inode0 (inode0@xxxxxxxxx) said: > The Board will be voting on this proposal over the next couple of days > but I wanted to share the proposal as widely as possible before we > finish. Please read the proposal here > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MatthewMiller/council-draft > > and feel free to provide feedback on the board-discuss list or contact > any current Board member directly. So, having an advisor to work on diversity inititiatives - this is *awesome* to have. It does raise a couple of questions for me. Admittedly, these are probably more of the sorts of questions a prospective candidate might ask, rather than questions about the document as drafted. ... Fedora's Diversity Advisor works on initiatives to assess and promote equality and inclusion within the Fedora contributor and user communities, and helps develop project strategy on diversity issues. Additionally, the Diversity Advisor administers and is the point of contact for Fedora's participation in third-party outreach programs and events. ... 1) There's procedural overlap with the Fedora Community Action and Impact Coordinator role (third party interactions, potential budget responsibilities) and mission overlap with the outreach seat (growing the community). Is this intentional? Do we feel that this will lead to more synergy in these roles? 2) The two goals/responsibilities defined here are very different, both in what they're actually doing (working internally vs sponsoring externally), and in how well Fedora (and Red Hat, as primary sponsors) have historically succeeded at them. When determining success, how are the two responsibilities weighted, and how does this affect what candidates are chosen? 3) For the Fedora-facing initiatives aspect of the role, what are the axes of diversity that this intends to tackle? Examples would be gender identity, ethnicity, age, nationality, language, employer, and many others. 4) For historic board seats, they went to those who stood for election and generally had a personal stake in the project. For the new council seats other than this, we either have paid positions or selected from inside Fedora. If, as has been suggested, this role is filled from outside the fence to bring in new perspectives, how confident are we in finding someone who wants to do this solely as a volunteer? Bill _______________________________________________ board-discuss mailing list board-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/board-discuss
