<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:16:20
!startmeeting Fedora DEI Team - 2024-01-04
<@meetbot:fedora.im>
13:16:20
Meeting started at 2024-01-04 13:16:20 UTC
<@meetbot:fedora.im>
13:16:20
The Meeting name is 'Fedora DEI Team - 2024-01-04'
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:16:30
!meetingname diversity
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:16:35
thanks Justin 🎉
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:16:45
!topic Roll call and hello's
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:16:50
!hello
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:16:51
Justin W. Flory (jflory7) - he / him / his
<@bittin:fedora.im>
13:16:59
!hello bittin
<@ekidney:matrix.org>
13:16:59
!hello
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:16:59
Luna Jernberg (bittin) - they / them / theirs
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:17:03
!hello
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:17:05
Jona Azizaj (jonatoni) - she / her / hers
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:17:07
emma kidney (ekidney) - she / her / hers
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:17:50
!info Present: jflory7, bittin, jonatoni, ekidney, amsharma, riecatnor
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:18:19
!topic News, announcements, & updates
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:18:22
!hello
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:18:24
Marie Nordin (riecatnor)
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:18:24
Anyone have anything to share?
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:18:32
Yes!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:18:41
Go for it!
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:18:57
The schedule is out for the creative freedom summit! https://creativefreedomsummit.com
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:19:21
There are multiple talks about accessibility, some on diversity topics as well
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:19:22
!info The schedule is out for the creative freedom summit!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:19:26
!link https://creativefreedomsummit.com
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:19:47
The event is January 23-25th, virtual
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:20:08
!info The event is January 23-25th, virtual. There are multiple talks about accessibility, some on diversity topics as well.
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:20:35
riecatnor @riecatnor:fedora.im++
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:20:37
jflory7 has already given cookies to riecatnor during the F39 timeframe
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:20:45
Trying to get the link for the matrix room but I’m on mobile and it’s not obvious
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:20:47
Of course I have 😛
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:20:56
Ekidney++
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:20:56
Creative Freedom Summit
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:21:07
Emma Kidney++
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:21:09
Emma Kidney++
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:21:09
riecatnor gave a cookie to ekidney. They now have 12 cookies, 6 of which were obtained in the Fedora 39 release cycle
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:21:10
jflory7 has already given cookies to ekidney during the F39 timeframe
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:21:21
@madelinepeck++
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:21:42
mpeck++
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:21:42
Sorry, but Fedora Accounts user 'mpeck' does not exist
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:21:47
jonatoni gave a cookie to riecatnor. They now have 109 cookies, 6 of which were obtained in the Fedora 39 release cycle
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:21:50
Oh hmm
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:21:54
Nikita is organizing too but I’m not sure if she’s in here
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:22:00
Well, I am excited for the Summit!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:22:14
madelinepeck++ nekonya3++
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
13:22:17
jflory7 gave a cookie to madelinepeck. They now have 3 cookies, 1 of which were obtained in the Fedora 39 release cycle
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:22:58
This is always one of the unique events we organize via the Fedora community
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:23:04
Can't wait to tune in for this one.
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:23:11
Any other team news or announcements?
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:24:04
nekonya3++
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:24:23
One more quick thing, I wanted to highlight a couple talks, one is “Why both Open Source and Africa’s future successes are intertwined” and “designers as multifaceted contributors”
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:24:28
Really excited for these!
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:25:09
From Peace Ojemah and Victory Brown
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:25:15
Oh, those both sound interesting 👀
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:25:24
Perrie and Victory! 😃
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:25:26
From Peace Ojemeh and Victory Brown
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:25:31
Yes!!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:25:44
FOSS is a small world
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:25:56
Jona Azizaj (she/her): Any Advisor updates to share BTW?
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:26:04
Ok that’s it. I could gush more but please do share the event details with folks!!
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:26:15
no news from the Council
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:26:28
holiday season around 🙂
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:26:45
If you need help with the hackmd let me know Justin W. Flory (he/him)
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:26:49
Yeah, holidays usually keeps things calm
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:27:14
I'm not sure if there are topics or tickets already prepped. I am on a bad data connection and have a hard time opening any web page I guess.
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:27:43
no, there are no tickets already prepared there
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:28:02
One thing to watch for is the agenda of the upcoming Fedora Council hackfest. More will come later in January but that is something that it could be useful to get some wider team input on important topics for that hackfest meeting
<@bittin:fedora.im>
13:28:04
was empty until i filled out todays date and the Attendees :P
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:28:31
Usually I prep it but I'm supposed to be on vacation right now 🙂
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:29:00
OK, I am not seeing other news and announcements, so let's go to tickets and improvise
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:29:09
!topic Ticket discussion
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:30:04
https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/milestones/3
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:30:06
!link https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/milestones/3
<@bittin:fedora.im>
13:30:07
on vacation myself for a couple of weeks, hence i have time to join
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:30:28
Thanks Jona Azizaj (she/her), you beat me to it :)
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:30:38
:)
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:30:41
Right, so last month, we did a lot of ticket triage!
