[diversity] Experiences from the Django community

Hi Vesna and Leslie,

On 13 Jul 2017, at 16:27, Vesna Manojlovic <BECHA at ripe.net> wrote:
> I think RIPE community can learn a lot form other similar technical communities, such as Django / Python, so it's great that you reached out and shared your experiences & efforts!

Glad to help!

> This topic is very interesting, I saw several such presentations on-line, and I would love it if you can submit your talk to the PC of RIPE meetings.

That sounds interesting. There are a few questions, but I’ll take
those offline.

> Done!
> (I copied the graph from the previous/orignal article by Shane)

Thanks!

On 13 Jul 2017, at 17:24, Leslie <geekgirl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you seen RIPE's Code of Conduct? I'm very proud that we print it
> on our badges! https://ripe74.ripe.net/on-site/code-of-conduct/ We
> also have one for the mailing lists -
> https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/ripe-mailing-list-ripe-forum-code-of-conduct

Yes, I think it’s a great step. I feel like there may be room for 
improvement, but I don’t have coherent thoughts on that right now.
But this is already a great start.

> Thanks! We are definitely looking into childcare for RIPE76 to see how
> that works.  We're also hoping to start a mentor program for new
> folks, and I know that we could use help with that, if you're up for
> it!

A mentor program could probably be helpful, particularly as people from
marginalised groups can more often feel less confident about their 
speaking abilities, or whether what they have to say is interesting.
Mentoring can help them get over that barrier.

I haven’t run any mentoring programs myself, so I’m not sure how much
I could directly contribute. My friend Anna Ossowski did recently do
a talk on mentoring that could be helpful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msMp8a0Dv3Q

> I would be interested! Is that a talk you might be interested in
> giving at RIPE, about your experience with Django and how it might
> apply to other communities? (Putting on my programme committee hat)

I’m generally interested, but let’s take this one offline.

Erik