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We are looking for the *diverse* selection committee persons for the RIPE NCC "Community Projects Fund"
by Vesna Manojlovic 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

Dear all, RIPE NCC is financially supporting (mostly) FLOSS projects every year: https://ripe.net/cpf Who gets the funding is decided by the volunteers from the RIPE community, who form the selection committee. Each member has committed to serving a minimum term of one year (and a maximum of three) to ensure continuity. **Call for Selection Committee Members 2021** https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/selection-committee Do you have a keen eye for emerging talents and innovative ideas? Would you like to shape the development of projects that will help the technical community? We are currently looking to fill two open slots on the selection committee. Committee members will need to serve terms of between one to three years and review applications from early August until late October of each year of their term. If you are interested in volunteering your time to serve on the selection committee, please submit your application before 31 March 2021. Successful applicants will be notified by the end of April. https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/ripe-ncc-community-projects-fu… So please consider applying yourself -- and spread this call to the people both inside & OUTSIDE of the RIPE community!! Thank you, Vesna

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Tonight at 20:20 , at Remote CCC: Diversity talk
by Vesna Manojlovic 29 Dec '20

29 Dec '20

Dear all, a talk that might interest you: Hacking Diversity: The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures Dec. 29, 2020, 8:20 p.m. - Dec. 29, 2020, 9:20 p.m. https://rc3.world/rc3/event/rc3-11569-hacking_diversity_the_politics_of_inc… A firsthand look at efforts to improve diversity in software and hackerspace communities Hacking, as a mode of technical and cultural production, is commonly celebrated for its extraordinary freedoms of creation and circulation. Yet surprisingly few women participate in it: rates of involvement by technologically skilled women are drastically lower in hacking communities than in industry and academia. Hacking Diversity investigates the activists engaged in free and open-source software to understand why, despite their efforts, they fail to achieve the diversity that their ideals support. Christina Dunbar-Hester shows that within this well-meaning volunteer world, beyond the sway of human resource departments and equal opportunity legislation, members of underrepresented groups face unique challenges. She brings together more than five years of firsthand research: attending software conferences and training events, working on message boards and listservs, and frequenting North American hackerspaces. She explores who participates in voluntaristic technology cultures, to what ends, and with what consequences. Digging deep into the fundamental assumptions underpinning STEM-oriented societies, Dunbar-Hester demonstrates that while the preferred solutions of tech enthusiasts—their “hacks” of projects and cultures—can ameliorate some of the “bugs” within their own communities, these methods come up short for issues of unequal social and economic power. Distributing “diversity” in technical production is not equal to generating justice. Hacking Diversity reframes questions of diversity advocacy to consider what interventions might appropriately broaden inclusion and participation in the hacking world and beyond. You can follow it at media.ccc.de (https://streaming.media.ccc.de/rc3/two)

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Fwd: Code of Conduct workshop schedule
by Vesna Manojlovic 20 Oct '20

20 Oct '20

FYI -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Code of Conduct workshop schedule From: Otter Tech <sharp(a)otter.technology> The Code of Conduct enforcement workshop schedule is now available. Workshops run monthly on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm Pacific U.S. time. https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/ The workshop is perfect for Code of Conduct committee members who evaluate reports, volunteers who receive reports, or executives and board members who handle report escalations. If you have a Code of Conduct, *it's essential that you practice enforcing a Code of Conduct*. Workshop Content The 4 hour workshop includes: * Practice taking a report of a Code of Conduct violation * How to decide consequences for inappropriate behavior * Practice following up with the reported person * One practice scenario for a report given at an online event * One practice scenario for a report given in an online community * Discussion on bias, intent, and microaggressions * Discussion on personal conflicts, false reporting, and power dynamics * 40 minutes total of Q&A time Registration for the workshop is $350 USD per person. That's a great price for *four hours of practice with a Code of Conduct expert!* Practicing these skills is essential to ensure the safety of your event attendees and community. This workshop will help you practice enforcing a Code of Conduct in a safe and supportive environment. Don't wait until you're in the middle of an urgent report to seek help! Registration is open for: * Oct 24, 2020 - Saturday, 9am to 1pm PDT * Nov 14, 2020 - Saturday, 9am to 1pm PST * Dec 5, 2020 - Saturday, 9am to 1pm PST * Jan 16, 2021 - Saturday, 9am to 1pm PST * Feb 6, 2021 - Saturday, 9am to 1pm PST * Mar 6, 2021 - Saturday, 9am to 1pm PST * Apr 10, 2021 - Saturday, 9am to 1pm PDT Sign up today! https://otter.technology

