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Subject: Re: [Hyperledger TSC] How can we improve diversity in the Hyperledger technical community?
From: "Brian Behlendorf" <bbehlendorf () linuxfoundation ! org>
Date: 2018-08-24 5:54:47
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Thanks Daniela, and all the others for their ideas and suggestions. One
more link I'll kick in, to the Linux Foundation's broad efforts in this
space:
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/diversity-inclusiveness/
We'll take this feedback and come back with some suggestions for
investment and improvement. Meanwhile, much of the feedback was on ways
many of you can help with this, by reaching out into your own
organizations and areas of influence to create space for this.
I also read this as support for the proposal for the Community Health
Working Group proposed by Tracy, Ry and David. Of course it won't work
if it's only LF staff on the proposal, so please consider joining the
proposal.
Thanks,
Brian
On 08/23/2018 08:26 AM, Daniela Barbosa wrote:
> My orginal response to Dan, went to Dan only, oops - my reply from Wed
> 4pmPST below>>>
> great discussion ongoing, thanks.
> ~daniela
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> From: Daniela Barbosa <dbarbosa@linuxfoundation.org
> <mailto:dbarbosa@linuxfoundation.org>>
> Date: Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 4:16 PM
> Subject: Private: Re: How can we improve diversity in the Hyperledger
> technical community?
> To: Dan O'Prey <dan@digitalasset.com <mailto:dan@digitalasset.com>>
>
>
> Yes we need to do more. Thanks Bob and others for commenting on this
> thread.
>
> On Dan's question on she(256)-
>
> In case you have missed it, one of our Keynotes for our Hyperledger
> Global Forum in Dec is Alexis Gauba who is the Co-Founder and
> Executive Director of she(256). In addition to a cool org name :-),
> they bill themselves as a movement to increase diversity and break
> down barriers to entry in the blockchain space. We were introduced to
> she(256) through Blockchain at Berkeley (Associate Member), and we
> have made some introductions to she(256) back into our community as
> well with members that are actively working on global diversity
> programs for example Accenture. I have met some of these women, and
> they blow me away. Since joining as an Associate, members of
> Blockchain at Berkeley are now also getting more involved with
> Hyperledger, including doing some work with Training and Education WG,
> to hopefully bring more Hyperledger into that academic community that
> she(256) is part of. Happy to direct connect and I will forward her
> this thread.
>
> she(256) just launched a mentorship program
> https://www.she256.io/mentorship
> <https://www.she256.io/mentorship> and it would be great to see some
> Hyperlegder community members become mentors to some of these women,
> who then, in turn, could become leaders in our community. give to get ;-)
>
> Our ecosystems team has also been participating and reaching out to
> local events like Women in Blockchain, and Karen Ottoni is one of the
> co-organizers of the NYC event, which is one of the biggest groups out
> there. These are great places for us to engage with the community, and
> we need to show up. My observation has been that some of these
> communities have been very crypto focused in the past, but that is
> changing. We have a lot of work to do,
>
> Last but not least, Hyperledger and the Linux Foundation is sponsoring
> The Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) this year which is the world's
> largest gathering of women technologists. It is produced by AnitaB.org
> and presented in partnership with ACM. We submitted a talk and it was
> accepted and will have a panel titled: "Fulfilling the Broken Promise
> of the Internet with Diversity in Mind" on the topic of
> underrepresentation of women in blockchain with Marta Piekarska
> (Hyperledger), Artiona Bogo (SAP) , Hanna Zubko (Intellect EU) and
> Moderator Dev Bharel (Nussbaumer)
>
> Many of our Members will also be at GHC, supporting their own
> diversity and recruiting objectives and it would be great if we had a
> united message on Hyperledger being a community that wants to support
> women in our industry. We will be reaching out via the Marketing
> committee- but if you know people in your org who are involved with
> Grace Hopper, please have them reach out to me directly
> dbarbosa@linuxfoundation.org <mailto:dbarbosa@linuxfoundation.org>
>
> It takes a village and I am glad I am part of this one.
> ~daniela
>
> Daniela Barbosa
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> Daniela Barbosa
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> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 7:25 AM, Shawn Amundson <amundson@bitwise.io
> <mailto:amundson@bitwise.io>> wrote:
>
>
> To clarify, my email wasn't a proposal to setup new groups. But
> where they do exist, especially where they were self-organized, it
> is probably a really good place to recruit leaders that may
> eventually want to run for the TSC.
