FY2021 (1 May 2020 - 30 April 2021)

Established the D&I 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 2021 Goals

• Instrument the Apache contributor funnel to establish a participation baseline for underrepresented groups.
• Improve the accessibility of Apache projects by increasing participation of at least one underrepresented group by 20% across all Apache projects.
• Create a toolkit to address the top 3 entry barriers for new contributors from underrepresented 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.

Noteworthy Achievements

• Enhanced the ASF as an Outreachy community
• Hosted 10 Outreachy interns in 8 projects.
• Developed a work structure to ensure continuity of the program and promote the participation of the community. 
• Raised funds from 1 Sponsor organization.
• Worked together with a professional firm experienced in the study of open source communities to identifying influential factors on the contributor experience
  • The survey application was wrapped up with 622 completed responses.
  • Interviewed participants that allowed us to deep dive into findings from the survey.
  • Provided scientifically validated data on the state of D&I in the foundation. Wrote and submitted an academic paper for CSCW (Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing) that was accepted? 
    • Sally: according to Gris's notes you are aware of this report. Do you know if it was accepted, I see that it was pending on publication but can we call this as an achievement or is it still on progress. 

Future Goals

• Improve current work structure to ensure continuity of the Outreachy program. Boost the entry point for underrepresented groups in our community. 
• Standardize a friction log feedback process to identify the main barriers for new contributors from underrepresented groups and Apache contributors to the Outreachy program. 
• Set a two-years cycle for the community survey to keep track of the influential factors on the contributor experience.
• Centralize D&I efforts in Confluence to maximize community outputs. 
• Publish a website to improve the visibility of projects and attract new contributors. 
• Increase the number of contributors by at least 20%.

FY2020

Established the D&I committee

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