FY2022 (1 May 2021 - 7 December 2022)

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 2022 Goals

• Improve current work structure to ensure continuity of the Outreachy program. Boost the entry point for underrepresented groups in our community. 
• Set a two-years cycle process for the survey to keep track of the influential factors on the contributor experience.
• Act on the findings and recommendations from the research done in FY2021. Deal with some of the most common barriers to contribution that were previously identified from underrepresented groups.
• Centralize D&I efforts in Confluence to maximize community outputs. 

Noteworthy Achievements

• Enhanced our position as an Outreachy community
• Participated in 3 Outreachy rounds.
• Hosted 8 new Outreachy interns in 8 projects.
• Research on the current status of Diversity and Inclusion at the ASF
  • We partnered with Bitergia to execute the a second iteration of the project "Community Survey and User Experience Research"
  • The second iteration of the ASF Community survey was launched on August 2022 and closed on September 2022 with 697 responses.
  • We are currently scientifically analysing the new data obtained from the last survey to contrast with the prior data obtained on the Community survey of 2020.  Our goal is to produce a report with D&I trends and updated recommendations. We are planning to share our first draft during January 2023. 
  • As a follow up action of the first iteration of the project "Community Survey and User Experience Research", we have also worked on an improvement initiative. Our goal is create a dashboard that could be used by any PCM in the community to create awareness on D&I aspects. We are currently working on the design with the proactive and valuable support and feedback of the Apache Beam PMC. 

Future Goals

• Ensure the continuity of our participation in the Outreachy program and overcome the current financial situation affecting to the tech industry in general. 
• Finalise the second round of the "Community Survey and User Experience Research" project with the following outcomes:
  • Better understanding of the influential factors on the contributor experience and identified D&I barriers.  
  • Create awareness on our PMCs by giving them a dashboard tool to analyse influential factors on the contribution experience.
  • A report with comparative data from both iterations of the program, 2020 and 2022.

FY2022 QU1 (1 May -31 July 2021)

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