<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Any one wouldbe attending the berlin summit travelling from dallas?<div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Sravani<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 15, 2018, at 11:42 AM, Amy Marrich <<a href="mailto:amy@demarco.com">amy@demarco.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">In previous meetings, we have touched on the future of the Women of OpenStack as a group and it is time to take a serious look at our status and where we want to be.</span><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">With feedback from Summits and meetings, the question was put to the Foundation about the possibility of opening the Women of OpenStack lunches to be more of a Diversity and Inclusion event as some members of the community didn't feel welcome or didn't want to intrude. As a result, with the enthusiastic support of both the Foundation and Intel, our sponsor in Berlin, we will be changing the lunch to a Diversity and Inclusion event instead of being a Women of OpenStack branded event, with a name yet to be determined.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Over my time in the OpenStack Community, I have seen the Women of OpenStack be a force of nature taking the bit and running with things the Diversity and Inclusion WG had determined needed to be done. But I feel it is time for us to join forces and merge the two groups as the D&I WG heading with a new 'nickname' and combine our resources to make a single stronger group.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">So I am inviting all members of the Women of OpenStack to attend the meeting on Monday at 20:00 UTC in the #openstack-women channel and to send their thoughts and opinions to this list as well. Based on discussions I would like us to be able to make a decision at our next meeting on October 1st, so that I can get with the Foundation staff for any branding or governance changes that may or may not be needed.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Once the merge is agreed upon, we will determine a new meeting time as both groups meet at slightly different times on opposing Mondays.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Thanks,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Amy (spotz)</div><br></div>
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