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Events this week
by Vesna Manojlovic 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

Some interesting events: https://www.euro-ix.net/en/events/virtual-events/lets-talk-lets-act/ Inclusivity: Women in Networking 8 October/ 12:00 - 13:00 UTC Are you looking for ways in which you could be more inclusive to women in networking? Join us in the second Let's Talk, Let's Act series and hear from women leaders at IXPs, who will be sharing their experiences and tips we can all take on board and act upon. We'll be asking questions like, "what skills and resources have you used to help others progress?”, "What advice would you give young women coming into this industry?”, “Why is diversity beneficial?" Don't miss out on this exciting discussion and register now! & ITU: CyberDrill Global Webinar: Empowering Women in Cybersecurity https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Cybersecurity/Pages/CyberDrill-2020-Empowering… right *now* ; this is "documentation" https://app.mural.co/t/engagingwomenincyberspace3542/m/engagingwomenincyber… (there is a transcript... and translation.. nice!) Vesna

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RIPE Code of Conduct - Call for volunteers
by Mirjam Kühne 11 Sep '20

11 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, The Diversity Task Force has put a lot of work into updating the current RIPE Code of Conduct. They put together a series of draft documents that were then reviewed by the community. The most recent version 3.0 can be found here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-meeting-code-o… During the RIPE 80 community plenary, Hans Petter Holen described what he views as the best way forward to finalize the updated RIPE Code of Conduct and we would like to follow the process he laid out during his presentation. The main idea is to split the current draft document into three individual documents and to review each of them separately: 1. The Code of Conduct 2. The selection of the Trusted Contacts or Code of Conduct team 3. Procedures for the team We are now looking for volunteers to finalize this set of documents. During RIPE 80 three community members already offered their help. If you are still interested, please let us know. This of course also applies to anyone who would like to help and has not yet put their name forward. Please contact us before 15 September 2020. ———— More Background and current status: The existing RIPE Code of Conduct and the Trusted Contacts: https://ripe81.ripe.net/attend/coc/ Draft 3.0 of the new RIPE Code of Conduct: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-meeting-code-o… During the last review round, the RIPE NCC conducted an impact analysis that can be found here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/impact-analysis-for… The relevant part of Hans Petter’s presentation at RIPE 80: https://ripe80.ripe.net/archives/video/384/ https://ripe80.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/58-RIPE-Code-of-Co… Kind regards, Mirjam & Niall =========== P.S.: I (Mirjam) used to be one of the trusted contacts together with Rob Evans and Vesna Manojlovic, but stepped down from this position when I started my new role as RIPE Chair.

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Fwd: [ripe-list] RIPE Code of Conduct - Call for volunteers
by Mirjam Kühne 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

Hi all, I am not sure this mail made it to the Diversity list yesterday. Kind regards, Mirjam > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Mirjam Kühne <mir(a)zu-hause.nl> > Subject: [ripe-list] RIPE Code of Conduct - Call for volunteers > > Date: 8 September 2020 at 14:43:29 CEST > To: <ripe-list(a)ripe.net> > Cc: "Niall O'Reilly" <niall.oreilly(a)ucd.ie>, <diversity(a)ripe.net> > Reply-To: Mirjam Kühne <mir(a)zu-hause.nl> > > Dear colleagues, > > The Diversity Task Force has put a lot of work into updating the current RIPE Code of Conduct. They put together a series of draft documents that were then reviewed by the community. The most recent version 3.0 can be found here: > https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-meeting-code-o… > > During the RIPE 80 community plenary, Hans Petter Holen described what he views as the best way forward to finalize the updated RIPE Code of Conduct and we would like to follow the process he laid out during his presentation. > > The main idea is to split the current draft document into three individual documents and to review each of them separately: > 1. The Code of Conduct > 2. The selection of the Trusted Contacts or Code of Conduct team > 3. Procedures for the team > > We are now looking for volunteers to finalize this set of documents. During RIPE 80 three community members already offered their help. If you are still interested, please let us know. This of course also applies to anyone who would like to help and has not yet put their name forward. Please contact us before 15 September 2020. > > ———— > More Background and current status: > > The existing RIPE Code of Conduct and the Trusted Contacts: > https://ripe81.ripe.net/attend/coc/ > > Draft 3.0 of the new RIPE Code of Conduct: > https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-meeting-code-o… > > During the last review round, the RIPE NCC conducted an impact analysis that can be found here: > https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/impact-analysis-for… > > The relevant part of Hans Petter’s presentation at RIPE 80: > https://ripe80.ripe.net/archives/video/384/ > https://ripe80.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/58-RIPE-Code-of-Co… > > Kind regards, > Mirjam & Niall > =========== > > P.S.: I (Mirjam) used to be one of the trusted contacts together with Rob Evans and Vesna Manojlovic, but stepped down from this position when I started my new role as RIPE Chair.