>
> -Shawn
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 4:59 AM, Marta Piekarska
> <mpiekarska@linuxfoundation.org
> <mailto:mpiekarska@linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:
>
> Dear Dan
> These are great ideas, thank you! One word of caution: doing
> women only groups, events and so on, tends to isolate women
> more than actually help. We are not a different spices and we
> don’t need special treatment;) the way we do not creat men
> only groups for male support, women only or American only or
> whatever only groups are not a good vehicle for increasing
> diversity.
> I think the fact that we are already having this discussion is
> really good, I’m very glad to see everyone’s concern. It is
> interesting that over half of Hyperledger staff is female but
> it does t seem to encourage higher participation from the
> community.
> Thank you for bringing this up!
> Have a great day
> m
>
> Marta Piekarska
> Director of Ecosystem, Hyperledger
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> On 23 Aug 2018, at 10:36, Dan Selman <dan@clause.io
> <mailto:dan@clause.io>> wrote:
>
> > Contacting existing women maintainers and contributors 1:1 is
> > an easy first step. Encourage them to apply to the TSC or to
> > move from contributor to maintainer. Explain what it entails,
> > and set up a "Women in Hyperledger" group where they can meet
> > and mentor each other. Use HL funds to fly those interested
> > to an inaugural women-only meetup/kick-off. Ask Blythe,
> > Kathryn Harrison, Marie Wiek, Tracy, Daniella and other women
> > in the industry to speak at the event. I'm sure IBM, Oracle,
> > Intel, and others would sponsor if asked. Get press coverage
> > to encourage more women to join HL. Allocate a budget for the
> > "Women in HL" group so they can self-organize and decide on
> > how best to encourage more participation.
> >
> > My two cents. Happy to help if you need yet another
> > middle-aged white man's opinion! :-)
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 6:03 AM Shawn Amundson
> > <amundson@bitwise.io <mailto:amundson@bitwise.io>> wrote:
> >
> > There are certainly female engineers within the projects,
> > but not all engineers are subscribed to this mailing list.
> >
> > In Minneapolis, there is an effort to get a "Women in
> > Blockchain" meetup off the ground:
> >
> > https://www.meetup.com/Minneapolis-Women-in-Blockchain-Meetup/
> > <https://www.meetup.com/Minneapolis-Women-in-Blockchain-Meetup/>
> >
> > We plan to cross-promote this meetup with a larger
> > blockchain meetup we run in Minneapolis, and hopefully it
> > will get critical mass.
> >
> > These meetups and maybe other events could be a good way
> > to identify leaders who could be encouraged to
> > participate and give presentations at Hyperledger events.
> > (Which presumably is a good way to get name recognition
> > within HL, etc., etc.)
> >
> > -Shawn
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 1:00 PM, Blythe Masters via
> > Lists.Hyperledger.Org <http://Lists.Hyperledger.Org>
> > <blythe=digitalasset.com@lists.hyperledger.org
> > <mailto:blythe=digitalasset.com@lists.hyperledger.org>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Bob
> > I'm reading along from vacation and very glad to hear
> > some truth being spoken on this sorry topic.
> > I'm also conscious that although I may be a lone
> > female "role model" in the Hyperledger governance
> > structure, I'm not an engineer or developer, so
> > hardly have a recipe for navigation based on my own
> > experience. What I've learned from the financial
> > sector also reinforces that this is a very hard
> > problem to address.
> > This is bigger than a Hyperledger problem of course,
> > but we can and should make an effort given the
> > platform we have, and I have already asked Brian to
> > put the topic on the agenda at our next governing
> > board meeting.
> > Please do all keep suggestions coming.
> > Dan (O'Prey) and I have been discussing ok ur own ideas.
> > Rgds
> > Blythe
> >
> > Blythe Masters
> > Chief Executive Officer
> > c: +1 917 880 7829 <tel:+1%20917%20880%207829>
> > e: blythe@digitalasset.com
> > <mailto:blythe@digitalasset.com> 
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> >
> > On Aug 22, 2018, at 1:33 PM, Bob Summerwill
> > <bob@summerwill.net <mailto:bob@summerwill.net>> wrote:
> >
> > Dan - She(256) are great, yes. I am personally
> > involved with CryptoChicks, and am in contact with
> > various other organizations working towards similar
> > goals.
