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On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Diana Clarke <diana.joan.clarke at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Congrats on being elected to the TC, Colleen!
>
> You mentioned earlier in this thread that, "a major problem in the
> tech world is not just attracting underrepresented contributors, but
> retaining them".
>
> I'm curious if the TC has considered polling the people that have left
> OpenStack for their experiences on this front.
>
> Something along the lines of:
>
>     "I see you contributed 20 patches in the last cycle, but haven't
> contributed recently, why did you stop contributing?".
>
> Given the recent layoffs, I suspect many of the responses will be
> predicable, but you might find some worthwhile nuggets there
> nonetheless.
>
I'm not aware of such an initiative so far but I do think it would be
useful, and perhaps something we can partner with the foundation on.

Colleen

>
> Congrats again,
>
> --diana
>
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 3:38 AM, Colleen Murphy <colleen at gazlene.net>
> wrote:
> > A major problem in the tech world is not just attracting underrepresented
> > contributors, but retaining them. They leave their communities or careers
> > because of bias problems. To my knowledge, that doesn't happen in
> OpenStack,
> > but just because I can't see it doesn't mean it's not there. A long-term
> > study of participation by underrepresented demographics will help us
> answer
> > this and fix it if necessary.
>
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