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# Nest with Fedora 2021 Examining Fedora's DEI: Panel Discussion 
## Kimla Lee, Ron Brown, Matthew Miller, Marie Nordin, Mariana Balla, Vipul Siddharth, Aleksandra Fedorova

### Please add your initials next to 2-3 of the questions that you feel prepared to answer. Thanks!

1. **Execution** - Tell me one experience you had in trying to build sustainable DEI in your organization? 
- (mnordin, Code of Conduct, D&I team summit)
- Other topics: 
    - Transforming Fedora womens day->Fedora Week of Diversity
    - D&I Advisor to the Fedora Council

2. **Leadership** - What education and training has your organization participated in? 
- (mnordin, not a lot, unfortunately. This is something we want to do more of. We are working on a resource library)
- Other topics:
    - Badges linked with DEI training, we have one and want to add more
    - We are looking into a training session for FWD, but we are afraid we won't get the audience we want (preaching to the choir)
- (mattdm: we've done a lot in our keynotes -- and other talks we've invited -- at Flock and Nest)
    - How Math, Science and Star Trek Prove the Value of Diversity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQBdJGH8kI&list=PL0x39xti0_66-VnwFuVEpS21cdJ1ihYbf&index=4
    - Welcoming Nominclature https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0shU2g4IoI&list=PL0x39xti0_66-VnwFuVEpS21cdJ1ihYbf&index=5
    - 

**Strategy**
3. Part A: How are planning to implement your yearly goals to move your DEI strategy forward?
- (mnordin, staying focused on our goal (FWD))
- Other topics:
    - Setting realistic goals based on our current resources
    - Promote the training related badges
    - Check Annual survey results on satisfaction and engagement and continue tracking
    - Outreachy participation
    - Fedora diversity day
    - Limited resources, and smaller goals

4. Part B: How are you going to measure those goals?
- (mnordin, successful attendance/views on our series of content for FWD)
- Other topics:
    - How many badges are earned from the DEI training 

**Engagement**
5. Part A: How will you continue to engage with your DEI community on regular basis?
    - invite people to provide feedback
    - host panels like this one
    - 

6. Part B: What is the best form of communication to keep DEI community informed and aware?
 
7. What future plans does your organization have to continue along this work?



# Nest with Fedora 2021 - DEI Panel 
Revamping Fedora Community Outreach

## Brief Summary:
The purpose of this discussion is to highlight best practices for community outreach and development that are designed to improve diversity of your organization.

## Speakers/Panel:
Kimla Lee
Ron Brown
Marie Nordin
Matthew Miller


## Outline:
### Strategy/Objective
#### Examine your culture
- What does diversity mean to your culture?
- How ready is your culture for diversity?
- What are reasonable goals?
- What is the reason your organization will engage in this work?
- Can your organization do this work without outside help?
#### Start with Leadership
- What education and training does leadership need? How will leadership carry the message to the rest of the organization?
- Diverse Council
- Diverse Team Leadership
#### Engagement with Communities, Diverse Schools/Organizations
- Who can you engage with in the community?
- What solutions are they building?
    - Best practices are to use the solutions from the community rather than start from scratch
- Build Relationships
- Create Programs

### Goals of Each Strategy/Objective
- What goals can make the work sustainable?
- What strategic goals should you consider?
    - Increase diverse leadership roles
    - Increase diverse contributors
    - Increase the diverse numbers in event participation

### Metrics to measure your strategies/objectives
- How will you measure diversity?
- How often will you assess progress or perform retrospectives?
- Who has final responsibility for program success/failure?
- Is your community engaged in active inclusion or exclusion?

### Review
- How do you make your community or organization more diverse?
    - Assess your culture and examine your readiness for diversity
        - Consider outside experts
        - Why is your organization starting this work?
    - Focus on transforming your organization
        - Leadership
        - Individuals
    - Listen to the community
        - Before engaging in work listen
         - Use solutions from the community whenever possible
    - Establish metrics
        - What does sustainability look like for this work?
