17:01:01 #startmeeting Diversity Working Group 5 17:01:03 Meeting started Thu Aug 6 17:01:01 2015 UTC and is due to finish in 60 minutes. The chair is eglute. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 17:01:04 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic #startvote. 17:01:07 The meeting name has been set to 'diversity_working_group_5' 17:01:34 Hello everyone, wave your hand o/ if you are here and introduce yourselfs! 17:01:57 #link https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/OpenStackDiversity.5 17:02:03 o/ Hello! 17:02:30 #topic introductions 17:02:33 o/ Amy Marrich, Rackspace 17:03:20 Hello amandap and spotz! do we have anyone else attending the diversity meeting? 17:03:41 o/ Lisa 17:03:49 * MarkAtwood_ is observing. 17:04:00 * GB21 Waves to everyone 17:04:09 Hi I am Geetika 17:04:17 outreachy intern 17:04:30 working on glance 17:04:42 hello GB21! we have some people chatting in etherpad 17:05:06 lets see if we can get them here 17:05:55 or I can come there 17:05:58 :S 17:05:59 :D 17:06:10 Hi this is nithya 17:06:24 hello Nithya_ ~ 17:06:26 ! 17:06:28 . this is ruchi 17:06:32 o/ 17:06:34 Excited to be here. 17:06:56 great! lets see Lois joins us as well 17:07:12 Hello everyone, I'm Cindy. 17:07:22 I have updated the agenda on etherpad: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/OpenStackDiversity.5 17:07:28 * eglute waves to cpallares 17:07:59 Great to see some familiar names! and some new ones too! 17:08:08 We have 14 people on Etherpad, so I hope that we get more here 17:08:28 o/ 17:08:33 Thanks everyone for joining! 17:08:45 hey cpallares 17:09:14 I hope that we continue having regular meetings, every other week at this time 17:09:19 hey Nithya_, rockyg and Ruchi 17:09:23 hopefully it works for most of you 17:09:33 +1 17:09:48 +1 17:09:55 +1 17:10:02 +1 17:10:04 +1 17:10:08 If you have not done so yet, please subscribe to the foundation mailing list. We are using it for communicating about this working group. 17:10:11 +1 17:10:25 #action everyone sign up for foundation mailing list #link http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation 17:10:34 eglute, could you please provide a link? 17:10:42 ohh thanks 17:10:42 :D 17:10:45 :) 17:11:41 Also, the deadline for diversity scholarships for Tokyo is approaching. PLease apply and share with everyone that you think would benefit from it 17:12:46 here is inforamtion about the travel support program: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Travel_Support_Program 17:12:49 #link https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Travel_Support_Program 17:13:54 If you are in Seattle area, OpenStack Seattle Day organizers are offering free passes to promote minority and women participation, please share #link http://www.openstackseattle.com/diversity-scholarships/ 17:14:44 #topic update from the board meeting 17:15:14 Last week, we had OpenStack Board of Directors meeting, and we did a diversity working group update 17:15:18 accidentally aplied for the diversity pass for the OpenStack day in Seattle - so i have one - not sure if there is a way to transfer the same. 17:15:44 Ruchi you could email the organizers and tell them if you are not planning on going 17:16:06 The organizer said they will open more than 20 passes for diversity, if needed 17:16:13 they did not have a lot of people applying 17:16:41 I may be going - more as a sponsor - so I already have a pass 17:16:56 Regarding the board report, here is the #link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yyjv3hobjI7Sh27nQJRW1Zira15T63ZP7m_I0CKL_pw/edit?usp=sharing 17:17:00 I will do the email :) 17:18:24 The report regarding the diversity working group was well received and the charter approved. We need to make one small adjustment to the charter, and I am working with Mark Radcliffe on the exact wording 17:18:36 Mark Radcliffe is the foundation lawyer 17:19:37 we presented the working group plan, and had no questions about it 17:20:28 Hi, could you include my name and company in the working group list please? Nithya and SanDisk 17:20:46 We are very happy to be a part of this working group 17:21:31 Hello Nithya_ , glad to have you! Please be sure to subscribe to the foundation mailing list, we are using that list for communications: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation 17:22:12 As a group, we also need to work on the plan presented and find owners/volunteers for each task 17:22:25 #link https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I0KJEzqdpwFMWPX-G7H-Arx4uCHDkR7E76kttlZfNZU/edit?usp=sharing 17:22:48 Add me too 17:23:21 GB21, please subscribe to the mailing list 17:23:29 done 17:23:31 :D 17:23:44 GB21 great! 