[diversity] Diversity & Inclusion in Open Source

[Emma Irwin]

Hi Fedora Diversity Group,

I am so happy to know you exist!  Someone in the Fedora women's list
suggested I reach out.

My name is Emma, and I work on Diversity and Inclusion at Mozilla.  Last
year we invested in a lot of research to better understand
<https://medium.com/mozilla-open-innovation/a-time-for-action-innovating-f...
what we mean by diversity and inclusion, with a number of recommendations
coming out of that.  Two of those recommendations were to build metrics
that matter,
<https://medium.com/mozilla-open-innovation/reflection-inclusive-organizin...
and to invest in ways of collaborating with other individuals and open
projects  - to really generate change.

To those goals I want to ask *if you would be wiling to share our survey
<https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/diversity-inclusion-in-open-source-survey...
*with your community, and whether anyone representing this group would be
available for an interview with our researcher - who is looking into how we
might form a collaborative for D&I in open source.

Thanks for your time, and of course happy to take questions or provide more
information on our work! 2018 for sure is all about taking our research,
and driving real change this year - would love to learn from you as well!

-Emma

-- 
Emma Irwin
Community Development
Open Innovation Team

[diversity] Re: Diversity & Inclusion in Open Source

[Amita Sharma]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 12:03 AM, Emma Irwin <eirwin(a)mozilla.com&gt; wrote:

>  Hi Fedora Diversity Group,
>
>  I am so happy to know you exist!  Someone in the Fedora women's list
>  suggested I reach out.
>
>  My name is Emma, and I work on Diversity and Inclusion at Mozilla.  Last
>  year we invested in a lot of research to better understand
>
> <https://medium.com/mozilla-open-innovation/a-time-for-action-innovating-f...
>  what we mean by diversity and inclusion, with a number of recommendations
>  coming out of that.  Two of those recommendations were to build metrics
>  that matter,
>
> <https://medium.com/mozilla-open-innovation/reflection-inclusive-organizin...
>  and to invest in ways of collaborating with other individuals and open
>  projects  - to really generate change.
>  
Thanks Emma for reaching out to us. Fedora Diversity group started few
years ago and getting smarter each year :)

I took time to read some of the studies you have shared with us in blog
form and I am happy to share that Fedora diversity team is also putting
efforts in similar direction to build a matrix via survey to dig out the
actual problem areas.


>  To those goals I want to ask *if you would be wiling to share our survey
>  <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/diversity-inclusion-in-open-source-survey...
>  *with your community, and whether anyone representing this group would be
>  available for an interview with our researcher - who is looking into how we
>  might form a collaborative for D&I in open source.
>  
Collaboration is key in Open Source world to progress. We will be happy to
share the survey and we will definitely be interested in the survey results
(Please let me know if you will be able to share them with Fedora Diversity
team to study later).

I am representing Fedora Diversity team for this Fedora Release cycle (for
next 6 months) and I can do the interview.
At the same time, I will be happy if any of the other active contributor
from diversity team want to do it as all of us know most of the things
about the subject.

>  Thanks for your time, and of course happy to take questions or provide
>  more information on our work! 2018 for sure is all about taking our
>  research, and driving real change this year - would love to learn from you
>  as well!
>  
Great. Thanks again for reaching out.

Cheers,
Amita

>  -Emma
>
>  --
>  Emma Irwin
>  Community Development
>  Open Innovation Team
>
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>

[diversity] Re: Diversity & Inclusion in Open Source

[Emma Irwin]

Amita

Thank you so much - I will reach out directly, and if at any time there are
opportunities for us to plug into learning about your work so far - I would
be most grateful. Likewise I will keep this group informed of progress, the
survey results but also our goals for 2018.



On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 1:03 AM, Amita Sharma <amsharma(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 12:03 AM, Emma Irwin <eirwin(a)mozilla.com&gt; wrote:
>
> > Hi Fedora Diversity Group,
> >
> > I am so happy to know you exist!  Someone in the Fedora women's list
> > suggested I reach out.
> >
> > My name is Emma, and I work on Diversity and Inclusion at Mozilla.  Last
> > year we invested in a lot of research to better understand
> >
> <https://medium.com/mozilla-open-innovation/a-time-for-action-innovating-f...
> > what we mean by diversity and inclusion, with a number of recommendations
> > coming out of that.  Two of those recommendations were to build metrics
> > that matter,
> >
> <https://medium.com/mozilla-open-innovation/reflection-inclusive-organizin...
> > and to invest in ways of collaborating with other individuals and open
> > projects  - to really generate change.
> >
>
>  Thanks Emma for reaching out to us. Fedora Diversity group started few
>  years ago and getting smarter each year :)
>
>  I took time to read some of the studies you have shared with us in blog
>  form and I am happy to share that Fedora diversity team is also putting
>  efforts in similar direction to build a matrix via survey to dig out the
>  actual problem areas.
>
>
> >
> >
> > To those goals I want to ask *if you would be wiling to share our survey
> >
> <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/diversity-inclusion-in-open-source-survey...
> > *with your community, and whether anyone representing this group would
> > be available for an interview with our researcher - who is looking into how
> > we might form a collaborative for D&I in open source.
> >
>
>  Collaboration is key in Open Source world to progress. We will be happy to
>  share the survey and we will definitely be interested in the survey results
>  (Please let me know if you will be able to share them with Fedora Diversity
>  team to study later).
>
>  I am representing Fedora Diversity team for this Fedora Release cycle (for
>  next 6 months) and I can do the interview.
>  At the same time, I will be happy if any of the other active contributor
>  from diversity team want to do it as all of us know most of the things
>  about the subject.
>
> >
> > Thanks for your time, and of course happy to take questions or provide
> > more information on our work! 2018 for sure is all about taking our
> > research, and driving real change this year - would love to learn from you
> > as well!
> >
>
>  Great. Thanks again for reaching out.
>
>  Cheers,
>  Amita
>
> >
> >
> > -Emma
> >
> > --
> > Emma Irwin
> > Community Development
> > Open Innovation Team
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Fedora Diversity Team mailing list -- diversity(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> > To unsubscribe send an email to diversity-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> >
> >
>
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>
>  

-- 
Emma Irwin
Community Development
Open Innovation Team

[diversity] Re: Diversity & Inclusion in Open Source

[A. Mani]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 12:03 AM, Emma Irwin <eirwin(a)mozilla.com&gt; wrote:
>   Last
>  year we invested in a lot of research to better understand what we mean by
>  diversity and inclusion, with a number of recommendations coming out of
>  that.  Two of those recommendations were to build metrics that matter, and
>  to invest in ways of collaborating with other individuals and open projects
>  - to really generate change. 

I have plenty of experience in diversity and community matters in
multiple free software communities including Ubuntu Women.
It is also that true that these days I am not able to devote enough time.
I had a look at your blog post. I am pretty aware of the points mentioned.

It is very important to work out low-level models of collaboration,
have enough funds in place,
be clear about project goals and outcomes
monitor people and groups
ensure sustainability
and work out how the model will withstand the onslaught of market forces.

For example, a number of projects with women groups NGOs working for
diversity in India may be possible or even with some educational
institutions.
Unfortunately, many of the educational institutions in India in
particular, are run for purely commercial purposes - the products
(students) typically lack interest in the subject proper.

It is also important to look into micro-communities - they differ a
lot from what people from urban areas may be thinking about them.
There is nothing much about research on them in the blog post.


Purely voluntary efforts cannot sustain themselves apparently (I know :)

Happy 18

Thanks and Best

A Mani

Prof(Miss) A Mani
CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE
HomePage: http://www.logicamani.in
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