[Board] Drafting a Diversity statement for the foundation

[Bart van den Eijnden]

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> question: what does an *expert* make to be an *expert* ? IMHO everybody who is willing to think about the topic is considered "expert"
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I am just talking about myself, I am saying I am no expert on the topic.
And I’ve seen people on the conference list with more knowledge than me on the topic, hence my suggestion to consult them as well (they are probably not lurking on the board list).

Ofcourse everyone is free to comment.

Best regards,
Bart

> Jeff: thanks for raising it
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> Jachym
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> Mon Feb 02 2015 at 21:18:44 odesílatel Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl <mailto:bartvde at osgis.nl>> napsal:
> Hey Jeff,
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> this looks good to me, and I encourage this. Thanks for moving this forward.
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> I think we should ask some of the experts (such as the people who were active in the COC discussion, a.o. Camille and Kate) to review as well. I don’t consider myself expert enough on this topic to be honest.
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> Btw, I suggest pointing to the board-priv list only, and not the president as well. We should have one gateway IMHO for feedback.
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> Best regards,
> Bart
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> > On 02 Feb 2015, at 21:09, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
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> > Hello OSGeo Board members,
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> > Most of you will be aware of the current discussions on the Conference Committee mailing list in regards to creating a Code of Conduct for the FOSS4G conference[1].  I feel it is important now for the OSGeo Foundation to show that we support an open and safe environment, through a simple straightforward statement; I prefer to refer to this as Diversity, and I have made a first draft on the wiki[2]  Note that this statement will not affect whatever the OSGeo Conference Committee chooses for their Code of Conduct.
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> > I would like Board members to edit that wiki page directly over the next few days, and then we can discuss this at the Board meeting on Thursday.  My goal is to have a new "/diversity" page linked from the main osgeo.org <http://osgeo.org/> site.
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> > Thanks everyone,
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> > [1] http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Code-of-Conduct-td5180592.html <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Code-of-Conduct-td5180592.html>
> > [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Diversity <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Diversity>
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> > -jeff
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> > Jeff McKenna
> > President, OSGeo
> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna>
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