dei June 2015

diversity@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Super Short Meeting Recap
by K Rain Leander 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

We touched base quickly between Spencer, Amita and myself. - Amita's posted the CFA (call for applications) to the fedora group, which goes through a process of approval before it's posted to the fedora magazine. AI: get the fedora magazine link to send out to committee networks - Amita AI: publicize the post - EVERYONE Did we miss something? Reply here! Grtz, -- Rain Leander, RHCE <rain(a)redhat.com> Technical Account Manager mobile: +31 (0)62 189 1501 office: +31 (0)20 565 1200 Supporting success. Exceeding expectations. Red Hat Customer Portal http://bit.ly/accessRH Twitter http://bit.ly/RHsupport Facebook - http://bit.ly/RHsupportFB Google+ http://bit.ly/RHsupportG Building The Entree II De Entree 238 1101EE Amsterdam The Netherlands

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Fwd: Re: Announcement(Fedora Magazine Post)
by Amita 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Announcement(Fedora Magazine Post) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:58:51 +0530 From: Amita Sharma <amsharma(a)redhat.com> Reply-To: Private list to discuss diversity advisor applications <diversity-app(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> To: diversity-app(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Hey, Nice catch. Below is the modified draft2. It will be nice, if we can disclose names who all will be in selection committee. So far, I know myself, Tyler and Rain. Is there anyone else, who is going to join? Thanks & Regards, Amita Magazine Post =========== Topic :: Call for applications for Fedora Diversity Advisor (A Volunteer Position) Fedora is a big community that includes contributors and users from many different countries, each with their own experiences and historical backgrounds that contribute to a diverse mix of cultural, educational, and behavioral norms. To continuously create and foster an inclusive environment in the Fedora community, it's important to respond to the needs of existing contributors and users, and welcome new contributors and users from diverse backgrounds. The Fedora Diversity Advisor Search team is looking for a Fedora Diversity Advisor (A Volunteer Position) to act as a source of support and information for all contributors and users, especially those from underrepresented populations, so that issues of inclusion and equity can be discussed and addressed with the planning of multiculturalism and comfort. Primary responsibilities * Implement diversity efforts that will have a big effect on the Fedora community * Promote inclusion in the Fedora community * Act as a source of support and a mediator should there be any concerns or incidents To achieve the above you will work with Fedora community members to identify which of the following and other strategies would be most effective and feasible, and help implement them: * Increasing visibility of minority contributors and users through talks, feature articles, and awards * Making explicit invitations and providing financial support to attend conferences and give talks * Helping develop skills by offering targeted workshops and internships * Creating a welcoming environment by adopting and enforcing codes of conduct * Fostering communication, networking, and support forums with mailing lists and in-person events Required skills * Knowledge of and experience in working with historically underrepresented groups * Excellent written communications skills, demonstrated through blog posts or other written work * Understanding of and experience in open source communities * Ability to communicate at a moderate technical level about open source projects * Experience in similar roles in your past is a significant advantage * Experience writing grants is a plus To apply for the position, please answer the following questions and send your responses and a CV (or link to your online profile) to diversity-app(a)lists.fedoraproject.org 1. Why do you believe diversity and inclusion are important for Fedora? 2. Why do you want to serve as Fedora’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisor? 3. What specific minority group(s) or issues can you offer insight about? What perspectives, experiences, or knowledge about diversity and inclusion could you share with the Fedora community? 