i.e. public
logged IRC?

Cheers,
Eoghan

[1] http://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/open-community.html#public-meetings-on-irc

> Roland
>
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 at 04:06 Barrett, Carol L <carol.l.barrett at intel.com<mailto:carol.l.barrett at intel.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > Tristan (and Others) – Pls let me know what Countries you need access
> > codes for and I will do my best to supply.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Carol
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Tristan Goode [mailto:tristan at aptira.com<mailto:tristan at aptira.com>]
> > *Sent:* Friday, August 28, 2015 8:12 AM
> > *To:* Barrett, Carol L; foundation at lists.openstack.org<mailto:foundation at lists.openstack.org>;
> > women-of-openstack at lists.openstack.org<mailto:women-of-openstack at lists.openstack.org>
> > *Subject:* RE: [OpenStack Foundation] [OpenStack][Women of OpenStack]
> > Kick-off Meeting Info
> >
> >
> >
> > Re this:
> >
> >
> >
> > Women of OpenStack
> >
> > September 2, 2015
> >
> > 18:00 UTC
> >
> >
> >
> > We will use a voice line for this call:
> >
> >  Access: (888) 875-9370, Bridge: 3; Passcode: 1278598
> >
> >
> >
> > "I understand the foundation has sponsored a female diversity intern that
> > probably cant dial this US freecall number. What number should she call?"
> >
> >
> >
> > "As with all OpenStack meetings, we must provide equal access to all
> > foundation members, even those outside the US".
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Tristan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Barrett, Carol L [mailto:carol.l.barrett at intel.com<mailto:carol.l.barrett at intel.com>]
> > *Sent:* Saturday, 29 August 2015 12:10 AM
> > *To:* foundation at lists.openstack.org<mailto:foundation at lists.openstack.org>;
> > women-of-openstack at lists.openstack.org<mailto:women-of-openstack at lists.openstack.org>
> > *Subject:* [OpenStack Foundation] [OpenStack][Women of OpenStack]
> > Kick-off Meeting Info
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your responses in the Doodle. Based upon that, we will have our
> > kick-off meeting on Wednesday  9/2/15 at 18:00 UTC.
> >
> >
> >
> > You can find the agenda and logistics here:
> > https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/9_2_15_WOS
> >
> >
> >
> > Talk with you then!
> > Carol
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Foundation at lists.openstack.org<mailto:Foundation at lists.openstack.org>
> > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation
> >
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