On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Ian Lynch <ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 25 September 2012 06:15, imacat <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> wrote: >> I feel honored to be listed. I would like to help PMC if there is a >> chance. >> >> In any case, I suggest at least one female should be included in the >> PMC, to encourage the contribution of females in the community and bring >> diverse voices in PMC. It is very important to encourage more and more >> female contributors to join the community, and make them feel that >> OpenOffice is theirs', not of some male geeks. > > +1 broad representation is important. >
IMHO this is a bad idea and if we go down this route it demonstrates that we do not understand The Apache Way. The PMC *is not* representative. The PMC is inclusive of *all that show merit* for the things that the PMC is responsible for. To have a PMC based on representation suggests that members are included for things other than merit, or that other potential members are excluded based on representation concerns regardless of their demonstrated merit. Both are wrong. Of course, representation and balance in the project is important, but we should try to make gains there by encouraging contributors from all stakeholder groups. And if we are broad and inclusive of all stakeholder groups then, over time, this will lead to increased diversity in contributors, and eventually with contributors showing merit and PMC membership. So it comes naturally. But we need to aim for actual diversity in contributors, not some fake diversity via handpicked under-weighting and over-weighting of contributor groups based on factors other than merit. In other words, diversity is more than window dressing. -Rob > -- > Ian > > Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) > > www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 > > The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, > Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and > Wales.