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:31:26
Correct and closed a few as well
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:31:56
so the new one for this quarter is https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/milestones/4#tab-issues
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:32:31
since we changed to quarter goals for now
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:32:47
I am having a hard time opening up GitLab to check for what tickets we could discuss today
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:32:47
We started a new milestone and also adopted a quarterly format instead of a monthly format for the milestones
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:32:48
From everything pending in our issue tracker
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:33:00
Oops, some lag for me
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:33:04
Connection is not great
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:33:32
!link https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/milestones/4
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:34:11
It is not opening for me too
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:34:12
:(
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:34:12
maybe we can start with the https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/29
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:34:23
which Amita was mentioning today
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:34:29
yeah
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:34:35
+1 to discuss this one
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:34:41
The quarterly format is good
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:34:48
maybe we can start with a collaborative pad for ideas?
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:34:49
There is some templating to do here
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:34:59
But what I would love to brainstorm together is what we want to highlight
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:35:09
We could even put #info into the meeting logs
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:35:18
+1
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:35:52
!topic #29: DEI team quarterly reports - Let's work on a regular DEI report format, cadence and record all the work-items/accomplishments here for December, 2023 + Q1, 2024 in this ticket.
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:35:57
!link https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/29
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:36:27
I think we can just do a live brainstorm here in the meeting. Why create post-meeting work when you can do it live? :D
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:36:47
!info August 2023: Fedora Mentor Summit live @ Flock 2023
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:37:08
!info Fedora Appreciation Week 2023 made a return after five years!
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:37:48
are we discussing a general format or specifics for the next report?
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:37:54
updated mission and vision
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:37:55
Or is this an overall report for 2023?
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:38:11
Q4
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:38:18
Oh, yeah. Well, I think an annual report is super helpful
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:38:22
It is for Q4, CY23
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:38:43
It is a good question actually
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:38:48
we said to make it an annual report actually
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:38:56
!info Updated vision and mission statement for 2023
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:39:02
But we already had one out for Q3
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:39:14
we had only October report
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:39:18
I guess it is a question about whether our Q4 report should just be an annual report given the timing of the year?
<@bittin:fedora.im>
13:39:21
(having a bit of a hard time to concentrate) they are cutting grass very loudly outside of here
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:39:40
+1 to have it an annual report this time
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:39:43
I'd prefer an annual report for this time because I think it is good to celebrate the year in review
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:39:47
ok - so annual it can be
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:39:56
that is what I begin with actually :)
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:39:56
I'd prefer an annual report for this timing of the year because I think it is good to celebrate the year in review
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:40:31
My plane is taking off, switching offline for a few minutes and should be able to get on Wi-Fi… let's see how well that works
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:40:32
but got an impression that we want Q4 - Justin W. Flory (he/him)
The quarterly format is good
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:40:51
If I don't come back, someone else will need to wrap things up but hopefully I'll be back in a few 🤞🏻
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:40:51
Iirc we established an onboarding process for new members in 2023 as well?
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:42:21
Maybe there would be quarterly reports with details, including for q4c and then a year end review that’s a bit more of a bulleted list/overview?
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:42:31
Maybe there would be quarterly reports with details, including for q4 and then a year end review that’s a bit more of a bulleted list/overview?
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:42:36
actually that is still ongoing https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/2
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:44:35
since we had a report for October, and most of our activities started from Flock not sure we need a Q4 report + a year end review 😅
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:45:00
Fair!
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:45:14
Maybe for the future if it makes sense :)
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:45:24
yep definitely
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:46:01
it would help us a lot when working on the year end review article actually 😅
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:47:38
I'm back!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:47:52
I think coming up with a template form for the quarterlies will make it easier
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:48:04
That's something I hope to work on individually as we iterate and keep on keeping on
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:48:21
But yeah, I think for this time, sticking to annual is good so it is not so much writing to do
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:48:38
maybe another thing to mention is the GitLab milestones we have created for the team
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:48:59
that Justin W. Flory (he/him) has created for the team 😉
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:49:01
Oh yeah… what did we change here actually? I'm not sure if we changed the process as much as we onboarded several new folks!
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:49:03
+1 for an annual for this time
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:49:11
Good one
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:49:24
and +1 for quarterlies for rest of CY24
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:49:26
!info We adopted a new GitLab-centered workflow for tickets and discussions
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:49:33
milestones will actually help us do that
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:49:33
I think it was just up in the air how to add members for a while- I remember we took several meetings to solidify criteria
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
13:49:58
But my memory is uhhh kinda vague 😅 maybe that was in 2022
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:50:08
:)
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:50:14
no you are correct
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:50:14
It is hazy for me too 😅
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:50:32
We may want to finalize it in Q1 CY24
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:50:33
!info We onboarded several new team members in 2023!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:50:52
Is there anything pending with our join process?
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:51:08
Although, I do want to focus on the annual report so I have a list of things to look back on later :)
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:51:17
This is a great chance to celebrate what we all accomplished together in 2023
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:51:26
there is #2 issue
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:52:18
What's that?
