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OGF19-Diversity, Education & Outreach BoF

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“A diverse group of opinions often produces a better result.”

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Agenda

• Welcome/Introductions• Birds of a Feather Groups (BoF’s)• Objectives• Discussion Topics• Alignment

• Internal OGF Groups• External to OGF

• Next Steps

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Objectives

•Build outreach processes to broaden participation in Grid Computing

•Align with other (internal and external) groups to produce quality programming that assists in understanding how OGF works

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Discussion Topics

• Discuss perceived barriers to attracting and retaining diverse populations, as well as ways to mitigate them.

• Define adjustments to the current structure to retain and assimilate new members in a "closed" group where work is continually moving forward.

• Provide quality programming that will assist new members understand how OGF “works” and how new members may contribute

• Identify efforts to outreach to organizations and institutions, by participating in their functions on their terms

• Define the actions required between events to facilitate movement toward objectives

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What in your experience prevents people from participating in OGF?

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Barriers to OGF

• Costs• Benefits to target audiences need to be

clearly identified • Open and consistent line of

communication

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How do we address barriers?

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Next Steps

• Form a working group willing to help move this work forward.

• Define specific and actionable plans and report progress at future events.

• Involve OGF Leadership to help recruit others, diversity perspective drawing new people in • Educate current membership, bridge

underrepresented groups not at the table. • Identify appropriate mediums and metrics to reach

communities and members

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Next Steps

Assimilate with groups internal and external to OGF

• Internal• Enterprise adoption• eScience• Student Scholars• Education and Training• OGF 101

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External Organizations

• With the organizations that have outreach programs to these groups already…

• Grace Hopper - Telle Whitney• EPIC• ETSI• RENCI• WITI• Richard Tapia

• Do we know members of these organizations, and are we missing any orgs?

• Other actions?