> > William - No women self-nominated. Looking back
> > through prior TSC elections, I don't think any women
> > have ever self-nominated.
> >
> > Before we get to solutions, I would like to ask the
> > women of Hyperledger - how can we help?
> >
> > https://bobsummerwill.com/2018/08/22/women-of-hyperledger-how-can-i-help-you/
> > <https://bobsummerwill.com/2018/08/22/women-of-hyperledger-how-can-i-help-you/>
> >
> > There must be women on this mailing list. They are
> > who I would really like to hear from on this topic.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 4:47 PM, William Sparks
> > <wsparks@3princ.com <mailto:wsparks@3princ.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bob,
> > I am unclear if any females nominated themselves
> > or were nominated? Indeed a problem. Elections
> > happen and don’t always go as hoped. Therefore, I
> > propose the following for discussion:
> >
> > 1. Perhaps a temp solution is to appoint an
> > agreed number of at large TSC members selected by
> > the LF and TSC. I recognize this gets into
> > governance but likely worth the effort.
> >
> > 2. Query the WG’s and projects for at large
> > candidates that currently display avid
> > participation within the HL umbrella.
> >
> > Just a thought,
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Aug 21, 2018, at 17:21, Bob Summerwill
> > <bob@summerwill.net <mailto:bob@summerwill.net>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Further to this earlier thread:
> > > https://lists.hyperledger.org/g/tsc/message/1591
> > > <https://lists.hyperledger.org/g/tsc/message/1591>
> > >
> > > And ...
> > > https://bobsummerwill.com/2018/08/15/hyperledger-tsc-candidates-and-thoughts-on-diversity/
> > > <https://bobsummerwill.com/2018/08/15/hyperledger-tsc-candidates-and-thoughts-on-diversity/>
> > >
> > > * All 29 TSC candidates are male.
> > > * All 11 existing TSC members are male.
> > > * Of the HL governing board 20/21 are male
> > > too, with the sole exception being Blythe
> > > Masters, the Chair.
> > >
> > > Brian said ...
> > >
> > > Thank you for bringing this up Bob, I agree that
> > > more can be done.
> > >
> > > We are always open to ideas for more we could be
> > > doing as Linux Foundation staff on this project.
> > > Diversity on the 10 internships we funded this
> > > cycle is greater than the below (I believe it's
> > > 3 out of the 10 but need to check). We have
> > > provided support for a number of
> > > diversity-focused blockchain events and general
> > > computer industry events. Let's start a new
> > > thread for any ideas folks might have about
> > > other approaches that can help.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > bob@summerwill.net <mailto:bob@summerwill.net>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks Daniela, and all the others for
their ideas and suggestions. One more link I'll kick in, to the
Linux Foundation's broad efforts in this space:<br>
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href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/diversity-inclusiveness/">https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/diversity-inclusiveness/</a><br>
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We'll take this feedback and come back with some suggestions for
investment and improvement. Meanwhile, much of the feedback was
on ways many of you can help with this, by reaching out into your
own organizations and areas of influence to create space for this.
<br>
<br>
I also read this as support for the proposal for the Community
Health Working Group proposed by Tracy, Ry and David. Of course
it won't work if it's only LF staff on the proposal, so please
consider joining the proposal.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
<br>
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Yes we need to do more. Thanks Bob and others for commenting
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On Dan's question on she(256)- <br
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In case you have missed it, one of our Keynotes for our
Hyperledger Global Forum in Dec is Alexis Gauba who is the
Co-Founder and Executive Director of she(256). In addition to
a cool org name :-), they bill themselves as a movement to
increase diversity and break down barriers to entry in the
blockchain space. We were introduced to she(256) through
Blockchain at Berkeley (Associate Member), and we have made
some introductions to she(256) back into our community as well
with members that are actively working on global diversity
programs for example Accenture. I have met some of these
women, and they blow me away. Since joining as an Associate,
members of Blockchain at Berkeley are now also getting more
involved with Hyperledger, including doing some work with
Training and Education WG, to hopefully bring more Hyperledger
into that academic community that she(256) is part of. Happy
to direct connect and I will forward her this thread.<br
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she(256) just launched a mentorship program <a
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be great to see some Hyperlegder community members become
mentors to some of these women, who then, in turn, could
become leaders in our community. give to get ;-)<br
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Our ecosystems team has also been participating and reaching
out to local events like Women in Blockchain, and Karen Ottoni
is one of the co-organizers of the NYC event, which is one of
the biggest groups out there. These are great places for us to
engage with the community, and we need to show up. My
observation has been that some of these communities have been
very crypto focused in the past, but that is changing. We have
a lot of work to do,<br style="box-sizing:border-box">
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Last but not least, Hyperledger and the Linux Foundation is
sponsoring The Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) this year which
is the world's largest gathering of women technologists. It is
produced by AnitaB.org and presented in partnership with ACM.
