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Creating male allies without scaring them off
by Amanda Gowland 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

Hi all, I just finished this article and thought I'd post to the list - it's about how men can be allies to women confronted with sexual harassment: "So, where do we go from here? After decades of accepting sexual harassment as the status quo, we have to take some of the weight off women’s shoulders. It’s simply not their responsibility alone to talk about and enforce workplace equality. We must call out the sexist behaviors of other men because it’s wrong and because it undermines women’s confidence and effectiveness in the workplace." https://hbr.org/2018/01/getting-men-to-speak-up Warm regards, Amanda

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WebEx meeting invitation: Thursday, December 21, 2017, 11:00 am (GMT+1)
by Vesna Manojlovic 21 Dec '17

21 Dec '17

Hi all, confirming the meeting; here is the very general agenda: - going through the actions list https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/tf/ripe-diversity-task-force/ripe-div… - new actions - new meeting: date, topics See you online! Thanks, Vesna https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/tf/ripe-diversity-task-force http://etherpad.tools.ietf.org:9000/p/ripe-diversity-tf-2017 -------- Forwarded Message -------- *Diversity TF* Thursday, December 21, 2017 11:00 am | Europe Time (Amsterdam, GMT+01:00) | 1 hr Meeting number (access code): 704 811 832 Meeting password: sDW7pcWa When it's time, join the meeting <https://ripencc.webex.com/ripencc/j.php?MTID=me3bcf4665b82fe77415fb134757d6…>. *Join by phone* *0800-051-3810* Call-in toll-free number (UK) *+44-203-478-5289* Call-in toll number (UK) Global call-in numbers <https://ripencc.webex.com/ripencc/globalcallin.php?serviceType=MC&ED=584497…> | Toll-free calling restrictions <https://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf> IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that this WebEx service allows audio and other information sent during the session to be recorded, which may be discoverable in a legal matter. By joining this session, you automatically consent to such recordings. If you do not consent to being recorded, discuss your concerns with the host or do not join the session.

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Notes from a short informal brainstorm today in NCC's office
by Vesna Manojlovic 08 Dec '17

08 Dec '17

Hi task-force, we had a short meeting today, since Shane was visiting RIPE NCC offices. Amanda, Mirjam & Vesna were the other participants. We talked about: * actions from the previous meeting: mostly done, mostly by Amanda. * plans for the next "women in tech" lunch at RIPE76: since it was a success, we now need to have: more space, more speakers, more sponsors. there is progress on all these aspects, but still work to be done. * most of the time we've spent planning on how to tackle the challenges of increasing the involvement of the local communities. We identified organisations & individuals we can approach to help us; and next concrete task is to draft a message to send to them, on _how_ can they take part, and why... work in progress. * an open question is: shall we have a French-speaking BoF session? Any volunteers to organise it, facilitate & moderate it? Knowledge of French language is a must! * finally, let's have an on-line meeting: 21st December, Thursday, 11AM Amsterdam time. I'll send the details once we set up the WebEx "room". Then we can produce the "official" notes with "official" participants. If this is not a good time & no-one shows up, we'll try again in January 2018. Vesna

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Women in Internet of Things
by Vesna Manojlovic 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

Dear all, one of the 2 female speakers at this conference invited me to promote the event in order to achieve a greater gender balance. They are still looking for (female) speakers, and audience. It's about LoRaWAN & Internet of Things... 1-3. February 2018, Amsterdam https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/conference/ Anyone interested? Please spread the word :) Regards, Vesna