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WISE : gender balance in science, technology and engineering
by Vesna Manojlovic 04 Sep '20

04 Sep '20

Hi, I've just heard about the "WISE", Women into Science and Engineering, an organisation in UK: "the campaign for gender balance in science, technology and engineering, from the classroom to the boardroom" https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/ They say: "The correlation between improved diversity and stronger business results is striking. " https://wisecampaign.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Why… Among other things, they offer webinars. This one is for free / available to everyone: Wed, Sep 9, 2020 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CEST "WISE Young Professionals Board, a group of diverse, relatable professionals who lead initiatives to inspire, engage & advocate for the next generation of STEM. We also support, develop and challenge the WISE Campaign. With applications for the 2021 board opening in September we wanted to introduce you to a few of us, share what we do, and answer any questions you may have. " https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/670351757158593039 And on 23rd September (only for members) : WISE’s Ten Steps programme is a cultural transformational framework created for WISE Members. The programme includes a diagnostic to establish your starting point and measure progress... Etc. Something to consider... ... if you are a company in UK, you might want to become a member ... if you are looking for new employees: https://jobs.wisecampaign.org.uk/ ... if you are a woman in STEM, profile yourself here: https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/1ofthemillion Quite interesting read for the upcoming weekend... Ciao, Vesna

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Fwd: RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund - Call for Applications 2020
by Vesna Manojlovic 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

FYI -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [RACI-list] RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund - Call for Applications 2020 Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:54:00 +0300 From: Gergana Petrova <gpetrova(a)ripe.net> To: raci-list(a)ripe.net Dear colleagues, Are you working on or planning a non-commercial project that would benefit the Internet or the RIPE community? Apply for funding via the RIPE Community Projects Fund by 23 August: https://ripe.net/cpf For more than 25 years, the RIPE NCC has been supporting activities and projects for the “Good of the Internet”. Community-driven, non commercial work has been fundamental to the success of the Internet from its earliest days, and continues to play an important role in making the Internet resilient, secure and accessible for everyone. Under the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund, the RIPE NCC will provide up to EUR 250,000 per year to support projects of value to the operation, sustainability and resilience of the Internet, with a focus on tools and services benefitting the technical community in the Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. Apply now to get your project funded! If you or your organisation is working on a new or existing project that fits the criteria below, and need some financial support to get it off the ground or keep it going, we want to hear from you! Is your project of benefit to the Internet, particularly the RIPE community? Is your project non-commercial in nature? Do you have a clear project plan and timeline? A few things to keep in mind: - Funding may be used to purchase equipment, but this cannot be the sole expenditure - Funding cannot be used for humanitarian aid, donations, or to encourage political reform - Funding cannot be used to provide scholarships or cover tuition fees - Funding cannot be used to support any form of commercial activity If you have any questions about applying, write to us at cpf(a)ripe.net. Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC _______________________________________________ RACI-list mailing list RACI-list(a)ripe.net https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/raci-list

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Fwd: [ripe-list] RIPE Chairs Selected
by Vesna Manojlovic 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

\o/ First time in history of RIPE: a woman is a Chair Person! Congrats, Mirjam!! V -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [ripe-list] RIPE Chairs Selected Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:54:37 +0200 From: Daniel Karrenberg via ripe-list <ripe-list(a)ripe.net> Reply-To: Daniel Karrenberg <chair(a)ripe-nomcom.org> To: RIPE List <ripe-list(a)ripe.net> Dear colleagues, The RIPE 2020 NomCom has selected Mirjam Kühne as RIPE Chair and Niall O'Reilly as RIPE Vice Chair. After interviewing all nominees, hearing substantial input from the community and a thorough discussion during three selection meetings all voting members voted to select Mirjam as Chair and eight out of ten voting members voted to select Niall as Vice Chair. The selection was subsequently supported unanimously by all members of the committee. We closely followed the process spelled out in ripe-727 and ripe-728. We regularly paused to confirm that the whole committee was comfortable with the process and its progress. We were able to choose from a set of nominees who are all very capable and well respected in the community. We expect that the community would support any of them as their Chair. Our selection is in no way a negative statement about the nominees we did not select. We selected Mirjam because the input from the community clearly favoured her. She is very widely regarded as someone who listens carefully to everyone and who helps the community to find consensus and move forward. We selected Niall because of the positive input we received about his track record with the community. Mirjam and Niall convinced us that they would work well as a team and complement each other. The RIPE NCC board has confirmed the candidates in accordance with the process set out in ripe-727. The original time line called for a transition from Hans Petter to Mirjam and Niall during RIPE 81 in October. Hans Petter has since resigned as RIPE Chair because he accepted to be the new managing director of the RIPE NCC; he is currently also serving as RIPE Chair ad-interim. In this situation it makes little sense to stick to the original time line. Therefore we suggest that the outgoing and incoming Chairs arrange the transition among themselves as soon as practicable. We plan to publish the NomCom report about this first run of the selection process in September before our term ends at RIPE 81. We expect to make suggestions for improving the process and look forward to the community discussing and deciding the process for the next iteration. We thank everyone who supported the NomCom, especially all nominees and the many members of the community who made time to give us their input. Finally we call on the whole community to welcome and support Mirjam and Niall in their new roles! Daniel Karrenberg - Chair - RIPE 2020 Nomcom