17:24:26 The first item on the plan is to review it with the TC and cross project team 17:24:58 anyone in this meeting from either TC or cross project team? 17:25:20 not I 17:26:01 Ok, I will work work with Imad, Kavit and Carroll to present the plan to TC and cross project team in the next couple weeks 17:26:53 I hang out on the cross-project meetings (and the TC meetings). I lurk 17:27:09 thanks rockyg, i will add you to the list! 17:27:52 the next major item on our plan is establishing data baseline 17:28:18 we will need to work with the foundation here to get their current data 17:28:28 I need volunteers to help me with this :) 17:28:55 I can lend a hand Egle 17:29:10 eglute: I'm very interested in that one, I'll help as much as I can 17:29:19 eglute: I am happy to help, but my schedule is pretty full until after the mid-cycle ops meet-up 17:29:53 thanks amandap and MeganR ! I added you to the list https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/OpenStackDiversity.5 17:29:58 thanks spotz! 17:30:19 eglute: I added spotz as well :) 17:30:21 please add your emails next to your names and I will start a thread with the foundation 17:30:24 :) 17:30:26 What kind of data are you looking for Egle? Current attendence in each diversity category? 17:30:36 yes 17:30:50 and to set targets for increasing it? 17:31:09 yes, first we need a baseline 17:31:24 then, we need to figure out what a success would look like 17:31:38 makes sense. So this is to ask the OpenStack team to provide Vancouver attendence or trend over the show ? 17:31:58 over the years is what I meant 17:32:37 I think right now, openstack community consists of 10% women. So if we are going to be successful, what would like this number to be? and and then how would we get there. The same for each cathegory 17:32:51 For some cathergories, we do not have data 17:33:15 So we will need to work with teh foundation to send out a survey 17:33:30 I need volunteers to help with defining waht should be on the survey 17:33:47 I think we can find plenty of studies out there which we can use to come up with our goals 17:33:49 i am happy to help with the survey - nithya.ruff@sandisk.com 17:34:18 thanks Nithya_! adding you to the list 17:35:25 eglute: also happy to help with that one 17:35:42 thank you amandap! 17:35:47 there should be a way to extract that information from the meetup.com, I'll investigate if there something there 17:35:58 electrocucaracha oh that would be great 17:36:17 eglute: I think after we get the data, but before we start thinking about increasing numbers, we should consider rentention and a cross-project code of conduct that can be enforced. 17:36:17 spotz: Agreed, I was thinking that we would want some research to set expectations 17:36:26 eglute I'll put myself down for the survey as well, have some experience writing the questions 17:36:42 #action electrocucaracha to investigate extracting info from meetup.com 17:36:50 spotz awesome! 17:37:16 electrocucaracha do you mind introducing yourself? company/time zone (or location) 17:38:01 yes, my name is Victor Morales, I work for Intel in Guadalaja Mex, I bad with the time zones I guess we have Central Time 17:38:21 electrocucaracha glad to have you! 17:38:22 s/Guadalaja/Guadalajara 17:38:22 electrocucaracha: o/ 17:38:35 electrocucaracha: I'm also from Mexico, but currently living in Texas. 17:38:47 electrocucaracha, o/ 17:39:05 cpallares: mucho gusto :) 17:39:46 actually... o/ to all (got here late, didn't want to interrupt!) 17:39:57 hello vkmc! 17:40:03 eglute: cpallares has an interesting point -- is there anything around retention and cross-project code of conduct? 17:40:03 hi eglute :) 17:40:08 not too late to volunteer: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/OpenStackDiversity.5 17:40:16 sweet! 17:40:27 hi vkmc joiiiiin us :D 17:40:28 amandap cpallares what do you mean 17:40:30 o/ vkmc 17:40:47 amandap: We have a code of conduct, but unfortunatly it's very vague and doesn't mention anything about gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc. 17:41:18 I have a question - when we talk about diversity, are we specifically saying women, or other diversity categories - like URMs - under represented minorities 17:41:28 amandap: And it doesn't have a way to reinforce it or contact information to report violations. 