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Draft minutes - Diversity TF Meeting - 23 October
by Amanda Gowland 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hi all, Please find below the draft minutes from our most recent meeting. Please let me know if you have any comments/changes, etc. Warm regards, Amanda ---- RIPE Diversity Task Force Minutes - Monday, 23 October 2017, 18:00-19:00 Attendees: Dhenesh Bhabuta (UKNOF/DNS-OARC), Shane Kerr (Oracle / Dyn), Mirjam Kühne (RIPE NCC), Malcolm Hutty (Linx), Axel Pawlik (RIPE NCC), Brian Nisbet (HEAnet), Amanda Gowland (RIPE NCC), Gergana Petrova (RIPE NCC), Jelte Jansen (SIDN), Rob Evans (Jisc), Hans Petter Holen (RIPE Chair), Salam Yamout (RIPE NCC Executive Board Member) ----------- Agenda ----------- - Agenda bashing - Finalising charter - How to define members - Data gathering / metrics - Child care for RIPE 76 - New action items - Next steps, next meeting ---------------------- Agenda bashing ---------------------- Mirjam went over the agenda and asked if anyone had any changes. There were none. ----------------------- Finalising charter ----------------------- The draft charter was reviewed by those present. There was a discussion about a request on the mailing list to remove the word "marginalised". There was agreement that the intention of this word wasn't to claim that the RIPE community was marginalising groups but that there were groups that tended to be marginalised in society, period. There wasn't a strong argument for keeping the word in though and losing it didn't weaken the charter. The consensus was to remove "marginalsed from the text". The group then discussed listing all of the groups that we seek to include in the RIPE community. There was a comment during the BoF that we shouldn't list these groups. Brian explained that listing them was intentional and this was advised from the expert advice received during the workshop in Madrid. The group agreed to add a full stop after "everyone" and then to list the groups as a separate paragraph. ACTION: Update the charter on the website [Amanda] There was a discussion about what needed to happen to have the charter approved. The procedure as far as the group had understood was that the charter needed to be approved by the RIPE Chair during the plenary after he asked if anyone had any objections. ACTION: Include updated charter in Hans Petter's closing plenary slides [Amanda] -------------------------------------------- Definition of who is a TF Member -------------------------------------------- There was a discussion about what makes someone a member of the task force. Is it subscribing to the mailing list? Attending a meeting? There were many people on the mailing list, several who have commented over the past few months and a handful that have dialled in to meetings. Amanda commented that a member should be defined as someone that volunteers to do work and follows through on actions assigned, otherwise the member list is very long. There was consensus on this definition and a discussion on emphasising that membership is open for anyone to join at any time. Malcolm mentioned that maybe the text on the website should say that the goal of the TF is to make recommendations, not increase diversity. Shane replied that the TF was doing work to actually increase diversity though, not just listing suggestions. There was a discussion about the need to clarify the difference between Trusted Contacts at the RIPE Meetings and the Diversity Task Force. RIPE Meeting attendees should understand the different scopes of the two groups. There was a discussion about having RIPE NCC staff active in the TF. Jelte commented that he could see in some cases having RIPE NCC employees active in a TF could be a conflict of interest but didn't see that in this case. Malcom commented that if the scope or discussion becomes dominated by RIPE NCC staff TF members there could be an issue that it wasn't the case now. There was a question about whether the TF needed a chair. Shane commented that, in principle, there is usually a chair for a TF because someone needs to declare consensus. The group discussed the merits of having a chair and agreed to try a chair-less TF and reevaluate down the road. Gergana suggested that if the TF needed a chair, maybe having more than one chair to share the work. -------------------------- Actions in progress -------------------------- -Data gathering- Shane gave an update during the TF update lightning talk during the plenary: https://ripe75.ripe.net/presentations/41-Diversity-TF-Report-RIPE75.pdf Amanda updated the group on the opt-in gender question linked to the RIPE 75 registration form: there were 54 responses (70% male, 22% female, 8% third/binary and 2% preferred not to say). Amanda explained that because of the DTCM requirements, the meeting organisation team asked to have the question at the bottom of the survey. The group discussed the concern raised on the mailing list about being identified through Survey Monkey. Amanda explained that Survey Monkey's security policy was reviewed by the RIPE NCC's Information Security Officer and their legal department and discussed with the software department. The consensus was that it would be extremely difficult to trace responses back to an individual. There was an agreement to continue collecting gender data anonymously via Survey Monkey. Shane commented that his metrics determined that about 19% of attendees were women so this also correlates with the Survey Monkey results. He added that he validated this against IETF