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Hi:

It looks good, but as I was going through it, I noticed that it still
listed Lauren Sell as a foundation contact for code of conduct
reports.  Perhaps we can slip in a replacement at the same time?

Thanks,
MOhammed

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM Sean McGinnis <sean.mcginnis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Allison, this looks great. Glad to see this moving forward.
>
> Sean
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:16 PM Allison Randal <allison at lohutok.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In the March OIF board meeting, the Diversity & Inclusion working group
>> proposed some minor changes to the bylaws to use more gender-neutral
>> language. We've completed legal review on the changes, so we're ready
>> for broader community review and feedback now, and then will plan for
>> the OIF board to vote on the changes in the next board meeting in December.
>>
>> I've attached a PDF with a redline markup of the changes, all comments
>> are welcome. The changes are relatively simple:
>>
>> a) "Chairman" changes to "Chair" throughout the document.
>>
>> b) Consistently uses they/their as the gender-neutral 3rd person
>> singular pronoun. This replaces all instances of he/his, and all cases
>> where we previously had incomplete gender neutrality with "his or hers",
>> "he or she", and other variations that explicitly listed two genders.
>>
>> While this use of they/their as 3rd person singular isn't universal, it
>> is very common in modern usage. And, the bylaws already have an explicit
>> statement that any pronouns should be read as singular/plural as needed:
>> "6.7 _Pronouns._ All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to
>> refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the
>> identity of the person or persons may require."
>>
>>
>> The updates change a few words in protected sections of the bylaws, so
>> after the board vote, we'll need independent votes from the OpenStack
>> Technical Committee and Platinum Members, and will include these changes
>> in the annual Gold Member and Individual Member votes (for Gold and
>> Individual Directors). So, it'll probably be mid- to late-January before
>> the changes are fully reviewed and approved.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Allison
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