17:41:34 eglute: Part of having higher diversity stats is retaining diverse people, if we are always losing 4 and gaining 5 that's a net 1 but a bad community dynamic. 17:41:55 Ruchi-Intel we have picked diversity categories, starting with: 17:42:23 ā€“ Phase 1: Gender identity/expression, Sexual orientation, Geography/Culture 17:42:23 ā€“ Phase 2: Race/ethnicity, Religion, Education/Field 17:42:23 ā€“ Phase 3: Age, Disabilities 17:42:36 so we are not trying to tackle all at once 17:42:37 Ruchi-Intel: Ultimately we mean all forms but to start we are focusing on the eglute is enumerating 17:42:51 more here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxtM4AiszlEyazNBODF1aV9YYmM/view 17:43:17 cpallares regarding code of conduct 17:43:20 do you have a link? 17:43:45 cool, so the 10% number is for what? 17:44:05 eglute: https://www.openstack.org/legal/community-code-of-conduct/ 17:44:14 Ruchi-Intel i am guessing that right now we have about ~10% women in the community 17:44:35 eglute: Here is a better write up from the Ada Initiative https://adainitiative.org/2014/02/howto-design-a-code-of-conduct-for-your-community/ 17:45:01 ok, so looks like we need to review the code of conduct and come with a way to report violations 17:45:25 #action everyone reviews code of conduct https://www.openstack.org/legal/community-code-of-conduct/ 17:46:31 we need a small subcommittee to work on the conduct evaluation + reporting process 17:46:37 any volunteers? 17:46:39 eglute: me! 17:46:46 Agree, as part of baseline, we need to make sure that the code of conduct supports creating a good environment 17:46:57 Nithya_: +1 17:47:10 I can help with conduct review and reporting 17:47:46 Iā€™m also interested. 17:47:59 thanks! https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/OpenStackDiversity.5 17:49:06 eglute: Me too, unless that makes it too big a sub-committee :) 17:49:11 Ok, so right now we have 3 things that we need to acomplish 17:49:18 amandap: The more the merrier? :) 17:49:50 cpallares ++ 17:49:52 cpallares: huzzah! :) 17:49:52 we also have people in the asia/india region that will have a meeting during a time that is better for them 17:49:59 so we will need to involve them as well 17:50:09 more in this case that are so many things to consider :) 17:50:20 and i forgot australia/new zealand there as well 17:50:38 i think all those things are very important, 17:50:54 and we need to get feedback on all of them 17:51:06 how much time each task do you think will take? 17:51:16 is 3 weeks enough? 17:51:57 eglute, I am from India 17:51:58 eglute: For which ones? The data baseline will certainly take longer. 17:52:00 yes, it also acts as a forcing function. Do we report out at this meeting in 3 weeks 17:52:23 GB21 that is great! do you live there now? 17:52:40 yes 17:52:47 GB21 if you do, then perhaps you could help facilitate between both meetings 17:52:57 and the time in india right now is ? 11:20pm? 17:53:03 cpallares: Nithya_ KLevenstein - Is three weeks good for the code of conduct? 17:53:21 eglute, sure and Ruchi-Intel yes 17:53:27 amandap, eglute: I think that's a good amount of time to come up with an action plan. 17:53:37 GB21 would add your email to the wiki? 17:53:42 yes 17:53:54 eglute, alright 17:53:57 :D 17:54:00 Nithya_: spotz vkmc is three weeks good for the survey? 17:54:13 yes it is to compose it 17:54:28 Unless we need feedback from any of the other tasks 17:54:51 I think it is amandap 17:55:06 we will need to get some inspiration from other communities maybe 17:55:12 electrocucaracha how much time do you need to try to get data from meetup? 17:55:49 vkmc yes, and I think Foundation can help us too 17:55:52 maybe just a couple of days, I'm reviewing several clients 17:55:57 eglute 17:56:00 ++ 17:56:06 electrocucaracha that sounds good 17:57:09 we are almost at time, 17:57:47 reminder: sign up for foundation mailing list, apply/let others know about travel to tokyo, apply/let others know about OpenStack Seattle free passes 17:58:03 will do. Thanks for an efficient meeting 17:58:10 Thank you 17:58:17 Thank you everyone for attending! 17:58:18 Thanks eglute 17:59:02 thanks eglute! 17:59:11 #endmeeting