data and is optimistic that the numbers aren't too far off, observing a slow general trend that more women are coming to the meeting. Mirjam mentioned that other RIRs are interested in collaborating on collecting gender metrics. Shane added that he had data from APNIC but they stopped collecting gender metrics a couple years ago it seems. Someone mentioned that there was a huge discussion about diversity at the IETF and a diversity design team was set up a few years ago but it seems to have fizzled out. Shane added that he would go back to the IETF about what they're doing with gender metrics going forward. The TF discussed what the next steps would be. Brian said that he would be looking into regional participation and getting a better view on this. Shane mentioned that he could look at the metrics for this as well. It is not out of scope for this TF to look at proposals to relieve financial barriers to participation. Malcolm added that statistics on regional participation might not reflect factors like transport routes and the price of them. Amanda commented that the process for selecting a host city is quite detailed and that there were a lot of considerations - this information is on the website here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-meeting-locati… Mirjam commented on the need to strengthen links with NOGs as part of the work to increase diversity. Shane added that he has all of the gender metrics on a GitHub repository so anyone can have access to it. Brian suggested maybe bringing in an external researcher (maybe via RACI) to dig into metrics further. Mirjam emphasised the need to find more diverse presenters and reach out to local communities in advance of a meeting. -------------------- Onsite Childcare -------------------- Amanda gave an update on the research so far for options for RIPE 76. There is one childcare provider that offers onsite care with insured, certified caregivers. The RIPE NCC would need to find an appropriate location and supply activities and food. She explained that every meeting will be different. She said that the next thing to figure out is what the take up would be and how old the children would be because babies have different requirements than older children. Malcolm suggested making an estimated budget for five days of care and that the RIPE NCC cover this as a trial and then report back to the community to see if this is something they would support going forward. Amanda suggested adding this as a question to the RIPE 75 Feedback Survey, adding it into the slides for Hans Petter during the closing plenary and then writing an article for RIPE Labs. There was consensus on this way forward. -------------------------- New action points -------------------------- - Reaching out to local communities for RIPE 76 (AfNIC, France-IX, local hackerspaces) and RIPE 77 Shane volunteered to get the ball rolling here ACTION: Reach out to local tech communities in France/Marseille [Shane] - Regional participation- Salam mentioned that she was speaking with Hisham Ibrahim (RIPE NCC, Dubai office) about ways to bring people together remotely to participate in RIPE Meetings. She said it can be difficult for non-native English speakers to follow presentations and contribute so maybe having meet-ups with a local language moderator would help. She added that this could be done in collaboration with ISOC chapters. ACTION: Investigate remote meet-ups for RIPE 76 [Mirjam and Salam] - Mentoring - Amanda mentioned that Donal and Aaron were discussing mentoring but there's been no update on progress. Amanda said she'd catch up with Aaron to see if there's been any developments. - Women in Tech Lunch - Amanda gave an update on the Women in Tech Lunch. It was a huge success with every seat filled and an engaged audience. There were many positive comments afterwards and interest to continue this for future meetings. Brian expressed worry that there were no action points following the meeting. Amanda said that just having it in the meeting and giving it a platform should be seen as a success. The fact that so many men showed up and contributed to the discussion was a success. Jelte mentioned that he would love to see more women volunteering for the RIPE PC. Brian agreed but said it's not within the scope of the RIPE Diversity TF to intervene in the PC composition. Hans Petter asked about the procedure for the appointed seats for ENOG/MENOG and the RIPE WG Chairs on the RIPE PC and if there was a term. Someone said it was up to the local communities, i.e. theENOG and SEE communities to appoint a PC member for the RIPE PC and thatthe RIPE PC (or the diversity TF for that matter) should not interfere with this process. - Next TF Meeting - Mirjam mentioned that the next meeting would likely be in December. ACTION: Organising next TF meeting [Vesna] AOB - Jelte wanted confirmation that the CoC applied to mailing list and Brian confirmed this was the case. Action summary: ACTION: Update the charter on the website [Amanda] - DONE ACTION: Include updated charter in Hans Petter's closing plenary slides [Amanda] - DONE ACTION: Add on-site childcare question to RIPE 75 Feedback Survey [Amanda] - DONE ACTION: Write RIPE Labs article on diversity efforts at RIPE 75 [Amanda] - In progress ACTION: Reaching out to local tech communities in France/Marseille [Shane] ACTION: Investigate remote meet-ups for RIPE 76 [Mirjam and Salam] ACTION: Organise next TF meeting [Vesna] Ongoing actions: Investigate on-site childcare for RIPE 76 [Amanda] Metrics gathering [Shane] Mentoring [Donal]