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:52:28
github issue
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:52:34
https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/2
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:52:36
https://gitlab.com/fedora/dei/home/-/issues/2
<@bittin:fedora.im>
13:52:43
Gitlab*
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:52:46
Jona Azizaj (she/her): you are super fast today
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:52:49
that we said we will work on Q1 2024
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:53:05
Aha
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:53:20
Maybe better documenting the process we have today, then?
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:53:20
Last comment there from Justin: Given the influx of new team members in the last few months, it would be good to standardize how we onboard new folks in 2024. This should be mostly documentation and some knowledge-transfer about how we run the process.
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:53:31
My network connection is still garbage right now
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:53:44
Ahh
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:53:47
and gitlab gives me 504
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:53:53
not opening for me
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:54:05
I am not on any flight either
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:54:21
Maybe you missed the Fedora login timeout
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:54:25
The link opens for me but slowly
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:54:25
the ticket was opened 11 months ago - and I can see only Justin's comment there
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:54:59
So, then I think it is actually writing and documenting our process as it exists todayc
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:55:04
we discussed this ticket during our last meeting
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:55:06
in Dec
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:55:12
We have some basic stuff written there but I don't think we explain the nomination process well
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:55:28
So, that will be a good Q1 focus
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:55:58
!idea Building on our success of bringing in new team members by better documenting the onboarding process as it exists today. Identify the gaps in current docs and make sure they are addressed.
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:56:34
+1
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:56:36
Any other 2023 highlights, successes, lessons learned?
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:57:40
!idea More participation in standard recurring virtual events like Release Parties, to encourage diversity of speakers and topics alike (also connecting our sub-groups like Pride, A11y, etc. into the virtual events)
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:57:48
^ that is a wishlist item for me :)
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:58:01
in addition to this: we moved from Pagure to Gitlab this year
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
13:58:08
we can highlight new members that joined the team?
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:58:26
!info Migrated from Pagure to GitLab. Fully and completely!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:58:34
Good one
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:58:47
Yep, I definitely wanted to name our new 2023 joiners!
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:58:48
Mentorship Summit as well
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:59:04
Got that one :)
<@ami117:matrix.org>
13:59:32
also, the idea of having hybrid meetings - video + text based = working well for team
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:59:34
We have a pretty good list here to start
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:59:46
I'm happy with our brainstorm, but if there are other ideas, please keep them coming!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
13:59:52
Oh yes, actually
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
14:00:02
I don't see anything else from Pagure and GitLab
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:00:14
!info We moved to a new meeting format, where we alternate between video and text meetings every other week to adapt for different participation methods.
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:00:33
OK, so we are at the end of the hour now!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:00:38
!topic Open floor
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:00:49
Last chance for final topics? Anything someone wanted to bring up but it did not happen?
<@ami117:matrix.org>
14:00:52
I don't know if we want to mention about APAC Fedora Presence at Gnome
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:01:01
Thanks all for being online and participating here!
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
14:01:17
thanks Justin W. Flory (he/him) for chairing 🎉
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:01:37
Hmm it is an interesting one, but it did not come too close to DEI Team this time. I'd like to explore more about an APAC regional community though and how DEI could support that. But probably not something for the annual report.
<@bittin:fedora.im>
14:02:11
They are having another GNOME Diversity meeting Online 8th January
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:02:11
Open floor, going once…
<@bittin:fedora.im>
14:02:32
https://discourse.gnome.org/t/diversity-and-inclusion-meeting-announcement/17936/13
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:02:49
!info The GNOME D&I Team will meet next on Monday, 8 January
<@bittin:fedora.im>
14:02:55
They are having another GNOME Diversity meeting Online 8th January at 17:00 UTC
<@riecatnor:fedora.im>
14:02:57
I’m adding a wish for a Happy New Year for everyone on the team 🥳 it’s gonna be great!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:02:57
!link https://discourse.gnome.org/t/diversity-and-inclusion-meeting-announcement/17936/13
<@bittin:fedora.im>
14:03:01
at 17:00 UTC
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:03:21
Yes, happy new year everyone!!
<@ami117:matrix.org>
14:03:25
thanks Luna
<@bittin:fedora.im>
14:03:28
Happy new year
<@bittin:fedora.im>
14:03:29
np
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:03:34
Luna Jernberg: Thanks for the share! Good catch :)
<@jonatoni:fedora.im>
14:03:38
Happy New Year folks 🎉
<@ami117:matrix.org>
14:03:51
Happy CY24 Q1
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:03:54
Open floor, going twice…
<@ami117:matrix.org>
14:03:57
till Q4
<@ami117:matrix.org>
14:03:59
:)
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:04:16
And open floor, going going going gone!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:04:19
Thanks everyone!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:04:25
Have a fantastic rest of your week.
<@ami117:matrix.org>
14:04:29
Thank you
<@zodbot:fedora.im>
14:04:32
jonatoni has already given cookies to jflory7 during the F39 timeframe
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:04:33
See you online in the Fedora-verse!
<@jflory7:fedora.im>
14:04:38
!endmeeting