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(long) Equity & Justice, Diversity & Inclusion in the post-covid remote work & conferencing
by Vesna Manojlovic 23 Jun '20

23 Jun '20

Dear all, personally, I have been privileged to ease through this pandemic (for now) and to overcome the multiple crisis-es unfolding on all the levels: health scare, childcare during lockdown, remote work, no visits to friends & relatives... while other, less fortunate people had it worse. Since the "Diversity Task Force" aims to remove barriers that prevent participation in RIPE Community, particularly those that affect underrepresented groups, we can learn from the plenty of new sources that published either the tips & recommendations, or the analysis, or the news stories about problems/issues. I've collected many resources and I wanted to share them with you, in the hope that we can use them for our own progress. I would love to join your project, if you are working on the concrete ways to address any of these issues: please let me know how! Regards, Vesna 0. "THE TIME’S UP GUIDE TO Equity and Inclusion During Crisis" (attached) https://timesupfoundation.org/work/equity/guide-equity-inclusion-during-cri… 1. Subtle, unconscious biases that hinder inclusion & justice World Economic Forum: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/how-to-achieve-gender-equality-after… 1. The quantity of jobs available 2. The quality of work (wages and access to social protections) 3. Outsized effects on the most vulnerable employees (namely women) https://yourstory.com/herstory/2020/04/work-home-discussions-gender-diversi… 2. Power Dynamics, Power Inequalities https://afsee.atlanticfellows.org/events/lockdown-is-a-luxury & specific tips for virtual conferences: https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/COVID-19#Virtual_Events_aka_Remote_Confe… 3. Social Gender Inequalities * 29.5. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/29/we-are-losers-in… * 29.4. https://us.boell.org/en/2020/04/30/invisible-coronavirus-makes-systemic-gen… * 29.3. https://theconversation.com/return-of-the-1950s-housewife-how-to-stop-coron… * 16.3. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/16/womens-coronavirus-domestic… https://en.unesco.org/news/mapping-online-articles-covid-19-and-gender Pay Gap https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/covid19-pandemic-gender-differ… https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/us/equal-pay-coronavirus-economic-impact… https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/feminism-womens-r… Child-care gender gap https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/upshot/pandemic-chores-homeschooling-gen… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-11/coronavirus-will-make-ge… "We need business communities and governments to respond to the crisis in a way that not only considers girls and women but that also helps to transform unequal gender relations. In the immediate term, this means ensuring girls and women have equal voice and power in planning and executing crisis response, improving pay and conditions for key workers and caregivers, expanding access to social protection and benefits including paid leave and immediate cash grants, and applying tough conditions to corporate bailouts to ensure worker benefit. It also means recognizing that different groups, including girls and women from minority backgrounds and those with disabilities, are more likely to be disadvantaged." https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2020-04-06/commentary-c… 4. Racial Gap All of the above inequalities are also present on the "racial" scale. https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/COVID-19#Racial_Inequality 5. Sustainability There is an "intersection" between all of these topics & climate: https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/COVID-19#Sustainability_Links 6. Working From Home In general, WFH is mentally difficult for everyone, regardless of all the other systematic inequalities I just mentioned. So we will all have to learn many new behaviors and create new habits of productivity, team-building, communication and mutual care. Here are some practical tips: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/14/21211789/coronavirus-office-space-work… https://www.wsp.com/en-GB/insights/office-vs-home-working-how-we-can-save-o… https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/never-go-back-office/6118… & more: https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/COVID-19#Working_From_Home Regards, Vesna

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