#meeting:fedoraproject.org log

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:30:04

!startmeeting Fedora DEI Team meeting – 2025-03-20

<@meetbot:fedora.im>

11:30:06

Meeting started at 2025-03-20 11:30:04 UTC

<@meetbot:fedora.im>

11:30:06

The Meeting name is 'Fedora DEI Team meeting – 2025-03-20'

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:30:11

!meetingname diversity

<@meetbot:fedora.im>

11:30:12

The Meeting Name is now diversity

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:30:22

!topic Agenda

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:30:32

!info (1) Intros, welcomes, hellos

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:30:42

!info (2) Team announcements & news

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:30:52

!info (3) DEI Advisor updates to the team

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:31:02

!info (4) Follow-ups from last meeting

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:31:09

!info (5) Ticket-driven discussion

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:31:16

!info (6) Open floor

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:31:23

!topic Intros, welcomes, hellos

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:31:30

!hi

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:31:32

Amita Sharma (amsharma)

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:31:37

!group members diversity-team

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:31:41

Members of diversity-team: Amita Sharma, bee2502, Alberto Rodriguez Sanchez, chhavi, csutherl, emma kidney, isagordillo, jflory7 (@jflory7:fedora.im, @fca:fedoraproject.org), Jona Azizaj, Ashlyn Knox, marinaz, Tegan-Jean Hillman, Nikhil Kathole, orionstar25, pyadav, ramyaparimi, recursedd, Marie Nordin, Robert Wright, sarah-thornton (@sarah-thornton:fedora.im, @sarah-thornton:matrix.org), siddharthvipul1, tatica, x3mboy

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:31:47

!hi

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:31:48

Jona Azizaj (jonatoni) - she / her / hers

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

11:31:53

Hi 👋

<@brakoose:matrix.org>

11:32:03

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:32:19

Hey Jona, Preethi and Bra

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:32:21

For all the new folks, please use the command !hi 🙂

<@gonza_gertrude_agatha:matrix.org>

11:32:42

!hi

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:32:45

Gonza Gertrude Agatha (gonza-gertrude-agatha) - she / her / hers

<@jaykaneki:matrix.org>

11:32:48

!hi

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

11:32:49

!hi

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:32:51

Jamillah Bello (jaykaneki) - she / her / hers

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:32:51

Preethi grace Manthena (preethigrace) - she / her / hers

<@brakoose:matrix.org>

11:32:52

!hi

<@judithetugbo:matrix.org>

11:32:54

!hi

<@kikemaro:matrix.org>

11:32:54

!hi

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:32:54

Godfred Addai Amoako (brakoose) - he / him / his

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:32:56

No Fedora Accounts users have the @judithetugbo:matrix.org Matrix Account defined

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:32:57

Mariam Omiteru (kikemariam) - she / her / hers

<@montana-d:matrix.org>

11:32:57

!hi everyone, I'm thrilled to be here

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:32:59

Sorry, I can only look up one username at a time

<@myloothniel:matrix.org>

11:33:10

!hi

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:33:12

No Fedora Accounts users have the @myloothniel:matrix.org Matrix Account defined

<@montana-d:matrix.org>

11:33:21

!hi

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:33:23

welcome everyone 👋

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:33:23

AWA AGHANGU (montana-d) - he / him / his

<@odetay-doorcas:matrix.org>

11:33:24

Hello Everyone

<@maryann.nwagba:matrix.org>

11:33:44

Hello Everyone

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:33:55

Hello and welcome

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:33:58

!topic Team announcements & news

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:34:15

!info === Flock, 2025 - ===

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:34:39

!info sponsorship request is open now for Flock

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:35:01

!info DEI team has submitted 3 sessions for Flock

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:35:31

Jona Azizaj (she/her): I am not able to open github for reason, can you help me with the ticket link please? I am trying to open it meanwhile.

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:36:24

https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/52

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:36:45

!link https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/52

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:36:49

thanks Jona Azizaj (she/her)

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:36:54

!link https://fedoraproject.org/flock/2025/

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:37:20

any other news or announcement ?

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:37:38

✋️

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:38:02

!info Fedora Community Ops 2024 Reboot: A Retrospective

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:38:08

!link https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-community-ops-2024-reboot-a-retrospective/

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:38:39

!info Fedora Linux 42 Beta is live

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:38:49

!link https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42-beta/

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:39:06

that's great article , a must read

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:39:18

!info Fedora is participating in Outreachy

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:39:44

!link https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/54

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:39:45

!info DEI team has joined this round of Outreachy too 🎉

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:39:50

!link https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/54

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:40:06

eof 😄

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:40:12

WOW

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:40:15

so much....

