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Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities

Joan Touzet
September 27, 2018

Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities

Inclusivity is a major driver in long-term sustainability, a core tenant of ASF culture and The Apache Way. However, the ASF has traditionally fallen behind other organisations when it comes to improving diversity and inclusion.

This talk will look at the status quo of diversity and inclusion at the ASF, where it is doing well, and where it can learn from other communities and organisations to improve.

Depending on the schedule, part of this talk could be a safe-space Q&A for discussing any questions the audience wouldn’t dare to ask in other circumstances.

Joan Touzet

September 27, 2018
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  1. Building and Sustaining
    Inclusive Communities
    Joan Touzet

    https://atypical.net/
    [email protected]

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  2. Length of Commitment
    How long involved in a community?
    34%
    24%
    25%
    17%
    <3 yrs
    3-5 yrs
    5-10 yrs
    >10 yrs
    How long an ASF committer?
    50%
    22%
    19%
    9%
    <3 yrs
    3-5 yrs
    5-10 yrs
    >10 yrs
    2
    Source: ASF Committer Diversity Survey, 2016

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  3. Employee or Volunteer?
    45%
    50%
    3% 2% 0%
    Individual
    Employee
    Both
    Prefer not to say / Uncat
    Student
    3
    Source: ASF Committer Diversity Survey, 2016

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  4. Gender
    93%
    5%
    Male
    Female
    Trans M/F
    Non-binary
    Prefer not to say
    4
    Source: ASF Committer Diversity Survey, 2016

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  5. Age
    3%
    35%
    38%
    17%
    5% 1% 1%
    ≤ 24
    25-34
    35-44
    45-54
    55-64
    Over 65
    Prefer not to say
    5
    Source: ASF Committer Diversity Survey, 2016

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  6. Ethnic / Racial Identity
    67%
    23%
    4% 3% 2% 1% 0%
    Caucasian / White
    Asian
    Prefer not to say
    Latin@
    Other
    Multi-Racial
    Black / African
    6
    Source: ASF Committer Diversity Survey, 2016

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  7. Recurse Center
    7

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  8. Recurse Center Social Rules
    1. No feigning surprise.
    2. No well-actuallys.
    3. No backseat driving
    4. No subtle –isms.
    https://www.recurse.com/manual
    8

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  9. Recurse Center Statement
    “We do not have different admissions criteria or standards for
    people from underrepresented groups. No one has ever been denied
    admission to RC in the name of improving diversity. We accept
    every person who applies who we believe would benefit from and
    contribute to RC.”
    https://www.recurse.com/diversity
    9

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  10. Recurse Center
    10

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  11. Outreachy
    11

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  12. Linux Kernel for Newbies
    12
    First
    Patch
    Tutorial

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  13. Architecture of OS Apps
    13
    https://aosabook.org/

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  14. Outreachy Resources
    14
    https://kernelnewbies.org/Outreachyfirstpatch
    https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor

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  15. 1. Extended scholarship programme (100+ people / 15% attendees)
    2. Childcare, including a dedicated room for nursing caregivers
    3. Diverse speakers and MCs
    4. “Safe space” areas where marginalised folks can organise
    5. Pay CoC enforcement team, made up of PoC/queer/etc. folks that are on the job during the whole
    conference, and all social events
    6. PoC training for conference production company
    7. Double-blind talk selection
    8. Draw on, and support, Global Diversity CFP Day events (www.globaldiversitycfpday.com)
    9. Guides for speakers & MCs on avoiding non-inclusive language in talks and announcements
    10. Real-time transcript of talks for the hearing impaired – including non-native speakers
    11. De-emphasizing of alcohol at social events; no framing of events as “party”
    12. Consciously adding more diverse folks to the organising and volunteer teams
    JSConf EU / CSSconf EU
    15

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  16. • Round trip flight: USD 350 - 500
    • Hotel fee: CAD 225 x 5 nights: CAD 1125 = USD 868
    • Passport fees: USD ~175 (including photo, postage)
    • Daily expenses / per diem: USD 65 x 5 days = USD 325
    • Subtotal: USD 1868
    • Conference fee: USD 0 (let’s be generous!) – USD 900 (late)
    • …plus time off from work, that may be vacation or unpaid
    • …plus saddling another caregiver with family responsibilities
    (children, elders, pets)
    ApacheCon 2018 Costs
    16

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  17. Here are some cats to help you feel better.
    All cats courtesy of https://dailycatdrawings.tumblr.com/
    Big thanks to Sumana Harihareswara for her help in preparing this talk.
    Thanks also to Fred Jacobs (VMWare) and Jan Lehnardt (Neighbourhoodie).
    Change is hard.
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  18. Thank you for listening!
    18
    Joan Touzet

    https://atypical.net/

    wohali

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