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application for the Fedora Diversity Advisor role
by Marina Zhurakhinskaya 31 Jul '15

31 Jul '15

Dear search committee, Please see my answers to the application questions below and my attached resume. Thank you for consideration! Best, Marina ---------------------- * Why do you believe diversity and inclusion are important for Fedora? I have personally observed diversity and inclusion work going a long way in attracting new people to open source communities, and consider this work essential for extending the reach of the community and offering more people the positive experiences and the opportunities associated with being involved in open source. Because Fedora both produces software for end-users and has a community of contributors, there is opportunity for diversity work which will bring more new users and more new contributors. * Why do you want to serve as Fedora’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisor? I have a lot of experience and am passionate about diversity in open source and about desktop development. I have done software development, community management, and diversity outreach for the GNOME Project, and have served on the board of the GNOME Foundation for two years. I have recently started in a new role of Senior Outreach Specialist at Red Hat, with diversity advising for open source communities as one of the main activities for the role. Being Fedora’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisor would offer me and my team an in-depth experience with diversity efforts in one large open source community, which we can then apply to support diversity efforts in other communities. At the same time, I'd be glad to see this search attract someone with additional experiences and diversity perspective, for whom I can be a contact when they need help, especially with anything time consuming. * What specific minority group(s) or issues can you offer insight about? I co-organize Outreachy, a program which offers mentorship and internships to people from groups underrepresented in free and open source software. Outreachy is currently open to women, including being expressly open to trans women, and is also open to trans men and genderqueer people. I also serve as a director and advisor for the Ada Initiative, an organization dedicated to supporting women in open technology and culture. I'm most familiar with the efforts to increase participation by women in open source. I'm familiar with the best practices for including people with different gender identities. As a new mom, I'm having first-hand experience of the needs of parents when it comes to participation in open source collaboration and conferences. I'm also learning about inclusion efforts in technology for people of color in the US and for people with disabilities. I recently attended ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing, where I was able to learn more about these topics and connect with people working on them. For Outreachy, we are engaging new coordinators from African American and Latina backgrounds and are planning to expand the program to underrepresented racial minorities in the US in the next round. * What perspectives, experiences, or knowledge about diversity and inclusion could you share with the Fedora community? I have experience with diversity initiatives such as increasing visibility of minority contributors through talk invitations and feature articles, organizing networking events and forums, encouraging conference attendance, providing mentorship, and adopting codes of conduct through my work on Outreachy, the Ada Initiative, and in the GNOME community. I stay on top of the best practices for inclusion in open source and the broader technology industry, and know a lot of people who work on inclusion efforts. * Do you have experience working across various cultures? (Cross cultural refers to various geographies, cultural groups, etc.) I've worked with people from around the world who participated in Outreachy and GNOME. I grew up in Ukraine, and have a good understanding of the culture in Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. * To give us further insight, feel free to provide names and contact information for up to three people who can speak to your passion, interest or experience with diversity and inclusion. Karen Sandler (karen(a)sfconservancy.org) who is currently the Executive Director at Software Freedom Conservancy, has been co-organizing Outreachy with me for the last 4 years and closely knows my passion and dedication for making free an open source software more inclusive. Máirín Duffy (duffy(a)redhat.com) is a Principal Interaction Designer at Red Hat. We have both been involved in many initiatives for promoting women in open source, going back to the Women's Caucus hosted by the Free Software Foundation 6 years ago. Máirín has also coordinated Fedora's participation in Outreachy.

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Fedora Diversity Advisor (A Volunteer Position)
by Alexandru Voica 24 Jul '15

