<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>I think Anne's changes sound good to me! If everyone else likes that too we should update it on the wiki.<br><br></div>I would rephrase what comes after the mission to: <br><br>'We follow this mission by hosting Speed Mentoring and Lunch and Learns at the summits, and coordinating ongoing mentoring throughout the
year as well as other activities.'<br><br></div>See what you all think :) <br><br></div>Thanks Amy for getting the ball rolling!<br><br></div>-Kendall Nelson(diablo_rojo)<br><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 11:18 AM Anne Bertucio <<a href="mailto:anne@openstack.org">anne@openstack.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Just some word massaging to the first paragraph for readability. I know lots of people put great thought into this and these are always so tricky to write, so see what you all think! <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial Unicode MS, Arial, sans-serif">The Women of OpenStack (WOO) strive to increase the diversity of the OpenStack community by overcoming OpenStack's barrier to entry through educational sessions, professional networking, mentorship, social inclusion, and enhanced resource access. WOO recognizes that individuals in minority groups are more likely to have challenges accessing the resources it takes to learn and participate in complex technologies, which is why WOO welcomes all women and their allies who share an interest in OpenStack, open source, and adjacent technologies. </font></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial Unicode MS, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial Unicode MS, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial Unicode MS, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 9, 2017, at 8:10 AM, Amy Marrich <<a href="mailto:amy@demarco.com" target="_blank">amy@demarco.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-7966150555842818522Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>As discussed during our meeting on Monday we are planning to do a recruitment drive via email to the general OpenStack list as well as the Operators and Developers lists.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the first draft of the email please feel free to make comments and mail back to the list so we can get the most feedback and the best results!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Amy</div><div><br></div><div>Did you know the Women of OpenStack isn't just for people who identify as female, but allies as well? Well now you do and we're looking for new members!</div><div><br></div><div>Our mission statement is:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",Arial,sans-serif">The Women of OpenStack strive to lower the barrier of entry to OpenStack learning and use, intending to thereby increasing the overall diversity of the OpenStack community, recognizing that individuals in minority groups are more likely to have challenges accessing resources to learn complex technologies. Secondly, the Women of OpenStack provides a professional and social networking group for women, and their allies, with common interests in OpenStack, OpenSource, and associated technologies. 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