<div dir="ltr">Ok gang if no objects by Monday noon CST I'm going to make the change to our Mission statement and then get the recruitment drive underway!<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Amy</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Jessica Murillo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jessicak@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">jessicak@us.ibm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><p><font size="2">I agree the addition of allies is consistent with the original intent of the mission statement. </font><br><br><font size="2">Jessica Murillo</font><br><font size="2">Vice President, Open Systems Development</font><br><font size="2">IBM Systems </font><br><font size="2"><a href="mailto:jessicak@us.ibm.com" target="_blank">jessicak@us.ibm.com</a></font><br><font size="2">Mobile Phone: <a href="tel:(512)%20970-8466" value="+15129708466" target="_blank">512-970-8466</a></font><br><br><img width="16" height="16" src="cid:1__=8FBB0BE4DFF431D88f9e8a93df938690918c8FB@" border="0" alt="Inactive hide details for Amy Marrich ---08/09/2017 01:40:46 PM---I'm good with both suggestions and if everyone is good with t"><font size="2" color="#424282">Amy Marrich ---08/09/2017 01:40:46 PM---I'm good with both suggestions and if everyone is good with the re-write of the mission statement we</font><br><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">From: </font><font size="2">Amy Marrich <<a href="mailto:amy@demarco.com" target="_blank">amy@demarco.com</a>></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">To: </font><font size="2">Kendall Nelson <<a href="mailto:kennelson11@gmail.com" target="_blank">kennelson11@gmail.com</a>></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Cc: </font><font size="2"><a href="mailto:women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">women-of-openstack@lists.<wbr>openstack.org</a></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Date: </font><font size="2">08/09/2017 01:40 PM</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Subject: </font><font size="2">Re: [Women-of-openstack] Recruitment Draft</font><br></p><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade style="color:#8091a5"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><br>I'm good with both suggestions and if everyone is good with the re-write of the mission statement we should definitely update the wiki as well.<br><br>Amy<br><br>On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Kendall Nelson <<a href="mailto:kennelson11@gmail.com" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">kennelson11@gmail.com</font></u></a>> wrote:
<ul>I think Anne's changes sound good to me! If everyone else likes that too we should update it on the wiki.<br><br>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>See what you all think :) <br><br>Thanks Amy for getting the ball rolling!<br><br>-Kendall Nelson(diablo_rojo)<br><br><br>On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 11:18 AM Anne Bertucio <<a href="mailto:anne@openstack.org" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">anne@openstack.org</font></u></a>> wrote:<br>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! <br><br><br><font color="#333333" face="Arial Unicode MS">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><br><br><br><br><br>Anne Bertucio<br>Marketing and Certification, OpenStack Foundation<br><a href="mailto:anne@openstack.org" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">anne@openstack.org</font></u></a> | <a href="tel:(206)%20992-7961" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">206-992-7961</font></u></a><br><br><br><br>
<ul><ul>On Aug 9, 2017, at 8:10 AM, Amy Marrich <<a href="mailto:amy@demarco.com" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">amy@demarco.com</font></u></a>> wrote:<br><br>Hi all,<br><br>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.<br><br>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!<br><br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Amy<br><br>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!<br><br>Our mission statement is:<br><br><font color="#333333" face="Arial Unicode MS">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. These goals are achieved through leading and sponsorship of educational sessions and social events that promote inclusion in the OpenStack Community.</font><br><br>We follow this mission by sponsoring ongoing Mentoring throughout the year and through the Speed Mentoring and Lunch and Learns which are held during summit as well as other activities through the year.<br><br>Our Wiki page can be found here:<br><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Women_of_OpenStack" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">https://wiki.openstack.org/<wbr>wiki/Women_of_OpenStack</font></u></a><br><br>And you can join our mailing list here:<br><a href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/women-of-openstack" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF">http://lists.openstack.org/<wbr>cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/<wbr>women-of-openstack</font></u></a><br><br>And of course you can join us in Freenode IRC on the #openstack-women channel.<br><br>Come sit in on a meeting and check us out! 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