We submitted a talk and it was accepted and will have a panel
titled: "Fulfilling the Broken Promise of the Internet with
Diversity in Mind" on the topic of underrepresentation of
women in blockchain with Marta Piekarska (Hyperledger),
Artiona Bogo (SAP) , Hanna Zubko (Intellect EU) and
Moderator Dev Bharel (Nussbaumer) <br
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Many of our Members will also be at GHC, supporting their own
diversity and recruiting objectives and it would be great if
we had a united message on Hyperledger being a community that
wants to support women in our industry. We will be reaching
out via the Marketing committee- but if you know people in
your org who are involved with Grace Hopper, please have them
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 7:25 AM, Shawn
Amundson <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:amundson@bitwise.io" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">amundson@bitwise.io</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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<div dir="ltr">
<div><br>
</div>
<div>To clarify, my email wasn't a proposal to setup new
groups. But where they do exist, especially where they
were self-organized, it is probably a really good place
to recruit leaders that may eventually want to run for
the TSC.<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-Shawn<br>
</div>
<div>
<div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at
4:59 AM, Marta Piekarska <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:mpiekarska@linuxfoundation.org"
target="_blank" \
moz-do-not-send="true">mpiekarska@linuxfoundation.<wbr>org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0
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solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto">Dear Dan
<div>These are great ideas, thank you! One
word of caution: doing women only groups,
events and so on, tends to isolate women
more than actually help. We are not a
different spices and we don’t need special
treatment;) the way we do not creat men only
groups for male support, women only or
American only or whatever only groups are
not a good vehicle for increasing
diversity. </div>
<div>I think the fact that we are already
having this discussion is really good, I’m
very glad to see everyone’s concern. It is
interesting that over half of Hyperledger
staff is female but it does t seem to
encourage higher participation from the
community. </div>
<div>Thank you for bringing this up!</div>
<div>Have a great day</div>
<div>m<br>
<br>
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On 23 Aug 2018, at 10:36, Dan Selman
<<a href="mailto:dan@clause.io"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">dan@clause.io</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div>
<div>
<div class="m_2133232915601402631h5">
<div dir="ltr">Contacting existing
women maintainers and contributors
1:1 is an easy first step.
Encourage them to apply to the TSC
or to move from contributor to
maintainer. Explain what it
entails, and set up a "Women in
Hyperledger" group where they can
meet and mentor each other. Use HL
funds to fly those interested to
an inaugural women-only
meetup/kick-off. Ask Blythe,
Kathryn Harrison, Marie Wiek,
Tracy, Daniella and other women in
the industry to speak at the
event. I'm sure IBM, Oracle,
Intel, and others would sponsor if
asked. Get press coverage to
encourage more women to join HL.
Allocate a budget for the "Women
in HL" group so they can
self-organize and decide on how
best to encourage more
participation.
<div><br>
</div>
<div>My two cents. Happy to help
if you need yet another
middle-aged white man's opinion!
