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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Nithya,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for the poll. Here are my answers (below the questions).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ramamani.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nithya Ruff [mailto:Nithya.Ruff@sandisk.com] <br>
<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"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4472C4">There are strong women contributors in OpenStack and that is good news. I think the percentage is very small and there needs to be more encouragement for the rest to speak their mind, ask questions and influence
decisions. I think the obstacles women face are similar anywhere in the technical world, which depend on a variety of issues:</span><span style="color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#4472C4">Local work environment and barriers for growth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#4472C4">Access to resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#4472C4">Individual attitudes towards challenges and risk taking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4472C4">I think it should be about the rate of adoption and the future of OpenStack.</span><span style="color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4472C4">Diversity is very important for an open source community as it brings varied strengths, perspectives and creativity of mind.</span><span style="color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<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
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