Perhaps because it’s future depends on it?
> On Dec 19, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Peter West <p...@pbw.id.au> wrote: > > Why does the ASF give a tinker’s damn about diversity? Why are scarce > resources being devoted to it? Seriously. > > — > Peter West > p...@pbw.id.au <mailto:p...@pbw.id.au> > “I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” > >> On 19 Dec 2016, at 11:36 pm, Sharan F <sha...@apache.org >> <mailto:sha...@apache.org>> wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone >> >> A big thank you to everyone that has helped or participated in getting the >> Committer Diversity Survey out, and also to all the committers that >> responded to the survey. It has been really good to be able to collect this >> information and see what it tells us about our committer base. >> >> I've loaded the main data and graphs from the survey onto the Community >> Development wiki (see link below) >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/ASF+Committer+Diversity+Survey+-+2016 >> >> In total we received 765 responses (out of a 5861 committer base at the time >> the survey was run) so around a 13% response rate. >> >> We also got 111 feedback comments of which 29 did not give their permission >> to share or from quote their comments. >> >> I've categorised all the comments into various themes / topics with the main >> ones as follows: >> • Suggestions for improvements within the ASF >> • Suggestions for improvements to the survey (or any future ones) >> • Thanks / positive feedback about the ASF and/or survey >> • Feedback and ideas around diversity >> Next steps will be: >> • Continue to analyse the information and identify any potential >> Community Development related actions >> • Start discussion threads on the various themes and topics raised to >> see if they will result in additional actions >> • Discuss feedback and diversity ideas and if necessary, integrate into >> diversity strategy >> Thanks >> Sharan >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > <mailto:dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > <mailto:dev-h...@community.apache.org>
