10 April 2024
Attendees: Carol Payne, Kaitlin Pollock, JT Nelson, Jennifer Cremer, Bill Ballew, Nuwan Jayawardene, Tracy Priest, Karen Ruggles, John Mertic, Emily Olin
Updates:
- None of note
Agenda:
SLP Update
- Volunteer Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVt4IDJNvdObrOTG3fULwcezkRUFrXNvSdDSNtC6pA3pNIkw/viewform?usp=sf_link
- Volunteer to be an App Reviewers!! The SLP applications close today so we will be looking to review applications starting Saturday April 13 through Monday April 22 (9 day span) and should take about 3 hours which can be done in small chunks or in one block.
- Volunteer to be a mentor (less pressing than App Reviewer). Please share in your org and send an email today to encourage someone that they would be great as a mentor. Here’s an email template: https://wiki.aswf.io/display/DIWG/Call+for+Volunteers+Email+Template
TAC Diversity Initiative - John Mertic
- Overview:
- 2 main governing bodies Governing Board and Technical Advisory Council
- Org is not top down, but bottom up… so where does DEI fit?
- Succession Plan, Rotating Reps
- Possibility that TAC is treated in in two sections – merit and company
- Company involvement lacking?
- Possibility for D&I members to attend the TAC meeting to be a rep for how D&I can push through their initiatives
- TSC chair coming at our next meeting
- After that meeting, our group can help construct some goals and timelines for initiatives