24 Jul '15

Hi, My name is Alexandru Voica and I am contacting you about thecurrent Fedora Diversity Advisor volunteering opportunity. http://fedoramagazine.org/call-for-applications-for-fedora-diversity-adviso… I am very excited about the role and I'd be honored to be considered for the job. - Why do you believe diversity and inclusion areimportant for Fedora? Since the Fedora Project exists based on a partnership of community members from around the globe, it is really important that everyone feels welcome and inspired to contribute. By fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where minority groups feel safe to contribute and communicate, Fedora can continue to thrive and grow based on constructive collaboration. In addition, the Fedora Project has always striven to be a leader in the open source community; by promoting diversity and inclusion, Fedora developers set the right example for others to follow. It is therefore important that the Fedora Project continues to invest in an open framework built on the right values and policies to ensure success through shared action from everyone and anyone in the community, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or other considerations. - Why do you want to serve as Fedora’s Diversity& Inclusion Advisor? I am a firm believer in equal opportunity for everyone. I want to encourage and inspire Fedora contributors to work together, quickly resolve conflict, and prevent frustration or prejudice to turn into personal attacks. I also want to help foster a productive community based on inclusion and collaboration. - What specific minority group(s) or issues canyou offer insight about? What perspectives, experiences, or knowledgeabout diversity and inclusion could you share with the Fedora community? I have been living in the UK for the past five years but come from an Eastern European background so I believe I have a very good understanding of the dynamics of migrant minority groups and the difficulties they face in terms of integration and outsider perceptions/prejudices. In addition, I have been closely following the recent debates on the need to ensure pay equality for women or to stop the rising wave of hate speech towards the LGBTQ community. I believe that sensible measures can and must be implemented so that the open source community leads by example in tackling these serious problems that are gravely affecting real people on a daily basis. One tragic but resonant example of the serious consequences of online abuse is the unfortunate suicide of DOLPHIN emulator contributor Rachel Bryk. - Do you have experience working across variouscultures? (Cross cultural refers to various geographies, cultural groups, etc.) I have worked for several multinational companies (Siemens, ARM, Imagination Technologies) that have a global presence. I also travel yearly to North America and Asia, spending a large portion of my time there interacting with colleagues, developers, journalists, or company executives from different geographies, cultural backgrounds and sexual orientations. In addition, I work with universities and schools to inspire young adults and teenagers to try out coding or consider careers in STEM subjects. - To give us further insight, feel free to providenames and contact information for up to three people who can speak to yourpassion, interest or experience withdiversity and inclusion. Art Swift art(a)prplfoundation.org - president of the prpl Foundation Ricardo Quesada ricardo(a)us.chukong-inc.com - chief architect at Chukong Technologies, developers of Cocos2d-x (a widely adopted open source game engine)Michal Toman Michal.Toman(a)imgtec.com - Fedora contributorAndreas Jonsson andreas(a)angelcode.com - lead maintainer of AngelScript (a powerful and free scripting library) Here is how my skills and abilities map to the requirementsof the role. - Knowledge of and experience in working withhistorically underrepresented groups I have a good understanding andvery strong personal beliefs on the importance of equal representation in any forumor industry, including technology and software development. For example, I’vehad the pleasure of holding a STEMambassador position in Cambridgeshire, England where I helped a group ofsixth form students from St Mary’sSchool (an independent school for girls in Cambridge) to create and presenta science project focused on improving energy efficiency in schools. - Excellent written communications skills,demonstrated through blog posts or other written work In mycurrent job, I have authored over 150 blog articles and whitepapers (blog author profile),managed all corporate social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn,Google+), worked with established PR agencies across multiple projects andproduct lines, and contributed to key product launches that have enjoyedwidespread media coverage. I havealso authored and been quoted in numerous articles that have been very popularamong consumers, technology enthusiasts and analysts; the list below includes asmall selection of my work so far:- The$65 MIPS Development Board for IoT on Linux (The Linux Foundation)- Connectingthe World One Machine at a Time (CEA i3)- TheFast Lane of Innovation (CEA i3)- GettingWearables Right (CEA i3)- Buildingscalable graphics for mobile (Gamasutra) - Understanding of and experience in open sourcecommunities I have interacted with many open source developers and publications, especially around the launch of the Creator CI20 microcomputer. In addition, I have been involved in various activities within the open source-focused prpl Foundation (http://www.prplfoundation.org/) for which I partly handle social media and marketing communications. - Ability to communicate at a moderate technicallevel about open source projects Mycurrent role as senior technology marketing specialist for ImaginationTechnologies, my previous involvement inthe design of mobile and embedded processors which run Fedora (ARM, MIPS), and the in-depth knowledge of the larger technology,consumer and business media landscape are unique qualities which help meunderstand and promote complex technical terms to any given audience. - Experience in similar roles in your past is asignificant advantage Mycurrent role as senior technology marketing specialist for Imagination Technologies,my previous involvement in the design of mobile and embedded processors whichrun Fedora and the in-depth knowledge of the larger technology, consumer andbusiness media landscape are unique qualities which help me understand andpromote open source-related topics to any given audience.I have alsobuilt an extensive network of contacts and connections (LinkedIn profile), frompress and analysts to chip vendors, OEMs and market influences. You can find mequoted in Forbes,TheTelegraph, EETimes, TheRegister, PCWorld, TechRadarand many other C-level publications. Since this is a volunteer position, I was also wondering if you could please confirm whether I am able to: - keep my current position (senior marketingtechnology specialist for Imagination Technologies) - work based on a flexible, reduced schedule depending on availability (6-8 hoursper week on average, with the possibility of dedicating more time when and if required) I have attached a CVfor your reference and I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks and bestregards,Alex.

