contribution proposal

[veronica1t <to...@gmail.com>]

Hi All
as you know I’m looking for ways to volunteer and contribute to ASF
communities.

I had a look to the website and here are some topics – ideas – suggestions
– questions for you.

All the best

Thanks

Veronica Tomat


   1. *Promotion and increment of Diversity and Inclusion in the community*

Can you share all the data collected about D&I with me? I have some ideas
to share with you but I need to check all the information available



   1. *Apache’s Values (Respect, Empathy, Openness, Patience, Candour and
   Dependability)*

How did they come about? Did you administer a survey?! Which percentage of
the Apache community was engaged in this activity? Did you do a follow up?

Personally I think values are so important because in a moment of crisis
they tell us how people will behave and will support the community. The
community is a system and the system is made up of people, so, we have to
know which are the values that most represent them. I hope to offer my
skills on this topic



   1. *On-Boarding and Retention plan*

Can you share what has been done about that with me?



   1. *Raise Knowledge and awareness about D&I*

I can create some kind of “knowledge pills” (2-3 times per week) about D&I
– communication – mentorship etc and share them on a social network like
Instagram. I can also make some content as requested, so, everyone is
invited to ask what they need and what they want to know.



   1. *Code of conduct, my concern and a proposal of solution*

Violating the code of conduct means many things, from *not being friendly
enough with other members* up to experiencing *unwelcome sexual attention
from a member*.

So, I think it’s important to be able to count on and report the situation
to a specific person, someone that has the right knowledge and skills to
assist and manage the situation and then to report it to the board.

Especially in the case of sexual harassment or aggression, the victim
sometimes can feel guilty for what happened and then decide not to report
it to anyone.

If they know that they can confide in a professional, they may feel more
willing to open up  to resolve the situation.

As I have a degree in psychology and previous experience working with
patients with eating disorders who have often suffered abuse, I’d be
willing to take on this role if you think it could be a good idea

Re: contribution proposal

[Matt Sicker <bo...@gmail.com>]

I'm going to work on transferring some (or all) of this data to the
website so we have a decent starting point. I don't have much design
sense, so I'll need some feedback later to clean things up, but I can
figure out the technical stuff at least.

On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 at 20:43, Matt Sicker <bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Answers below:
>
> On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 at 06:17, veronica1t <to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Can you share all the data collected about D&I with me? I have some ideas
> > to share with you but I need to check all the information available
>
> I believe that this doc should be useful:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aoCCrsWmE-Pp6kxiUgHJ9lTIrM3XQmX4nCDGJ7kyjCI/edit
>
> More docs published on these pages, too (PDFs linked in wiki pages):
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/EDI/The+2020+Community+Survey+Readout
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=173087952
>
> > How did they come about? Did you administer a survey?! Which percentage of
> > the Apache community was engaged in this activity? Did you do a follow up?
>
> Besides the community survey questions, there's also the more general
> organization values summarized here:
> https://www.apache.org/theapacheway/
>
> >    1. *On-Boarding and Retention plan*
> >
> > Can you share what has been done about that with me?
>
> Not sure about particular action items, but various items in this area
> are discussed in the above linked docs.
>
> >    1. *Raise Knowledge and awareness about D&I*
> >
> > I can create some kind of “knowledge pills” (2-3 times per week) about D&I
> > – communication – mentorship etc and share them on a social network like
> > Instagram. I can also make some content as requested, so, everyone is
> > invited to ask what they need and what they want to know.
>
> This sounds very helpful! This has been an area we've struggled in so far.
>
> >    1. *Code of conduct, my concern and a proposal of solution*
> >
> > Violating the code of conduct means many things, from *not being friendly
> > enough with other members* up to experiencing *unwelcome sexual attention
> > from a member*.
> >
> > So, I think it’s important to be able to count on and report the situation
> > to a specific person, someone that has the right knowledge and skills to
> > assist and manage the situation and then to report it to the board.
> >
> > Especially in the case of sexual harassment or aggression, the victim
> > sometimes can feel guilty for what happened and then decide not to report
> > it to anyone.
> >
> > If they know that they can confide in a professional, they may feel more
> > willing to open up  to resolve the situation.
> >
> > As I have a degree in psychology and previous experience working with
> > patients with eating disorders who have often suffered abuse, I’d be
> > willing to take on this role if you think it could be a good idea
>
> General info about this is here:
> https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct
>
> Most or all of the people listed there are on this mailing list, so
> you're looking in the right place I think.

Re: contribution proposal

[Matt Sicker <bo...@gmail.com>]

Answers below:

On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 at 06:17, veronica1t <to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you share all the data collected about D&I with me? I have some ideas
> to share with you but I need to check all the information available

I believe that this doc should be useful:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aoCCrsWmE-Pp6kxiUgHJ9lTIrM3XQmX4nCDGJ7kyjCI/edit

More docs published on these pages, too (PDFs linked in wiki pages):
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/EDI/The+2020+Community+Survey+Readout
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=173087952

> How did they come about? Did you administer a survey?! Which percentage of
> the Apache community was engaged in this activity? Did you do a follow up?

Besides the community survey questions, there's also the more general
organization values summarized here:
https://www.apache.org/theapacheway/

>    1. *On-Boarding and Retention plan*
>
> Can you share what has been done about that with me?

Not sure about particular action items, but various items in this area
are discussed in the above linked docs.

>    1. *Raise Knowledge and awareness about D&I*
>
> I can create some kind of “knowledge pills” (2-3 times per week) about D&I
> – communication – mentorship etc and share them on a social network like
> Instagram. I can also make some content as requested, so, everyone is
> invited to ask what they need and what they want to know.

This sounds very helpful! This has been an area we've struggled in so far.

>    1. *Code of conduct, my concern and a proposal of solution*
>
> Violating the code of conduct means many things, from *not being friendly
> enough with other members* up to experiencing *unwelcome sexual attention
> from a member*.
>
> So, I think it’s important to be able to count on and report the situation
> to a specific person, someone that has the right knowledge and skills to
> assist and manage the situation and then to report it to the board.
>
> Especially in the case of sexual harassment or aggression, the victim
> sometimes can feel guilty for what happened and then decide not to report
> it to anyone.
>
> If they know that they can confide in a professional, they may feel more
> willing to open up  to resolve the situation.
>
> As I have a degree in psychology and previous experience working with
> patients with eating disorders who have often suffered abuse, I’d be
> willing to take on this role if you think it could be a good idea

General info about this is here:
https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct

Most or all of the people listed there are on this mailing list, so
you're looking in the right place I think.