On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Diana Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congrats on being elected to the TC, Colleen! > > You mentioned earlier in this thread that, "a major problem in the > tech world is not just attracting underrepresented contributors, but > retaining them". > > I'm curious if the TC has considered polling the people that have left > OpenStack for their experiences on this front. > > Something along the lines of: > > "I see you contributed 20 patches in the last cycle, but haven't > contributed recently, why did you stop contributing?". > > Given the recent layoffs, I suspect many of the responses will be > predicable, but you might find some worthwhile nuggets there > nonetheless. > I'm not aware of such an initiative so far but I do think it would be useful, and perhaps something we can partner with the foundation on. Colleen > > Congrats again, > > --diana > > On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 3:38 AM, Colleen Murphy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > A major problem in the tech world is not just attracting underrepresented > > contributors, but retaining them. They leave their communities or careers > > because of bias problems. To my knowledge, that doesn't happen in > OpenStack, > > but just because I can't see it doesn't mean it's not there. A long-term > > study of participation by underrepresented demographics will help us > answer > > this and fix it if necessary. > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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