Thanks Bryce,
There are a lot of ways to slice diversity, the one that is the most problematic for the board is that it's 100% male. This makes me uneasy and I think we should consider how we might try and change it.
Bryce has said we can expand the number of board members.
I mentioned in the hackfest that I'd also be willing to step down from the board to free up a slot to improve the diversity.
Of course this depends on having people who we can recruit, we might consider for example opening up a number of board positions that are reserved for women, if in the event we can't find anyone who could stand for election right now this would give us future options to host an election more quickly to fill them as people became available.
I'd love to heard more people's thoughts on this.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
On Sat, 2020-07-11 at 19:18 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
At the meeting today, Martin raised a point about improving the diversity of the board. Since we did not have full attendance I took the action to start a thread on the mailing list, so we can all discuss it prior to making any tangible proposals.
Hopefully a recording of today's meeting is captured and available somewhere for Josh and Ted to review.
The two points that would need worked out is first identifying a plan for recruiting for the diversity we wish to gain, and second making room on the board for new members. Let's hear everyone's thoughts and opinions on both matters.
Bryce
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