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Fwd: Interest in Fedora Diversity adviser opportunity
by K Rain Leander 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Interest in Fedora Diversity adviser opportunity Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:23:41 -0400 From: Tsegga Medhin <tsegga2008(a)gmail.com> To: rleander(a)redhat.com Dear Rain, Thank you for the opportunity to work with all of you. I am attaching my resume and letter of interest for the role as the Fedora Diversity Adviser volunteer job. Look forward to working with you and wishing our path to cross soon, and if you happen to come visit this side of the world, let's have lunch on me. Warmly Tsegga S Medhin 919-610-5505

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Call for applications for Fedora Diversity Advisor
by Fernando Espinoza Onassis 17 Jul '15

17 Jul '15

Hello I am Fernando Espinoza I am an ambassador of fedora in Nicaragua my account fas is : espasmo my wiki : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Espasmo In Latin America the impact of fedora is not great I want to apply for the position for greater educational Integració in our region and support the administration of the infrastructure *Questions :* *1)Why do you believe diversity and inclusion are important for Fedora?* It is important because it help the growth and indepencia for project. would help better stability in the working groups and good ideas are created,to help positively to the development of project manner. *2)Why do you want to serve as Fedora’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisor?* .Because I want to help more people may be members of the Fedora Project, I also want to participate in something important for my precensia of aid .for motivate and include people who may be potentially important for the project. .promote equality and equity in the groups, for better management *3)What specific minority group(s) or issues can you offer insight about?* within fedora. embassador group. fedora social group. campus embassadors group. singed CLEA group. fedora free media program group. *4)What perspectives, experiences, or knowledge about diversity and inclusion* *could you share with the Fedora community?* In organizations with innovative cultures usual promote the diversity of its people, with inclusion criteria based on equality, respect and non-discrimination. The company's competitive knowledge economy requires talented and motivated people who bring unique knowledge, relevant experience and dissimilar approaches to integrate high performance teams serving innovative cutting projects. In next-generation collaborative environments, the valuable contribution of these people can be expressed in a common stream of innovative products and services. Traditionally certain business values are promoted to encourage diversity of templates in conditions of equity and equality, and obey commands regulators. Also, in response to corporate social responsibility programs, designed specifically to refurbish the image of the company in question to certain interest groups. *5)Do you have experience working across various cultures? (Cross cultural* *refers to various geographies, cultural groups, etc.)* I have experience with cultural groups in southern Latin America, social relationship and communicative. *Contact:* valentin basel <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Valentinbasel> : valentinbasel Luis Enrique Bazán De León <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Lbazan> : Ibazan William Moreno <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Williamjmorenor> : williamjmorenor

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Fedora Diversity Advisor
by Manoel de Souza 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

Please find bellow my submission for the open Fedora Diversity Advisor position. Thanks, Manoel de Souza *Why do you believe diversity and inclusion are important for Fedora?* Building great software to support the world`s need for reliable free software requires that we identify both developers and users on global comprehensive perspective. For this reason, diversity initiatives will enable Fedora Project to further improve the quality of the distro. *Why do you want to serve as Fedora’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisor?* Being a free-software (including Fedora) user for several years, and being from Brazil I understand I can contribute to thee project evolution with different insights and help in the ultimate goal of creating the best free open source linux distro. *What specific minority group(s) or issues can you offer insight about?* I can certainly contribute a lot on Latin-America perspective among others. *What perspectives, experiences, or knowledge about diversity and inclusioncould you share with the Fedora community?* In my previous company I supported initiatives to improve the availability of books and development for local poor libraries and see how free open source software can boost the development of poor comunities. *Do you have experience working across various cultures? (Cross culturalrefers to various geographies, cultural groups, etc.)* In my jobs I always ha interactions with different countries and cultures, so this open position will enable me to transition this skill to open-source domain, of which I'm currenty only a user. In my profession I also spent some good time in France.