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:40:34

I think our quarterly blog will be full of great news

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:41:08

!topic DEI Advisor updates to the team

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:41:31

I don't have any updates this time

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:41:49

I think you shared all in last section

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:41:50

lol

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:41:51

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:42:09

indeed 😄

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:42:13

!info (4) Follow-ups from last meeting

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:42:27

!link https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-02-20/diversity.2025-02-20-11.30.html

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:42:39

there is just one I could see

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:42:51

i.e. Emma Kidney will submit DEI hands-on heckfest session for Flock, 2025

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:42:57

and she completed it

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:43:04

yes

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

11:43:09

! Jona Azizaj (she/her): may I know, do you add any suggestions or insights on doing blog posts. It will help us a lot once we start it.

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:43:23

!info action completed by Emma Kidney for submitting DEI hands-on heckfest session for Flock, 2025

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:44:10

Preethi grace: great question, can we take it at the edn of the meeting?

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:44:39

was there any other action item from our last call?

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:45:11

we have

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:45:21

I'm going through our last meeting now

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

11:45:24

Sure 🤝. Thank you. It will help everyone to do work in an efficient manner with needed requirements. 😊

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:45:48

Emma Kidney will propose some dates for the social hour, and we will try "garticphone" as the first game

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:46:02

Amita Sharma: only AI from our last meeting

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:46:21

that is for https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/51

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:46:31

which is done

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:46:34

yep correct

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:46:39

awesome

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:46:55

let's discuss further in ticket section

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:47:03

!info (5) Ticket-driven discussion

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:47:48

!link https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/53

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:48:52

!info Jona Azizaj (she/her) organized a call to plan the activities for FMS 2025

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:49:38

!info we decided to have 3 main activities which will be managed by a group of volunteers

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:49:51

Jona Azizaj (she/her): can you please share the meeting link here?

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:50:20

you mean GitLab?

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:50:49

!link https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/fedora-mentor-summit

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:50:58

meeting we had for FMS

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:51:04

yesterday

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:51:23

I am thinking to add the link for meeting doc here?

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:51:28

It has info

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:51:51

https://hackmd.io/@fedora-dei/rym8DgJnJe

<@tosin_doreen:matrix.org>

11:51:54

Hi!

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:52:11

hello, please use !hi

<@tosin_doreen:matrix.org>

11:52:37

!hi

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

11:52:39

Oluwatosin Olatunji (tosindoreen) - she / her / hers

<@tosin_doreen:matrix.org>

11:52:51

Thanks Amita.

<@tosin_doreen:matrix.org>

11:52:51

Gotten a little rusty

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:52:53

Jona Azizaj (she/her): do you want to update the ticket of FMS with yesterday's meeting outcome

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:53:12

hey np tosin_doreen and welcome :)

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:53:51

I will add the links later there

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:54:02

ok great, thank you

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:54:27

New people here, you are also welcome to join these activities , which we plan to organize for FMS , 2025

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:54:43

Please check https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/53 for more details

<@timijoseph:matrix.org>

11:54:55

Thank you, glad to be here

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

11:55:29

Sure Amita :)

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:55:59

Thanks

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:56:24

!link https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/51

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

11:56:30

Thank you for inviting us. 🤝

<@isi_001:matrix.org>

11:56:35

thanks!

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:57:29

!info We plan to play Gratic Phone

<@jaykaneki:matrix.org>

11:57:40

Okay, thanks…

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:57:44

Jona Azizaj (she/her): are we good to close this ticket?

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:58:04

Should we open new one to schedule the gamind hour?

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:58:24

after we organize it we can close it

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:58:25

Should we open new one to schedule the gamin hour?

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

11:58:31

not yet 😅

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:58:51

!info the ticket will be closed after having the gaming hour organized

<@ami117:matrix.org>

11:59:24

!link https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/54

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:00:00

ok.. I would like to open this floor for all the new and amazing people to say hi and a quick intro please

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

12:01:14

!hi 👋 Amita and Jona it was really a incredible experience here with fedora community, I'm Preethi and currently working on project 1.

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

12:01:16

Sorry, I can only look up one username at a time

<@myloothniel:matrix.org>

12:01:27

Hi Amita Sharma , Hi tosin_doreen , thanks for the warm welcome. The bot use is quite interesting 😁

<@maryann.nwagba:matrix.org>

12:01:34

!hi

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

12:01:38

Maryann Nwagba (maryann-nwagba) - she / her / hers

<@myloothniel:matrix.org>

12:01:53

!Hi Amita Sharma , Hi tosin_doreen , thanks for the warm welcome. The bot use is quite interesting 😁

<@isi_001:matrix.org>

12:02:33

!hi

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

12:02:35

Angela Idiaru (isioma20) - she / her / hers

<@kikemaro:matrix.org>

12:02:54

Hi Amita Sharma I'm Mariam, I'm enjoying my experience with the Fedora community, I love how contributors here are really helpful

<@brakoose:matrix.org>

12:03:10

!hi, I'm Godfred. I would like to be Koo$e. That's what most of my friends call me. I use Fedora OS on a daily basis, and I'm happy to be contributing now

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

12:03:35

Amita Sharma: Jona Azizaj (she/her): could you please give some insights of blog posts like in which style in would be good to write according to the needful of completing the further tasks in efficient way.

