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- discussing the CWG updates #3011215: Proposed Changes to the Community Working Group Charter
- discussing the proposed governance changes: https://www.drupal.org/community/blog/introducing-the-drupal-governance-...
- announcements (events, jobs, calls for sessions)
- celebrations
- personal check-ins (off the transcript)
- open floor
Moderated By: sugaroverflow (she/her)
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:zero: If you’re joining us today, please introduce yourself. If you’d like, tell us what you’re eating for lunch :)
| sugaroverflow (she/her) | Fatima in Ottawa :wave::skin-tone-3: having noodles & tofu today! |
| ekl1773 | :wave: ! Elli here (she/her), next door to the new Amazon SNAFU in VA. Going to get myself thai for lunch bc it’s snowing/sneeting. |
| amyjune | AmyJune in smokey California and leftover Salmon salad from supper last night |
| Rob McBryde | Hi there! I’m Rob McBryde in Pasadena, CA. First time to attend this meeting. I’m a Senior Project Manager at Mediacurrent and exploring ways to broaden diversity and inclusion in our company. |
| rain | Rain Michaels (she/her), North Hollywood, California. Haven't thought as far ahead as lunch yet :slightly_smiling_face: |
| rubyji | Ruby (she/her) in Durham, NC. Just finished a salad.
Currently on an important call for work, so will be mentally divided for bit here. |
| amyjune | welcome @Rob McBryde |
| Rob McBryde | Thanks AmyJune! |
| alexdmccabe | Alex, from Orlando, FL, US, he/him. |
| sparklingrobots | Tara in Albuquerque, NM. Lunch is still a few hours away so don't know yet. she/her/they/them. |
| mdrummond | Marc from MN, he/him, there may be some leftover pigs in a blanket from last night? Otherwise probably a microwave meal. Sesame chicken probably. |
| handels | Hannah (she/her) in the US for once! It's sooo cold! Having brussel sprouts and sweet potato for lunch. And my 8th cup of tea. |
| krismaye | Kristen (she/her) in Michigan. I’m not sure what I’m having for lunch, but maybe something warm since it’s snowing outside. :snowflake: |
| hrodrig | Heather in apocalyptic Oakland, CA, she/her, lunch is still several hours from now but I'll probably eat a frozen burrito tbh |
| Nick Wilde | Nick (he/him), Victoria BC :canada: Mostly lurking, since in a video meeting. Making a lentil, squash, beet, carrot, noodle soup for lunch. Might do it a bit early because I'm already huunngrry |
| ashrafabed | :wave::skin-tone-3: Ashraf (he). unexciting, had a bagel for late breakfast/lunch |
| tim_nafziger | Tim (he/him), Oak View, California (traditional land of the Chumash). Beans and Kale slaw for lunch. |
| gapple | Geoff (he/him) Vancouver :flag-ca: Leftover chili from a big batch I made earlier this week. |
| Amelia Rose Khan (nb/they/them) | My first name is Amelia Rose, Toronto, they/them Canada, pasta for lunch. |
0️ Space to discuss your thoughts on the proposed governance changes
| sparklingrobots | I haven't had the bandwidth to process these yet. :grimacing: |
| amyjune | me neither - taking the time this weekend |
| rubyji | I don’t know if I’ll ever have the energy to get back into this stuff. The whole process has been so demoralizing. But I really appreciate people who are engaging with the process. |
| mdrummond | Yeah. I read through it enough to think it seemed mostly okay. I’d like to make a comment somewhere that it would be good to have more about focusing on the importance of physical and emotional safety, but the act of finding where to do that is a task in and of itself. |
| hrodrig | I have also admittedly skimmed because life is interesting at the moment, however, I really do appreciate the level of thoughtfulness and concern that's immediately apparently upon reading the doc. They definitely seemed to listen and pay attention to what folks had to say. |
| tim_nafziger | I'm struck by how critical this document is of the Drupal Association on page 8 and 9. Given that this is a document written by a committee, I'd expect to see more circumspect language here. Seeing such strong language as "The Drupal Association is at a crossroad" suggests to me that they heard very strong critical feedback in their listening work. |
2️ Expanding the DD&I leadership team! We are looking to add more members to our team :) read more about the team & responsibilities:
| sparklingrobots | If anyone wants to chat privately about what being on the leadership team is like, my DMs are open! |
3️ open floor - are things you’d like us to discuss today? _you can also DM me to bring up something anonymously_
| amyjune | New jersey camp has its CFPs open, as well as Midcamp. |
| amyjune | And I believe Florida's will open with in a month |
3️ 0️ Is anyone interested in collaborating on something for this:
| mdrummond | If we think we’re capable of doing so, I’d like to consider us trying to do an online event for this. |
| rain | This sounds really need. I'd love to help out! |
| mdrummond | I think an online event is probably the best way to reach our target audience. But it may be difficult to do a workshop online? An hour webinar is often challenging. Trying to do more than that—which might be necessary if we work on actual proposals—seems hard. And it would be challenging to help individuals, which is easier to do in an in-person workshop setting. |
| mdrummond | I replied to the tweet to get some info, and turns out, they don’t want events for specific tech stacks. |
| mdrummond | So this will be a no-go. I still asked if they might be willing to share some resources. We’ll see. |
4️ *Announcements*
Open call for submissions at Drupal Camps:
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Remember <#C3G1G53CN|ddi-session-help> is there if you need some help working on your submissions :)
| Nick Wilde | Weekly so most people may already know... but if not: |
| Nick Wilde | Also, although 95% uninteresting for most here given locations, I've got my second Drupal meetup that I'm organizing happening in a week - in Victoria BC. Nicely, I managed to convince someone else - former coworker to do a presentation... so not going to be just white male me speaking this time |
5️ *Personal check-ins.* :no_entry_sign:
(These are automatically off the record.)
How is everyone doing?
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