4. Do you have experience working across various cultures? (Cross cultural refers to various geographies, cultural groups, etc.) 5. To give us further insight, feel free to provide names and contact information for up to three people who can speak to your passion, interest, or experience with diversity and inclusion. NOTE :: Last date of submission of application is July 31, 2015 And It is a volunteer position and NOT a paid position Looking forward to a great participation. On 06/25/2015 03:35 PM, Tyler Golden wrote: > Will we add how they should submit their applications? > > Something like: > > To apply for the position, please answer the following questions and > send your responses and a CV (or link to your online profile) to > diversity-app(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > <mailto:diversity-app@lists.fedoraproject.org> > > 1. Why do you believe diversity and inclusion are important for Fedora? > 2. Why do you want to serve as Fedora’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisor? > 3. What specific minority group(s) or issues can you offer insight > about? What perspectives, experiences, or knowledge about diversity > and inclusion could you share with the Fedora community? > 4. Do you have experience working across various cultures? (Cross > cultural refers to various geographies, cultural groups, etc.) > 5. To give us further insight, feel free to provide names and contact > information for up to three people who can speak to your passion, > interest, or experience with diversity and inclusion. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From: *"Amita Sharma" <amsharma(a)redhat.com> > *To: *diversity(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, > diversity-app(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > *Sent: *Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:09:41 AM > *Subject: *Announcement(Fedora Magazine Post) > > Hi All, > > This is the draft announcement(Fedora Magazine Post), which is > essentially the Role Description. Please let me know if any thing needs > to be added or modified. > > It will be great if you can give your feedback by Monday(29 June) morning. > > Magazine Post > =========== > Topic :: Call for applications for Fedora Diversity Advisor (A Volunteer > Position) > > Fedora is a big community that includes contributors and users from > many different countries, each with their own experiences and > historical backgrounds that contribute to a diverse mix of cultural, > educational, and behavioral norms. To continuously create and foster an > inclusive environment in the Fedora community, it's important to > respond to the needs of existing contributors and users, and welcome > new contributors and users from diverse backgrounds. > > The Fedora Diversity Advisor Search team is looking for a Fedora > Diversity Advisor (A Volunteer Position) to act as a source of support > and information for all contributors and users, especially those from > underrepresented populations, so that issues of inclusion and equity > can be discussed and addressed with the planning of multiculturalism and > comfort. > > Primary responsibilities > * Implement diversity efforts that will have a big effect on the > Fedora community > * Promote inclusion in the Fedora community > * Act as a source of support and a mediator should there be any > concerns or incidents > > To achieve the above you will work with Fedora community members to > identify which of the following and other strategies would be most > effective and feasible, and help implement them: > > * Increasing visibility of minority contributors and users through > talks, feature articles, and awards > * Making explicit invitations and providing financial support to > attend conferences and give talks > * Helping develop skills by offering targeted workshops and internships > * Creating a welcoming environment by adopting and enforcing codes of > conduct > * Fostering communication, networking, and support forums with mailing > lists and in-person events > > Required skills > > * Knowledge of and experience in working with historically > underrepresented groups > * Excellent written communications skills, demonstrated through blog > posts or other written work > * Understanding of and experience in open source communities > * Ability to communicate at a moderate technical level about open > source projects > * Experience in similar roles in your past is a significant advantage > * Experience writing grants is a plus > > NOTE :: Last date of submission of application is July 31, 2015 And > It is a volunteer position. > > Looking forward to a great participation. > > Thanks & Regards, > Amita > _______________________________________________ > diversity mailing list > diversity(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/diversity > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Tyler Golden > Manager, Global Talent Delivery > Products & Technology > Red Hat > 420.532.294.380 office > 420.777.788.783 mobile > tgolden(a)redhat.com > > > _______________________________________________ > diversity-app mailing list > diversity-app(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/diversity-app

