2023-09-14: DEI Team mission & vision, Advisor role, & Fedora Appreciation Week

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The Fedora DEI Team reconvened again today. This was the first team meeting on Matrix/IRC in a long time. Thanks everyone who was able to make it and attend. Our next meeting is scheduled for 2023-09-28T13:00:00Z and will take place over Google Meet.

Attendees today: @riecatnor @jonatoni @x3mboy @siddharthvipul1 @amoloney @irdiis @amsharma @spotz @sarah-thornton

News & announcements shared

  • Join the Fedora Pride September 2023 team meeting in Matrix (#meeting-2:fedoraproject.org) next week at 2023-09-22T14:00:00Z.
  • Join the discussion for Flock 2024 location.

Key recaps

In today’s meeting, we primarily discussed three tickets, each linked below with a brief summary.

With our gradual reboot of the team, now is a good time to ask ourselves: Who are we? What do we do as a team? What is most important to us? To that end, we are drafting a vision statement and mission statement for our team. These two statements form the basis of our team identity and what kinds of areas we focus on.

In the meeting, we generally agreed on two focus areas that should be represented in our vision and mission statements: events and supporting DEI communities in Fedora.

@jonatoni will work on a first draft of these statements by our next meeting on 28 September. The draft will be written in this HackMD pad.

This ticket was opened shortly after the meeting, but it was one of the outcomes of talking about vision and mission statements for the team. The role of the DEI Advisor in our team and the Fedora Council came up, specifically as it relates to getting toward the “heat” of activity in the Fedora Project. With the changing of our DEI Advisor, this is a good opportunity to reflect on the role and consider making changes to the charter for this position in the team.

Lastly, planning is underway for Fedora Appreciation Week in November. We are looking for help with tasks for design, content, and event organizing. See the GitLab comment for details and to get involved with the efforts!

In other news…

Something that did not get brought up at the meeting but is underway is the official nomination period for the next DEI Advisor. This is happening in the GitLab issue below:

So, that is all for now! We’ll see you next time! :wave: Thanks to all who came out and participated in today’s meeting.

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The Meetbot logs are now available, so here they are!

#dei:fedoraproject.org: diversity
Meeting started by @jflory7:fedora.im at 12:56:09 UTC

Meeting summary

INFO: https://hackmd.io/@fedora-dei/HJ9YoY5uY (@jflory7:fedora.im, 12:57:18)
TOPIC:Intros, welcomes, hellos! (@jflory7:fedora.im, 12:57:38)
TOPIC:Announcements & updates (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:06:47)
    INFO: Join the Fedora Pride September 2023 team meeting in Matrix #meeting-2:fedoraproject.org next week (September 22) at 2 pm UTC (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:07:18)
    INFO: Join the Fedora Social Hour every week and hang around with other Fedorans! The next meeting is later today (or tomorrow, depending on timezone). https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/join-us-for-fedora-social-hour-every-week/18869/147 (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:07:51)
    INFO: Join the discussion for Flock 2024 location. https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/flock-2024-is-coming-to-north-america-help-us-decide-where-to-go/88742 (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:08:43)
TOPIC:Agenda topics (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:11:39)
TOPIC:Ticket #17: Define DEI Team vision and mission statements (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:15:08)
    INFO: https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/17 (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:15:14)
    INFO: TL;DNR from GitLab: Proposing two main areas of focus that should be represented in our vision/mission statements. (1) Events, and (2) Supporting DEI communities in Fedora. (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:24:03)
    INFO: Generally, the attending members of today's meeting feel like (1) events, and (2) supporting DEI communities in Fedora, make sense as focus areas that should be represented in a vision/mission statement for the team. (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:39:35)
    INFO: The role of the DEI Advisor in the team came up, as something that should get more attention and be better integrated into the regular day-to-day activity of the team. The Advisor role is also a strong link to influencing strategy/policy in the Fedora Project. (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:40:50)
    INFO: While the Advisor role specifically does not make sense to include explicitly in the vision/mission, it falls under the "supporting DEI communities in Fedora" and we should improve documentation and processes inside the team to enable the Advisor to be successful. (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:41:33)
    ACTION: I don't think `^action` works yet, but I will try in case it does (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:43:26)
    ACTION: riecatnor Open a new GitLab issue for the team about better integrating the DEI Advisor role with the day-to-day activities of the team (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:43:49)
    ACTION: Jona Azizaj Write a very-much-first draft for a vision statement and mission statement for wider discussion at our next team meeting (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:47:20)
    INFO: Draft for the vision/mission statements will live here for now: https://hackmd.io/@fedora-dei/rJqo1qeka (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:51:05)
TOPIC:Open floor (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:53:19)
    INFO: Fedora Appreciation Week planning is ongoing. Jona Azizaj prepared tasks that we need help with on GitLab. If you want to help with this year's event, check out the GitLab and see where you can get involved. Don't be shy! https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/15#note_1559175140 (@jflory7:fedora.im, 13:58:58)

Meeting ended at 14:00:43 UTC

Action items

I don't think `^action` works yet, but I will try in case it does
riecatnor Open a new GitLab issue for the team about better integrating the DEI Advisor role with the day-to-day activities of the team
Jona Azizaj Write a very-much-first draft for a vision statement and mission statement for wider discussion at our next team meeting

People present (lines said)

@jflory7:fedora.im (150)
@riecatnor:fedora.im (35)
@ami117:matrix.org (12)
@jonatoni:fedora.im (11)
@amoloney:matrix.org (6)
@siddharthvipul1:fedora.im (5)
@telegram_1272724659:t2bot.io (5)
@sarah-thornton:matrix.org (5)
@meetbot-stg:fedora.im (4)
@irdiiis:matrix.org (2)
@x3mboy:fedora.im (2)
@spotz:matrix.org (1)