Git Contributors' Inclusion Summit

Monday, September 14th 16:00-19:30 UTC (9am-12:30pm PDT)
Tuesday, September 15th 17:00-21:00 UTC (10am-2pm PDT)

Notes and logistics for attendees

Purpose

This summit is part of a broader effort to make the Git version control system support inclusive open source projects and their contributors.

Git needs to take the needs of all its users into account, not just those currently participating in the Git project.

Overview

Git Inclusion Summit is a partnership between the Git Core team at Google, Google OSPO (Open Source Program Office), and Microsoft OSPO. This is an initial inclusion event for the core contributors to Git. Plans for a 2021 follow-up event for a broader set of Git end users will be discussed during the summit.

Code of Conduct

As this is a Git project event, the Git Code of Conduct applies.

Please report any issues by email or Jitsi Meet private message to the event organizers. We will respond as described in the Contributor Covenant, version 2.0.

Concerns about the conduct of event organizers can be reported to the project leadership team as described in the Git Code of Conduct.

Before the Summit

Registration

Access to the summit is free; anyone interested is encouraged to register. Registration is required for attendance.

Reading

We're providing pre-reading material on a range of topics. This list will grow over time.

Articles:

• Ground rules for diversity, equity, and inclusion discussions
• Kapor Center's tech leavers study: Why people voluntarily left jobs in tech
• ZDNet's Alison DeNisco-Rayome on Transgender employees in tech
• Guide to Allyship: An open source starter guide to help you become a more thoughtful and effective ally
• Paula Glover and Katie Mehnert in MIT Sloan Management Review on How Workplaces Can Invite Dialogue on Race
• Joan C. Williams in Harvard Business Review on Hacking Tech's Diversity Problem
• Josh Terrell et al, Gender differences and bias in open source: pull request acceptance of women versus men
• Nasif Imtiaz et al, Investigating the Effects of Gender Bias on GitHub (download)
• Jeffrey H. Greenhaus et al, Effects of Race on Organizational Experiences, Job Performance Evaluations, and Career Outcomes
• The Guardian's Julia Carrie Wong on Facebook considering and rejecting anonymized reviews
• Naureen Ghani on the Impact of Different Course Titles on Student Enrollment
• Elizabeth Weingarten on a research team studying why Muslim-majority countries are producing so many female engineers

Books:

• Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
• Iris Bohnet, What Works: Gender Equality By Design
• Caroline Criado Perez, Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
• Stephen Frost, The Inclusion Imperative: How Real Inclusion Creates Better Business and Builds Better Societies

During the Summit

Notes and logistics

The attendee notes and info document has the password for attending the summit, break-out room assignments, and other information that may be useful during the event. In case of technical difficulties, check that doc first.

Schedule

Monday, September 14th

One half day of training by Kim Tran on how we can advocate for ourselves and others in open source projects.

Moving from recognizing marginalization to actively planning the minimizing of marginalization where it manifests in the Git upstream project and in the Git tool.

Time	Topic
16:00 UTC (9am PDT)	Welcome and icebreaker
16:30 UTC (9:30 PDT)	Kim Tran on marginalization in tech
17:00ish (10ish PDT)	10-minute break
17:10ish (10:10 PDT)	Experiences in open source, who can be an ally?, what works
18:00ish (11ish PDT)	10-minute break
18:10ish (11:10 PDT)	Practice: scenarios and how to handle them
19:20 UTC (12:20 PDT)	Debrief, preview of day 2
19:30 UTC (12:30 PDT)	End of day

Tuesday, September 15th

Unconference-style breakout sessions, to discuss specific aspects of inclusion and plans to get there.

Time	Session
17:00 UTC (10am PDT)	Welcome, topics and room assignments
17:15 UTC (10:15 PDT)	First break-out session
18:00 UTC (11am PDT)	Regrouping and summary
18:10 UTC (11:10 PDT)	10-minute break
18:20 UTC (11:20 PDT)	Break-out session #2, summary, break
19:30 UTC (12:30 PDT)	Break-out session #3, summary, break
20:40 UTC (1:40 PDT)	Conclusion, next steps
21:00 UTC (2pm PDT)	End of event

After the Summit

Bookmark this page to check back for a recap on the initial September event.

Sign up for the Git Inclusion Summit mailing list to be informed about next year's larger summit.

Team

Organized by Carmen Andoh (Google), Floor Drees (Microsoft), Jonathan Nieder (Google), Emily Shaffer (Google), and Maciej Wieczorek (Google). Contact us: git-inclusion@googlegroups.com.

Supported by:
Google OSPO https://opensource.google/
Microsoft OSPO https://opensource.microsoft.com/