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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks Nithya – My thoughts below…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_____replyseparator"></a><b>From:</b> Nithya Ruff [mailto:Nithya.Ruff@sandisk.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 20, 2016 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Women-of-openstack] Quick poll - need your input<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am doing an interview with the superuser magazine and want to make sure to represent the sentiments and issues we see as a group. Could you answer these 2-3 questions for me. I will aggregate and represent the answer in my Q&A. Thank
you in advance for your input and perspectives. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Q: What obstacles do you think women face when getting involved in the OpenStack community? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#1F497D">[Barrett, Carol L] </span>
</i></b><span style="color:#1F497D">I think the challenges faced are the same for all newcomers, women are no exception.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#1F497D">[Barrett, Carol L] I think the challenges fall into 3 categories:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><i><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i></b><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Tools: Getting up and running on IRC, gerrit/github, etc. This include proxy configuration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><i><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i></b><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Community Culture: How to interact with the community, how to propose a patch, how to comment on a review, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><i><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i></b><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Building a Network: Both getting known and knowing others so that you can operate effectively within the Community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Q: There are always a lot of debates in the OpenStack community - which one is the most important, now?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">[Barrett, Carol L]
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">I think the most important debate is the one
<i>not</i> occurring – what is the next generation of OpenStack? Future Strategy and overall OpenStack planning.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Q. Why do you believe it is important for the OpenStack community to be diverse?
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#1F497D">[Barrett, Carol L] </span>
</i></b><span style="color:#1F497D">People with different backgrounds think differently, see things differently and act differently. We can learn from each other and create better, more innovative solutions together!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank You,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Nithya A. Ruff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Director, SanDisk Open Source Strategy, CTO Office
</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">WIN Board Member</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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