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Fw: APPLICATION FOR DIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON.
by Leslie S Satenstein 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

Hi selectioncommitteeI was quiteimpressed with the demands of the posting within Fedora Magaizinethat I read about today. Fedora has much criteria, and withgood intentions I will respond to all. I do think however thatthe workload is more than what a single person can handle.Never-the-less, I would like to determine if we are meant for eachother. Here I am with my usual enthusiasm. A little about me. I am a Canadian born grandfather with 55 years of in-depth IT experience,. I have worked in several states around USA, ranging from the east coast to the west coast, from northern New York state south to Texas. I worked for a while in Europe and now, I live in Montreal Québec, I am fully fluent in French, and can handle myself in conversational Spanish. The fact of having three languages and three cultures is a great advantage that I can offer the Fedora community. Beginning with Fedora Core in 2004 and until this day I have been a Fedora Linux desktop user. My skills included teaching, managing teams of diverse developers and running my own consulting business. My team members and students have been from a few Arab countries, India, Latin America, and the Carribean. My technical skills. As a graduate in pure and applied mathematics, I worked for many years as a system architect, capacity planner for large IBM mainframe banking and also performed network planning. This diverse experience included setting up computer system monitoring, planning system upgrades and planning data center expansion. This work entailed working with suppliers and clients. For the 20 years preceding 2011, I was self employed, offering consulting services in Data Security (encryption, physical access, Manufacturing systems (ERP)). I Taught logistics and all the while involved with Linux based application development. My resume with details is attached for your perusal. Why do you believe diversity and inclusion are important for Fedora? At the present time, from my reading of the postingss from the various projects, I noted that Fedora is heavily slanted to US English, with narrow views of deliverables and with decisions about development that do not include any real end-user participation or end-user input. I noted two major user populations -- the university graduate, whose are up to age 25, and the 60 plus crowd of Fedora users, myself included. There appears to be a gap or fall-off of users whose ages lie between 30 to 55. In addition, I noted that there is no foreign blogging section for other participation by languages groups such as Spanish, French, or other. This absence of other language support has been a deficiency. Fedora needs to reach out to non-USA cultures. In terms of diversity, visit the SUSE forums and wki and learn how they interface with multiple cultures. I would like to bring some of their outreach to Fedora. Why do you want to serve as Fedora’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisor? When diversity is mentioned, we have to ask if it is to deal with system technology, application packages, or with people. Fedora needs a diversity of applications, targeting the simple single user such as a child all the way to the more serious application for the hobbyist, technocrat and businessman. If you can't offer quantities of diverse applications, for the end-users, then who can Fedora attract as a developer and devoted user? To find these applications from the world at large, taking the best of them and encouraging application developers (some of whom their mother tongue is other than English) is one role. Regarding inclusion, men do not have exclusivity on intelligence. We need more women using and contributing to Fedora. I worked for women bosses, I worked with women specialists and customers, and I enjoyed those projects. I am bilingual, I joke in two languages, and I get by in the third. What specific minority group(s) or issues can you offer insight about? The province of Québec, and specifically Montreal, is a melting pot of peoples from around the world. In my long career, I trained individuals from a dozen countries. My students and co-workers (both sexes ) were Spanish, Romanian, French, Italian, Arabic, Filipino, Jamacian, Haitian and other. Québec is a French province. the second and third languages of the those third language groups are French and English. We live in a melting pot where keeping the mother tongue does not mean being less Canadian. Montreal is Europe in North America. Ubuntu, Google, Ericson, Ubsoft ( and other game companies) are here because of the diversity. My own family members include English, French, Spanish, Romanian, Polish and Hebrew mother tongue speakers. A very diverse cultural group seated many times at my dinner table. What perspectives, experiences, or knowledge about diversity and inclusion.could you share with the Fedora community? Intelligence, kindness, eagerness, family values is universal. As an example of understanding diversity, I was a college professor at a junior college (CGEP) teaching Logistics. The students in my class chose this area as a career because of being trilingual. Some were changing careers, others were new to Canada. I have a great empathy for their customs, different levels of knowledge, and different ways of viewing and attacking problems. Do you have experience working across various cultures? (Cross cultural refers to various geographies, cultural groups, etc.) Yes, I worked in France for a year, I spent time in Latvia (Russian), and in live bilingually in Montreal. We have the most tolerant and diverse melting pot of people from the four corners of the world. In the opening statement I mentioned workload. I am on the east coast (NY time). California is three hours behind (gmt -7) while Europe is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. As I see it, the diversity role needs a proactive individual, flexible and when when required, to get up early and to work late in order to be in live contact (voice, video) with individuals from multiple continents and timezones. In your view, do you expect this one-man volunteer to do this for a long period of time? To give us further insight, feel free to provide names and contact information for up to three people who can speak to your passion, interest or experience with diversity and inclusion. This list will follow after you advise me that I have been considered for the position. I am sure your comparison matrix will have many candidates. Regards Regards Leslie Mr. Leslie Satenstein Montréal Québec, Canada