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Announcement(Fedora Magazine Post)
by Amita 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Hi All, This is the draft announcement(Fedora Magazine Post), which is essentially the Role Description. Please let me know if any thing needs to be added or modified. It will be great if you can give your feedback by Monday(29 June) morning. Magazine Post =========== Topic :: Call for applications for Fedora Diversity Advisor (A Volunteer Position) Fedora is a big community that includes contributors and users from many different countries, each with their own experiences and historical backgrounds that contribute to a diverse mix of cultural, educational, and behavioral norms. To continuously create and foster an inclusive environment in the Fedora community, it's important to respond to the needs of existing contributors and users, and welcome new contributors and users from diverse backgrounds. The Fedora Diversity Advisor Search team is looking for a Fedora Diversity Advisor (A Volunteer Position) to act as a source of support and information for all contributors and users, especially those from underrepresented populations, so that issues of inclusion and equity can be discussed and addressed with the planning of multiculturalism and comfort. Primary responsibilities * Implement diversity efforts that will have a big effect on the Fedora community * Promote inclusion in the Fedora community * Act as a source of support and a mediator should there be any concerns or incidents To achieve the above you will work with Fedora community members to identify which of the following and other strategies would be most effective and feasible, and help implement them: * Increasing visibility of minority contributors and users through talks, feature articles, and awards * Making explicit invitations and providing financial support to attend conferences and give talks * Helping develop skills by offering targeted workshops and internships * Creating a welcoming environment by adopting and enforcing codes of conduct * Fostering communication, networking, and support forums with mailing lists and in-person events Required skills * Knowledge of and experience in working with historically underrepresented groups * Excellent written communications skills, demonstrated through blog posts or other written work * Understanding of and experience in open source communities * Ability to communicate at a moderate technical level about open source projects * Experience in similar roles in your past is a significant advantage * Experience writing grants is a plus NOTE :: Last date of submission of application is July 31, 2015 And It is a volunteer position. Looking forward to a great participation. Thanks & Regards, Amita

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Ready to announce?
by Tyler Golden 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Hi everyone, I believe we should go ahead and pull the trigger on the announcement. Here are the updates from today's meeting: The mailing list for the app review team is ready! You can subscribe here (as long as you are not applying for the role) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/diversity-app Job description is ready Amita - is the email announcement ready? This is really the only piece we need to move forward. We can annouce and then work on the actual interview questions. We need to push the deadline back for apps to July 31 to give us a full month to review. Application Questions: - Why do you believe diversity and inclusion are important for Fedora? - Why do you want to serve as Fedora’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisor? - What specific minority group(s) or issues can you offer insight about? What perspectives, experiences, or knowledge about diversity and inclusion could you share with the Fedora community? - Do you have experience working across various cultures? (Cross cultural refers to various geographies, cultural groups, etc.) - To give us further insight, feel free to provide names and contact information for up to three people who can speak to your passion, interest, or experience with diversity and inclusion. -- Best Regards, Tyler Golden Manager, Talent Delivery Products & Technology Red Hat 420.532.294.380 office 420.777.788.783 mobile tgolden(a)redhat.com www.redhat.com Interested in a career at Red Hat?

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Job Description
by Tyler Golden 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hi, Our employment branding team was kind enough to let one of their writers review our description. Here is the finished product: Job summary: Fedora is a big community that includes contributors from many different countries, each with their own experiences and historical backgrounds that contribute to a diverse mix of cultural, educational, and behavioral norms. To continuously create and foster an inclusive environment in the Fedora community, it's important to respond to the needs of these contributors. The Fedora Diversity Advisor Search team is looking for a Fedora Diversity Advisor to act as a source of support and information for all contributors, especially those from underrepresented populations, so that issues of inclusion and equity can be discussed with the planning of multiculturalism and comfort. As a Fedora Diversity Advisor, you will act in a supporting role and give advice on the strategy for diversity issues and equality, as well as promote inclusion in the Fedora community. You'll also act on diversity parameters within the community. Primary job responsibilities: * Increase visibility of minority contributors through talks, feature articles, and awards * Make explicit invitations and provide financial support to attend conferences and give talks * Help develop skills by offering targeted workshops and internships * Create a welcoming environment by adopting and enforcing codes of conduct * Implement equality and diversity plans that will have a big effect on the Fedora community, i.e. fostering communication, networking, and support forums with mailing lists and in-person events Required skills * Excellent written communications skills, demonstrated through blog posts or other written work * Understanding of and experience in open source communities * Ability to communicate at a moderate technical level about open source projects * Experience writing grants is a plus * Experience in similar roles in your past career is a significant advantage One thing I would consider adding to the requirements is that we expect the person to have some knowledge / experience of working with historically underrepresented groups. I don't think it makes sense to consider someone who doesn't either have first hand experience with this or who hasn't been a part of some outreach work. As an Advisor, I would expect them to already have some experience with this. What do you think? Best Regards, Tyler Golden Manager, Talent Delivery Products & Technology Red Hat 420.532.294.380 office 420.777.788.783 mobile tgolden(a)redhat.com www.redhat.com Interested in a career at Red Hat?

