03 Apr 2024 - Diversity Equity & Inclusion Special Interest Group Meeting

[PaulaPaul]

Date

20240403 - 12:00pm EST / 5pm GMT

Attendees

• Comment on this issue with the following information
  • Fullname, Affiliation, (optional) GitHub username
• Those unable to add a comment on the GitHub issue can be listed below for meeting minutes
  • ...

Meeting notices

• FINOS Project leads are responsible for observing the FINOS guidelines for running project meetings. Project maintainers can find additional resources in the FINOS Maintainers Cheatsheet.

• All participants in FINOS project meetings are subject to the LF Antitrust Policy, the FINOS Community Code of Conduct and all other FINOS policies.

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• FINOS project meetings may be recorded for use solely by the FINOS team for administration purposes. In very limited instances, and with explicit approval, recordings may be made more widely available.

Agenda

• Convene & roll call (5mins)
• Display FINOS Antitrust Policy summary slide
• Review Meeting Notices (see above)
• Approve past meeting minutes ( 03/06/2024 - Diversity Equity & Inclusion Special Interest Group Meeting #34 )
• Update on Co-Chairs - Rita and Rimma @Perelmuter https://github.com/orgs/finos/projects/94
• Community Updates
  • Grace Hopper Celebration Updates - @PaulaPaul
    • Abstracts have been submitted for Open Source Day, and for a Panel Session! Thank you Rimma and Lise! ( Call for Projects/Proposals - Grace Hopper Celebration, and Open Source Day 2024 #31)
    • DEI SIG Options for FINOS presence at GHC - Help Wanted ( Decide / establish FINOS presence at GHC #41 )
      • Ask member companies to allow for FINOS presence and swag in their GHC booths
      • Is there a member company with a large office in Philadelphia that could be used for a FINOS BBM / Ambassador event?
        • Share the $19,000 sponsorship for a 'Sponsor Hosted Event Listing' among member companies participating in GHC
        • Benefits include: Sponsor Hosted Event listed in GHC Agenda featuring Sponsor name and logo, event title, time, date, detailed description of event, including how to attend/RSVP, and transportation to event and 1 Lead Retrieval License to collect attendee data at Sponsor Hosted Event
  • GAAD and Microsite Update - Paula - Help Wanted ( Launch DEI SIG Microsite - leveraging A11y Theme Builder #43 )
  • OSFF session update - James ( [COMMUNITY] Abstract and presentation for FINOS OSFF, London #35 )
• DEI Metrics and Call for Maintainers -
  • Metrics and best practices with CHAOSS (DEI Badging), LF "All In" projects (need volunteers) Establish Tracking for Open Source DEI metrics in FINOS projects and produce a year over year impact report #33
  • Engaging Member DEI experts to collect best practices (need volunteers) Engage DEI experts from member companies and collect best practices (for microsite) #44
  • DEI SIG - Call for (GitHub) Maintainers Call for DEI SIG GitHub repository/project maintainers #46
  • Request for a 2024 BBM schedule of events: Create a straw man and vision (possibly) schedule for 2024 DEI-SIG events #39 , Create a schedule for general DEI events, non-BBM #40
• AOB, Q&A & Adjourn (5mins)

Decisions Made

• Sergio and Paula - co chairs

Action Items

• @PaulaPaul to follow up on issue to engage FINOS projects for OSD
• @Perelmuter to confirm if LF will have a booth we can co-locate with, and engage AI Readiness SIG
• ...

Meeting Info

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94969868675
Meeting ID: 949 6986 8675
Passcode: 184472

For more information or to contact the group email:
diversity-inclusion-committee@finos.org

Resources:
DEI SIG Github repo

[eteridvalishvili]

Eteri / FINOS

[Perelmuter]

Rimma - FINOS

[PaulaPaul]

Paula Paul - Greyshore (@PaulaPaul)

[mcleo-d]

James McLeod / Lee-Ann Sansom from NatWest Group

[mimiflynn]

Mimi Flynn / Morgan Stanley

[ritachaturvedi]

Rita CHATURVEDI Morgan Stanley

[PaulaPaul]

Approved during May 1 SIG call

[PaulaPaul]

Issue closed post review on the May SIG call