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Fedora Diversity Advisor
by María Leandro 30 Jun '15

30 Jun '15

Hello! Here are my answers: - Why do you believe diversity and inclusion are important for Fedora? Many members of Fedora are from different places around the world, so diversity is something we live with every day we spend and this community. Yet, doesn't mean that everyone is accepted as they are. Inclusion has always been a weakness on each community since not everyone knows how to deal with such a diverse group. What I think is that we need a middle ground where people can share their experiences, teach others about their culture, language and more; and provide guidance in case of misunderstanding with other members of the community. Inclusion is the key to a healthy environment. - Why do you want to serve as Fedora’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisor? I think I have been doing this for a long time, yet, when people experience difficulties they don't have an official place to go to. It would be nice that people could count on position that can provide it. - What specific minority group(s) or issues can you offer insight about? - LatinAmerican (Venezuela) - Spanish Speaker - Woman - Designer - What perspectives, experiences, or knowledge about diversity and inclusion could you share with the Fedora community? I could share about 11 years of insight of being a women trying to get into the IT field in a country where females are not supposed to do so. Also I can share my experience learning a different language using an online service, and my learning curve with the help of the Fedora team to become a Designer and make it a business I can live from. I could also provide advice about harassment (online and personal). probably there is a couple more of stories, but that will require a larger coffee. - Do you have experience working across various cultures? (Cross cultural refers to various geographies, cultural groups, etc.) Yes, I help organize one of the largest events in my region, FLISoL, which is held the same day across the 23 countries that speak spanish. I've also been a GSoC mentor for an Indian student, publish (almost regularly) an educational podcast about opensource design tools, help several friends of the community to learn spanish in exchange for other languages, contribute with several talks a year (and when I can't go, I record them). I think the answer is yes. - To give us further insight, feel free to provide names and contact information for up to three people who can speak to your passion, interest or experience with diversity and inclusion. Jared Smith - jsmith Mairin Duffy - mizmo Kushal Das - kushal Neville Cross - yn1v linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatica?locale=en_US&trk=profile_view_lang_sel_c… blog: tatica.org if you need more information feel free to ask anything. Thank you -- tatica Maria Gracia Leandro http://www.tatica.org http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:tatica LinuxUser= 440285 GPG Public Key: E1CDCC56

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Announcement(Fedora Magazine Post)
by Amita 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Hi All, This is the draft announcement(Fedora Magazine Post), which is essentially the Role Description. Please let me know if any thing needs to be added or modified. It will be great if you can give your feedback by Monday(29 June) morning. Magazine Post =========== Topic :: Call for applications for Fedora Diversity Advisor (A Volunteer Position) Fedora is a big community that includes contributors and users from many different countries, each with their own experiences and historical backgrounds that contribute to a diverse mix of cultural, educational, and behavioral norms. To continuously create and foster an inclusive environment in the Fedora community, it's important to respond to the needs of existing contributors and users, and welcome new contributors and users from diverse backgrounds. The Fedora Diversity Advisor Search team is looking for a Fedora Diversity Advisor (A Volunteer Position) to act as a source of support and information for all contributors and users, especially those from underrepresented populations, so that issues of inclusion and equity can be discussed and addressed with the planning of multiculturalism and comfort. Primary responsibilities * Implement diversity efforts that will have a big effect on the Fedora community * Promote inclusion in the Fedora community * Act as a source of support and a mediator should there be any concerns or incidents To achieve the above you will work with Fedora community members to identify which of the following and other strategies would be most effective and feasible, and help implement them: * Increasing visibility of minority contributors and users through talks, feature articles, and awards * Making explicit invitations and providing financial support to attend conferences and give talks * Helping develop skills by offering targeted workshops and internships * Creating a welcoming environment by adopting and enforcing codes of conduct * Fostering communication, networking, and support forums with mailing lists and in-person events Required skills * Knowledge of and experience in working with historically underrepresented groups * Excellent written communications skills, demonstrated through blog posts or other written work * Understanding of and experience in open source communities * Ability to communicate at a moderate technical level about open source projects * Experience in similar roles in your past is a significant advantage * Experience writing grants is a plus NOTE :: Last date of submission of application is July 31, 2015 And It is a volunteer position. Looking forward to a great participation. Thanks & Regards, Amita

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