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Established the D&I committe

Values 

Goals 

Activities 

Impact

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committee

The D&I committee was established in 2019 in order to build equity in our community by developing tools and frameworks to foster inclusion and increase diversity in all phases of Apache projects. The committee selected the following values as the foundation of their work: Respect, empathy, openness, patience, candor & dependability

Goals 

FY 2020 Goals

• Gather scientific data to understand the current status of Diversity and Inclusion at the ASF
• Raise awareness in our community about the importance of Diversity & Inclusion in the open source world
• Have a measurable list of key indicators to track over time

Noteworthy Achievements

• Hired a professional firm experienced in the study of open source communities 
• Redesigned the Community Survey 
• Analyzed influential factors on the contributor experience
• Designed a contributor experience interview to deep dive on findings from the survey
• Established the ASF as an Outreachy community
• Hosted 4 Outreachy interns in 3 projects
• Raised funds from 2 Sponsor organizations 
• Delivered three talks on the status of D&I at the ASF

Future Goals

• Instrument the Apache contributor funnel to establish a participation baseline for underrepresented groups
• Create a toolkit to address the top 3 entry barriers for new contributors from under represented groups
• Be the trusted, go-to partner for PMCs when it comes to D&I
• Have committer on-boarding and retention plans, built with and shared with the PMCs
• Improve the accessibility of Apache projects by increasing participation of at least one underrepresented group by 20% across all Apache projects