Fwd: PgUS Diversity Initiatives Questionnaire

Hello!

I wanted to reach out as the creator of this form and provide some
additional context.

The perspective of needing to listen right now, rather than share, is
indeed important; however, the point of collecting responses for this
questionnaire is to be aware of ALL perspectives and viewpoints. Every
person's ideas are valuable and each contribution is helping us to create
the foundation for our Diversity committee, and hopefully provide aid and
resources to many others. We simply cannot create the basis for real change
based off the opinions of those currently on the Committee due to the
limited number of members we have; it is important we collect input from
all people in open source communities (even those outside of them!) in
order to ensure we're creating balanced and well intentioned, well built
foundations.

Please, if you have any thoughts on any of the questions within the form,
take a moment to share. It is not a requirement to fill out all of the
questions, only as many as you feel called to respond to. If you know
others that would have valuable insights, please forward the questionnaire
to them or let the Diversity Committee know who would be worth reaching out
to (individuals, communities, etc) through the last questions on the form.
It's time for us on the Diversity Committee to listen. Please help give us
something to listen to. :-)

Have a wonderful week, and thank you for your consideration!

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*From: *Lætitia Avrot <laetitia(dot)avrot(at)gmail(dot)com>
*Subject: **Re: PgUS Diversity Initiatives Questionnaire*
*Date: *August 5, 2020 at 12:33:08 AM PDT
*To: *Stacey Haysler <shayslerpgx(at)gmail(dot)com>
*Cc: *pgsql-women(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org

Hi Stacey,

Thank you for this form.
I'm sorry that I have to admit I don't know how to help. I do think it
would be great to match the diversity in the planet in our community, but I
also think that as a white woman, I need to stop talking on the subject and
begin to listen.

So, anyone out there if you have any idea how to help, please, fill in this
form.

Have a nice day,

Lætitia

Le ven. 31 juil. 2020 à 07:51, Stacey Haysler <shayslerpgx(at)gmail(dot)com> a
écrit :

> The PgUS Diversity Committee has compiled a Diversity Initiatives
> questionnaire to gather ideas from a variety of backgrounds and
> perspectives across open source technology communities. These ideas will
> form the basis for real change in the United States PostgreSQL
> Association's Diversity Committee, and will aid in providing resources for
> other organizations to rebuild and recreate their own communities that both
> uplift and are uplifted by diversity.
>
> The questionnaire can be found at:
>
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oX59RNtG6lMOqm893LquxtkzEKXu25OtfNj5hR5-GV4
>
> Your contribution of thoughts, knowledge, and time to this project through
> responding to these questions is valuable, and much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Stacey
>
> Stacey Haysler
> President, U.S. PostgreSQL Association
> Call Me: Stacey
> Pronouns: She/Her
>
>

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