On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone! One of the open positions on the Fedora Council is the > Diversity Advisor, which we've defined like this: > > 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. > > This position is appointed by the Fedora Project Leader, with the > approval of the Council. > > The selection process is left undefined. My plan is to form a search > committee to help find the best person for the job. > > In earlier discussion (online and at Flock), we've talked about the > various benefits of asking someone within the project vs. someone more > from the outside, with experience in open source and communities but > not necessarily deeply with Fedora. I think there clearly _are_ > benefits and disadvantages either way, and I'm open to either one. I'd > like the search committee to include both perspectives (as well as of > course different backgrounds and expertise with minority groups). That > way, if we choose someone external, we can feel confident that people > with a longer history within the process back the choice (and, indeed, > were part of making it); and if we choose someone from within the > project, that we also have the benefit of outside perspective in doing > so. > > I spoke with Jamie Williams, who works on diversity within Red Hat, and > she shared a simple application they used to help form an internal > diversity group; I've adapted that for this search committee. > > > 1) Why do you believe diversity and inclusion are important for > Fedora, and why do you want to join the search team for Fedora's > Diversity Advisor? > > 2) What specific minority group(s) or issues can you offer insight > about or speak on behalf of? What perspectives, experiences, or > knowledge about diversity and inclusion could you share as a > member of the search team? > > 3) To give us further insight, feel free to provide names and contact > information for up to 3 people who can speak to your passion, > interest, or experience with diversity and inclusion. > > > My plan is to ask people to send these to me directly, and I will share > them confidentially with the current members of the Council, and we'll > form the committee from there. I'll publicize this within Fedora, and > also ask people with connections outside the project to help spread the > word and to directly invite people who they think would be good. Actual > details of how the search will work, we will leave up to the searchers. > > Does this plan sound good to everyone? Anything you'd do differently? This sounds like a great start. > (Note that the Diversity Advisor currently an unpaid, volunteer > position. I personally hope we can change that in the future.) > > Also, it may end up that someone with interest in being on the search > team will also be the best candidate; I don't see that as a problem. > And, it may be that the committee will want to continue to exist after > the search, in an advisory role or as part of an action team. But I > also don't want to raise barriers by making that an initial obligation. Agreed. josh _______________________________________________ council-discuss mailing list council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/council-discuss