:-)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Sincerely,<br>
<div>Dan<br>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Aug 23,
2018 at 6:03 AM Shawn Amundson
<<a
href="mailto:amundson@bitwise.io"
target="_blank"
\
moz-do-not-send="true">amundson@bitwise.io</a>> wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0 0 0
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solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>There are certainly
female engineers within the
projects, but not all
engineers are subscribed to
this mailing list.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>In Minneapolis, there is
an effort to get a "Women in
Blockchain" meetup off the
ground:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><a
\
href="https://www.meetup.com/Minneapolis-Women-in-Blockchain-Meetup/" \
target="_blank"
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moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.meetup.com/Minneap<wbr>olis-Women-in-Blockchain-<wbr>Meetup/</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>We plan to cross-promote
this meetup with a larger
blockchain meetup we run in
Minneapolis, and hopefully
it will get critical mass.<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>These meetups and maybe
other events could be a good
way to identify leaders who
could be encouraged to
participate and give
presentations at Hyperledger
events. (Which presumably is
a good way to get name
recognition within HL, etc.,
etc.)<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-Shawn<br>
</div>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On
Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at
1:00 PM, Blythe Masters
via <a
href="http://Lists.Hyperledger.Org"
target="_blank"
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class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px
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<div dir="auto">Bob
<div>I'm reading
along from
vacation and very
glad to hear some
truth being spoken
on this sorry
topic. </div>
<div>I'm also
conscious that
although I may be
a lone female
"role model" in
the Hyperledger
governance
structure, I'm not
an engineer or
developer, so
hardly have a
recipe for
navigation based
on my own
experience. What
I've learned from
the financial
sector also
reinforces that
this is a very
hard problem to
address. </div>
<div>This is bigger
than a Hyperledger
problem of course,
but we can and
should make an
effort given the
platform we have,
and I have already
asked Brian to put
the topic on the
agenda at our next
governing board
meeting. </div>
<div>Please do all
keep suggestions
coming. </div>
<div>Dan (O'Prey)
and I have been
discussing ok ur
own ideas. </div>
<div>Rgds</div>
<div>Blythe</div>
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On Aug 22,
2018, at 1:33
PM, Bob
Summerwill
<<a
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<div>
<div dir="ltr">Dan
- She(256) are
great, yes. I
am personally
involved with
CryptoChicks,
and am in
contact with
various other
organizations
working
towards
similar goals.<br>
William - No
women
self-nominated.
Looking back
through prior
TSC elections,
I don't think
any women have
ever
self-nominated.<br>
<br>
Before we get
to solutions,
I would like
to ask the
women of
Hyperledger -
how can we
help?<br>
<br>
<div><a
href="https://bobsummerwill.com/2018/08/22/women-of-hyperledger-how-can-i-help-you/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://bobsummerwill.com/2018<wbr>/08/22/women-of-hyperledger-<wbr>how-can-i-help-you/</a><br>
<br>
There must be
women on this
mailing list.
They are who
I would really
like to hear
from on this
topic.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>
</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Tue, Aug 21,
2018 at 4:47
PM, William
Sparks <span
dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:wsparks@3princ.com" target="_blank" \
moz-do-not-send="true">wsparks@3princ.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote
class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid
\
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div
dir="auto">Hi
Bob,
<div>I am
unclear if any
females
nominated
themselves or
were
nominated?
Indeed a
problem.
Elections
happen and
don’t always
go as hoped.
Therefore, I
propose the
following for
discussion:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>1.
Perhaps a temp
solution is to
appoint an
agreed number
of at large
TSC members
selected by
the LF and
TSC. I
recognize this
gets into
governance but
likely worth
the effort. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>2. Query
the WG’s and
projects for
at large
candidates
that currently
display avid
participation
within the HL
umbrella.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Just a
thought,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Bill</div>
<div><br>
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<div><br>
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On Aug 21,
2018, at
17:21, Bob
Summerwill
<<a
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<div dir="ltr">Further
to this
earlier
thread:<br>
<a
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<br> And ...<br>
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href="https://bobsummerwill.com/2018/08/15/hyperledger-tsc-candidates-and-thoughts-on-diversity/"
rel="nofollow"
style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration:none"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://bobsummerwill.com/2018<wbr>/08/15/hyperledger-tsc-candida<wbr>tes-and-thoughts-on-diversity/</a></span></div>
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
<ul>
<li>All 29 TSC
candidates are
male.<br>
</li>
<li>All 11
existing TSC
members are
male.<br>
</li>
<li>Of the HL
governing
board 20/21
are male too,
with the sole
exception
being Blythe
Masters, the
Chair.<br>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Brian said ...<br>
<br>
<span
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Thank
you for
bringing this
up Bob, I
agree that
more can be
done.</span><br
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Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">We
are always
open to ideas
for more we
could be doing
as Linux
Foundation
staff on this
project.
Diversity on
the 10
internships we
funded this
cycle is
greater than
the below (I
believe it's 3
out of the 10
but need to
check). We
have provided
support for a
number of
diversity-focused
blockchain
events and
general
computer
industry
events. Let's
start a new
thread for any
ideas folks
might have
about other
approaches
that can help.</span><br
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