2024-07-18 DEI Team meeting summary

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The Fedora Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Team met virtually on Matrix on July 18, 2024. Here’s a breakdown of the key points:

Attendees

Team announcements

  • Reminder to participate in the Fedora AI/ML survey.
  • Links to blog posts about Fedora Week of Diversity 2024 recap, the Fedora Community Operations Initiative, and honoring Mel Chua’s contributions.
  • Flock conference is coming up soon (information and volunteer signup links provided).

DEI Advisor updates

No updates this week.

Special topic: DEI Team hackfest at Flock

  • Brainstorming potential agenda items for the hackfest:
    • Working on team documentation (GitLab issue #18)
    • Planning virtual events for Q3/Q4 2024 and 2025
    • Discussing how to better support DEI communities within Fedora, potentially focusing on #pride:fedoraproject.org and #region-africa-west:fedoraproject.org as pilots
    • Reviewing the events checklist (GitLab issue #16) - (time permitting)
  • Deciding on a tentative agenda:
    1. Introduction to the team, charter, and workflow
    2. 2024/2025 roadmap for events
    3. Working on documentation
  • Tabled reviewing the events checklist due to potential time constraints.

Overall, the meeting focused on planning for the upcoming Flock conference.

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