Hello Sally, Thank you very much for your kind response and for your interest in learning more about INICIA Civic AI Commons. I would be very happy to connect and discuss the initiative with you.
I am attaching a short information dossier with an overview of the project, its objectives, the Responsible AI approach, and the potential areas of collaboration with the Apache ecosystem. I believe a short introductory conversation would be the best next step. We can briefly present the initiative, hear your perspective, and discuss how INICIA could potentially engage with the Apache community and relevant projects. Please let me know what time would be convenient for you, and I will adapt to your availability. Thank you again for your openness and interest. With warm regards, Alex Vdovenko President Inicia Foundation Spain +34 624 86 50 51 [email protected] iniciafoundation.org пт, 14 авг. 2026 г., 20:01 Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>: > Hello, Alex --thank you for your kind message and interest in the ASF's > Responsible AI Initiative. > > Of course: we're happy to learn more about INICIA Civic AI Commons. When > would you like to connect? > > With warm regards, > Sally > > - - - > Vice President Sponsor Relations > The Apache Software Foundation > > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2026, at 13:18, Direccion Inicia wrote: > > Dear Apache Community Development / Sponsor Relations Team, > > My name is Alex Vdovenko and I represent Inicia Foundation, a non-profit > organization based in Spain working on education, social inclusion and > public-interest initiatives. > > We are currently developing a new open-source initiative called INICIA > Civic AI Commons. > > The objective is to develop responsible, transparent and > community-governed AI tools that can help civil-society organizations work > with public information, social programmes, public-interest data and other > open resources. > > We were particularly interested in the Apache Software Foundation's > Responsible AI Initiative and its focus on secure, transparent and publicly > governed open-source infrastructure for AI. > > At this stage, we are not seeking financial support from Apache. We would > first like to understand how an organization such as ours could responsibly > engage with the Apache ecosystem, contribute to relevant Apache > communities, and potentially develop a European civil-society use case > around Responsible AI and open-source technologies. > > We are particularly interested in exploring potential connections with > Apache projects related to data processing, search, document processing, > distributed systems and AI/ML infrastructure. > > We would be grateful for a short introductory conversation with the > appropriate person or project community. > > We would also be interested in exploring the possibility of organizing a > European Responsible AI / Civic Tech workshop or hackathon involving > civil-society organizations, universities and open-source contributors. > > I would be happy to send a short concept note describing the initiative. > > Kind regards, > > Alex Vdovenko > Inicia Foundation > Spain > > >
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