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Fedora Diversity Advisor Interest ROLE CALL
by K Rain Leander 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hello everyone! On last week's call I formally withdrew from the Fedora Diversity Advisor position and then realized that we didn't know exactly who is interested as not everyone has been available for the call (hopefully we're solving that issue via http://doodle.com/36urckdbz6xn9ixz - perhaps we should propose more times?) I thought I'd shoot an email out here. Who is interested in the Fedora Diversity Advisor role? Tyler and I discussed how to handle internal candidates and I'll summarize and send them out shortly for discussion. Grtz, -- Rain Leander, RHCE <rain(a)redhat.com> Technical Account Manager mobile: +31 (0)62 189 1501 office: +31 (0)20 565 1200 Supporting success. Exceeding expectations. Red Hat Customer Portal http://bit.ly/accessRH Twitter http://bit.ly/RHsupport Facebook - http://bit.ly/RHsupportFB Google+ http://bit.ly/RHsupportG Building The Entree II De Entree 238 1101EE Amsterdam The Netherlands

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Private Mailing List Requested
by K Rain Leander 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/4771 Proposed list name: diversity-app(a)lists.fedoraproject.org -- Rain Leander, RHCE <rain(a)redhat.com> Technical Account Manager mobile: +31 (0)62 189 1501 office: +31 (0)20 565 1200 Supporting success. Exceeding expectations. Red Hat Customer Portal http://bit.ly/accessRH Twitter http://bit.ly/RHsupport Facebook - http://bit.ly/RHsupportFB Google+ http://bit.ly/RHsupportG Building The Entree II De Entree 238 1101EE Amsterdam The Netherlands

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MOM - June 2
by Amita 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hi All, We have really a very productive meeting today. Here are the major discussion points :: ============================ 1 . Rolewill be part time, volunteer, position - unpaid 2. Publish role description on ML and magazine - AI - Ami 3. Create "just us" mailing list, without people applying- closed private mailing list, so that there are archives. - Rain 4. Once we have the mailing list, include information about it in the role description + we'll need to have questions we want people to answer finalized, and set July 17 as a due date for applications; and post it! For further details, please read http://piratepad.net/Diversity-MOM Thanks & Regards, Amita (Ami)

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Fedora Diversity Advisor Search Committee
by K Rain Leander 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

The following meeting has been modified: Subject: Fedora Diversity Advisor Search Committee Organizer: "K Rain Leander" <rain(a)redhat.com> Location: https://redhat.bluejeans.com/6709832932/ Time: 1:30:00 PM - 2:30:00 PM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna [MODIFIED] Recurrence : Every 1 week(s) on End by Jun 1, 2015 Effective Apr 28, 2015 Invitees: diversity(a)lists.fedoraproject.org; alsanche(a)redhat.com; tsiprova(a)redhat.com *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Deleting the zimbra version of this meeting; please ignore. -- Rain Leander, RHCE <rain(a)redhat.com> Technical Account Manager mobile: +31 (0)62 189 1501 office: +31 (0)20 565 1200 Supporting success. Exceeding expectations. Red Hat Customer Portal http://bit.ly/accessRH Twitter http://bit.ly/RHsupport Facebook - http://bit.ly/RHsupportFB Google+ http://bit.ly/RHsupportG Building The Entree II De Entree 238 1101EE Amsterdam The Netherlands

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