<@brakoose:matrix.org>

12:03:51

!hi, I'm Godfred. I would like to be called Koo$e. That's what most of my friends call me. I use Fedora OS on a daily basis, and I'm happy to be contributing now

<@myloothniel:matrix.org>

12:03:54

!Hi Amita Sharma , Hi tosin_doreen , Hi Jona Azizaj (she/her) thanks for the warm welcome. The bot use is quite interesting 😁

<@gonza_gertrude_agatha:matrix.org>

12:03:58

!hi My name is Gonza Gertrude, I am an outreachy applicant on the DEI project.

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

12:03:59

Sorry, I can only look up one username at a time

<@isi_001:matrix.org>

12:04:01

Hello everyone, I'm happy to meet you all

<@maryann.nwagba:matrix.org>

12:04:49

Looking forward to making more quality contributions.

<@maryann.nwagba:matrix.org>

12:04:49

Thank you for the warm welcome. My name is Maryann. I'm excited to be here. I have contributed in Open source before but I have to say, this is the most welcoming and helpful community I've been a part of. 🙂

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

12:04:50

For questions related to Outreachy, please use #mentoring:fedoraproject.org or comment on the issue directly 🙂

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:04:51

WOW WOW WOW, so many amazing people

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:05:10

Very warm welcome everyone

<@timijoseph:matrix.org>

12:05:28

Hi Amita Sharma Jona Azizaj (she/her) . I’m Timi Joseph. I’m happy to meet everyone

<@jaykaneki:matrix.org>

12:05:34

!hi My name is Jamillah Bello, I’m working on the DEI project, presently doing research and learning more about Fedora. Happy to meet everyone in the community.

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

12:05:36

Sorry, I can only look up one username at a time

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

12:05:38

Sure 🤝, thanks for informing me 😊

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:05:41

I hope you find your home in Fedora community and become a successful contributor, wish you all the best :)

<@kikemaro:matrix.org>

12:05:56

Thank you so much

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

12:05:59

Thank you Amita, means alot 🤝

<@myloothniel:matrix.org>

12:06:03

Thanks for the kind wishes Amita Sharma !

<@timijoseph:matrix.org>

12:06:09

Thank you so much

<@maryann.nwagba:matrix.org>

12:06:09

Thank you!!

<@jaykaneki:matrix.org>

12:06:13

Thank you…

<@odetay-doorcas:matrix.org>

12:06:35

Hi 👋, i'm dorcas . nice to meet you all

<@isi_001:matrix.org>

12:06:41

Thank you!

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

12:07:14

!hi Dorcas , nice to meet you too.

<@zodbot:fedora.im>

12:07:16

Sorry, I can only look up one username at a time

<@montana-d:matrix.org>

12:08:37

Thank you

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:08:57

alright.....

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:09:16

should we move to our last section...

<@preethigrace:matrix.org>

12:09:41

Sure

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

12:09:42

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:09:42

!info (6) Open floor

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:09:59

any topics for open floor?

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:10:36

it seems none...

<@brakoose:matrix.org>

12:11:00

I do. It's kinda a question. Please can I go ahead ??

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:11:33

Sure

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:11:35

please

<@misturat:matrix.org>

12:12:24

I have a question Jona Azizaj (she/her) can I ask my question in this channel ?

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

12:12:51

let's wait for Bra Koose to finish first

<@brakoose:matrix.org>

12:13:15

Ok, sure. Fedora community is fun, transparent, and worth contributing to. Please, I would like to know on what merit based will an applicant to be selected as intern for the outreachy program by the mentors 🙏

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:13:53

I feel that this question best suit for https://matrix.to/#/#mentoring:fedoraproject.org

<@brakoose:matrix.org>

12:14:09

Ok thank you. 😊

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:14:38

!info For outreachy questions , please use https://matrix.to/#/#mentoring:fedoraproject.org

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:15:39

alright

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:15:53

Time to close the meeting.. if nothing else

<@vintage-creator:matrix.org>

12:16:12

Hi everyone! Great to meet you all.

<@jonatoni:fedora.im>

12:16:44

Thanks for chairing the meeting Amita Sharma++

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:16:50

thanks everyone

<@ami117:matrix.org>

12:16:53

!endmeeting