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III. 2021 Planning: Goals for the DCI WG 

For reference, here is the culmination of the WG's discussion from last year, we put together a number of TSC and Governing Board Motions, some of which have been and are being implemented, others which are included in the table below as part of our goals for 2021. Please review them here: Turning Recommendations into Proposed Motions for the GB and TSC


2021 ThemesComments/QuestionsWG MembersNext Steps

Engagement and Partnerships - nurture the pipeline




Identify Governing Board point persons to join DCI meetings and participate in our activities


Engagement and partnership with outside organizations

  1. HBCUs
  2. Girls Who Code, etc.
  3. Black Girls Who Code
  4. SHE-256
  5. Code2040 http://www.code2040.org/
  6. Blockchain Education Network
  7. Bowie State University Blockchain Association
  8. Women of Color in Blockchain
  9. Women of Color National Policy Network
  10. Crypto Queens
  11. Caribbean Blockchain Alliance

  12. Blacks in Technology https://training.linuxfoundation.org/announcements/blacks-in-technology-and-the-linux-foundation-partner-to-offer-up-to-100000-in-training-certification-to-deserving-individuals/

identify why and for what



Broader Linux Foundation




Greater Visibility at Events & Community




Hyperledger: Global Forum, Member SummitLinux Foundation: Open source summit–see what CHAOSS is programming. 

Other DCI initiatives at the Linux Foundation - https://chaoss.community/about/ - DCI WG https://github.com/chaoss/wg-diversity-inclusion




3rd Party: Grace Hopper


TSC Meetings

-keep it bite size, bring proposal up one at a time per month, DCI topic lighting talk, provide tangible recommendation




Cultural Campaigns


Messaging/Marketing on DCI Narrative




Share more meaningful, honest, conversations

  1. Blog on Africa zoom bombing experience
  2. Personal stories



Monthly themes

  1. Jan DCI editorial theme
    1. Blog on inclusive terminology
  2. February Black History Month
  3. March International Women's month, March 1 Day of Zero Discrimination, 21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  4. June Pride

Could build around international days that are centered in diversity, civility, and inclusion (see https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/). For example 1 March is the day of zero discrimination, , 16 November International Day for Tolerance , 3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities.




DCI in Hyperledger technology 




Inclusive terminology in software and documentation




Maintainer responsibilities




Community Recognition

  1. Badging: Hyperledger planning a pilot on this this year



Resources for the Hyperledger Community

  1. Increasing contributors in Projects and diversity in Projects
  2. Templates, guides, and tools for the community to use



Develop a Guide for DCI in Open Source projects

-do some research on Mozilla, other open source communities, CHAOSS, Open source Diversity Foundation> do a landscape

-make a guide specific to our community




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