In an effort to assert and facilitate the incorporation of diversity policies
into its overall strategy, the Board of Directors of the
OpenStackOpenInfra
Foundation ("Board") is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming place
for all people to collaborate and drive innovation and design cutting-edge data
center capabilities that provide solutions for our most pressing challenges.
This working group
will sponsor and createsponsors and creates
programs that encourage diversity and inclusion by identifying and removing the
barriers that keep us from having a diverse, thriving community.
The programs recommended by this working group
will apply to the Board, OpenStack Open Infrastructure Foundation, Technical Committee, PTLs, Developers and the entire OpenStack Communityapply to the board of directors, foundation members, project leaders, contributors, and their associated communities.
Each program
will havehas
specific success metrics and the working group
will provideprovides
regular updates on all programs to the Board as well as the Community.
The diversity working group, like other Board committees,
will beis
supervised by the Board who
will havehas
authority to approve its proposals.
The Board may choose to exercise such authority by setting guidelines for the scope and implementation of such programs.
The working group
will reviewreviews
existing Foundation programs and policies on a regular basis to evaluate their performance and effectiveness.
The working group
will collaboratecollaborates
with
the TC, User committee and the BoDProject Leadership and the Board
to ensure that all programs are meeting their diversity and inclusion goals.
Diversity is defined as all the ways people differ from one another including race, color, religion, gender identity and expression, national origin, language, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation and other aspects. This includes elements such as personal background, experiences, education, thinking processes, approaches to problem solving and experiences. The differences range from subtle nuances to very clear points of difference--this is the nature of diversity.