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17 Jan 2023 

## Description:

- The Diversity and Inclusion VP works in collaboration with a team that contributes towards generating a current description of the D&I landscape in the industry and for the foundation. The team also focuses on developing resources the projects can leverage to increase diversity and inclusion in their communities.

## Issues:

• Multiple discussion have been opened to address the this question: ASF appropriating Indigenous culture? [3] [4]
• This is a recurrent topic that comes from time to time and we will have the opportunity to discuss during the next board meeting. Some points I would like to bring for discussion:

1. Brand management: did we committed a cultural appropriation when we decided to use the name and brand "Apache"? 
2. Marketing and publicity: are we respectful in our communication while using the name "Apache"?
3. Diversity and inclusion: which measures are we putting in place to avoid cultural appropriation (researched the culture, define and avoid stereotypes, promote the diversity and inclusion of that community, engage and share benefits, etc.)?
4. Legal: this is a brand, did we follow the corresponding procedures?
5. Public relations: our image and reputation?

## Activity:

*** Project: Internships for underrepresented groups (Outreachy) ***

• Outreachy December 2022 - March 2023 in progress. You can find the details of our Outreachy inter here [1].  
• Project: "SOLR-11872 Refactor test infra to work with a managed SolrClient; ditch TestHarness" [2]
• May-August 2023 round is open. Outreachy is calling for open source communities and mentors. Feb. 6, 2023 at 4pm UTC is the deadline for submitting an initial application. Applicants will be notified of their initial application status on March 6, 2023.

*** Project: User Experience Research on new contributors ***

• Bitergia submitted draft of the user experience research report based on the data collected with the D&I survey. It is currently under internal review before sharing it with the community to confirm the approach is correct and avoid misunderstandings.
• Bitergia and Kenn (Apache Beam) continue working on the dashboard. 

*** Operations

• no news.

## Committee members' changes:

• no news. 

## References

[1] https://www.outreachy.org/alums/2022-12/

[2] https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2022-internship-round/communities/asf/solr-11872-refactor-test-infra-to-work-with-a-mana/cfp/

[3] https://blog.nativesintech.org/apache-appropriation/

[4] https://www.endasfmascotry.com/

21 Sep 2022 

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