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Outreach to local communities for RIPE 76
by Shane Kerr 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

Hello, One of the things that we wanted to do to increase diversity was to reach out early to communities near where the meeting is being held. We didn't do that for RIPE 75, but no matter, RIPE 76 is coming up and we have time! Does anybody have suggestions about how we do this? We might consider: * Local universities * Regional IXP * Regional NOG * Local hacker spaces * Programmer clubs & groups I don't know any of these in Marseilles, but maybe someone on the list does? Cheers, -- Shane

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Public Comment period on ICANN's CCWG-Accountability Work Stream 2 draft recommendations to Improve Diversity
by Leo Vegoda 27 Oct '17

27 Oct '17

Hi, People on this list might be interested in a Public Comment period that was started yesterday on the CCWG-Accountability Work Stream 2 Draft Recommendations to Improve ICAN's Diversity. To give some background for people not familiar with this group. It is the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability. It was established as a part of the work related to the IANA Stewardship Transition and Work Stream 2 "focuses on addressing accountability topics for which a timeline for developing solutions and full implementation may extend beyond the IANA Stewardship Transition." More information is available on its wiki page: https://community.icann.org/display/WEIA/WS2+-+Enhancing+ICANN+Accountabilit y+Home The Public Comment period has a page providing background and documents at: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/accountability-diversity-2017-10-26-en This document could be an interesting read for people in this group. While the document is about 30 pages, the recommendations are presented in two pages at the start. Kind regards, Leo

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"Techies" : storytelling about underrepresented tech employees in Silicon Valley
by Vesna Manojlovic 27 Oct '17

27 Oct '17

Here is a nice find (I saw it before, but I forgot; I think it's relevant to repeat) http://www.techiesproject.com "Techies is a photo project focused on sharing stories of tech employees in Silicon Valley. The project covers subjects who tend to be underrepresented in the greater tech narrative. This includes (but is not limited to) women, people of color, folks over 50, LGBT, working parents, disabled, etc. We believe storytelling is a powerful tool for social impact and positive change." https://www.fastcompany.com/3058519/100-portraits-that-tell-the-stories-of-… https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/04/techies-photography-proj… Vesna

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Updates to the charter
by Amanda Gowland 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Hi everyone, I've made some changes to the charter wording as discussed and agreed yesterday during our meeting: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/tf/ripe-diversity-task-force/ Can I also suggest that, in the light of inclusion, we shift our meeting minutes from Etherpad to the RIPE website as well (as child pages underneath the main TF page?). I think for transparency and ease of use, it makes more sense to have our minutes and actions on the website. I don't mind tidying them up and making the pages. What do you think? Amanda

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Fwd: RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund - Call for applications is now open!
by Vesna Manojlovic 23 Oct '17

23 Oct '17

Just in case you missed it on the "announcements" list... It might be worth applying for some funding for your projects that are aiming to increase the diversity... .. or forward this to someone who is working on such a project! Direct link: https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/application-for-good-of-the-internet-fundi… "Share & Enjoy" Vesna -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund - Call for applications is now open! Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 18:32:00 +0400 From: projectsfund(a)ripe.net To: ncc-announce(a)ripe.net Hello, For more than 25 years, the RIPE NCC has been supporting activities and projects for the “Good of the Internet”. Community-driven, non-commercial work has been fundamental to the success of the Internet from its earliest days, and continues to play an important role in making the Internet resilient, secure and accessible for everyone. Under the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund, the RIPE NCC will provide up to EUR 250,000 per year to support projects of value to the operation and resilience of the Internet, with a focus on tools and services benefitting the technical community in the Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. Apply now to get your project funded! If you or your organisation is working on a new or existing project that fits the criteria below, and need some financial support to get it off the ground or keep it going, we want to hear from you! Is your project of benefit to the Internet, particularly the RIPE community? Is your project non-commercial in nature? Do you have a clear project plan and timeline? A couple of things to keep in mind: Funding may be used to purchase equipment, but this cannot be the sole expenditure Funding cannot be used for humanitarian aid, donations, or to encourage political reform Funding cannot be used to provide scholarships or cover tuition fees Funding cannot be used to support any form of commercial activity See the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund website for more details! https://www.ripe.net/community-projects-fund Kind Regards Alastair Strachan RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Coordinator

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