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When proposing a motion below, please also include a reference to one of the recommendations that was presented to the TSC so that we can track items back to recommendations that the DCI-WG has identified as important to address.
Proposed Approved Motions for the GB - Updated to reflect Governing Board adjustments
- Recommendation: Raise the profile of the diversity and inclusion focused efforts in the community
- Proposed motion #1: WHEREAS, the Governing Board shall task the Marketing Committee and Hyperledger staff to organize at least one diversity focused effort/campaign that features a contribution pathway for how people can contribute around an aspect of diversity and a recognition of people's contributions in this space each quarter in 2021 to raise the profile of the diversity and inclusion focused efforts in the community and increase the diversity of project's user base and developer. Moreover Hyperledger staff shall continue to build upon DCI commitment to marketing and event campaigns.
- Example: The Fabric Documentation Working Group earlier this year started working with community members to translate Fabric documentation into different languages, which has already resulted in 7 new languages being supported. Highlighting the work of these contributors would show our language diversity and show that Hyperledger is a global community. A campaign would also help us reach new people interested in translating more content into more languages. Other campaigns could be focused around Pride month, Hyperledger-based projects that are being developed by students and professors at HBCUs, or events such as the Grace Hopper conference.
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- Recommendation: Staff responsibilities (We recommend a process where projects that want to be more inclusive can opt in to receive support from staff in auditing and updating their contribution infrastructure.)
- Proposed motion #4: WHEREAS, we on the Governing Board direct Hyperledger staff to clearly define roles and responsibilities to regularly review the ability for encourage and empower new contributors to participate in the Hyperledger community and to coach . To that end Hyperledger staff shall develop and track benchmarks, coach, and provide guidance to projects with implementing changes to make the community a and our byproducts more welcoming inclusive and inclusive spaceequitable.
- Example: This year we have run pilot efforts to support a small number of projects with auditing their current contribution pathways and working with them to improve those pathways. We could scale this effort up and create a process for supporting all of the projects in the community that would like this assistance.
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- Proposed motion: WHEREAS, we the Governing Board commit to actively encouraging the participation of leading members of the ecosystem, including developers, service and solution providers and end users to achieve a more diverse Board and Speaker Bureau.
Proposed Motions for the TSC
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Proposed Motions for the TSC - Target presenting to the TSC at the next meeting (12/10)
- Recommendation: Incorporate DCI agenda directly into TSC Meetings
- Proposed ask #1: Can the Technical Steering Committee create space in their meeting agendas for at least one diversity and inclusion focused discussion each month?
- Example: Agenda topics could include: Adopting inclusive terminology in coding standards, broadening the community translation effort that is currently focused on Fabric documentation, including diversity metrics in a Community Health dashboard proposal, etc.
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- Recommendation: Maintainer responsibilities (Maintainers should be familiar with community development best practices & Maintainers should take an active role in developing their community including a pipeline of new maintainers.)
- Proposed ask #3: Can the Technical Steering Committee develop an onboarding guide for project maintainers that documents the expectations in terms of knowledge of community building best practices?
- Example: An onboarding guide could include guidance about completing the Linux Foundation's Inclusive Speaker Orientation, information about how to work in an open source community and how to act as a mentor to new community members who want to contribute to their project.
Note: Please feel free to add proposed motions here.