Oct 21, 2026, 5:06 PM@_elena @ton I think you know that there are a lot of off-site events at FOSDEM. I'd be happy to help out with a Diversity event, before or after the weekend. There are a LOT of people in the FLOSS community who have worked hard on these issues, and you could probably get funding to offset the costs. "DEIB: The Missing Devroom" seems like a great event to have.
Oct 21, 2026, 5:09 PM@_elena @ton @outreachy does great work, and @chaoss has a dedicated working group. @karen and @geekygirldawn might have other suggestions.
Oct 22, 2026, 1:36 AM@evan @_elena @ton @outreachy @chaoss @geekygirldawn
I'll be at FOSDEM and would be happy to participate in a side event! I'll see if I can think up any other suggestions, but it seems like others have come up with some good ones already. I can't speak for the other organizers, but I know I would be interested in a panel or talk proposal to discuss changed/changing policies around DEI and the impact on FOSS in the Legal & Policy Devroom...
Oct 21, 2026, 5:23 PM@evan thank you for the brilliant suggestions and the offer to help! "DEIB: The Missing Devroom" sounds AMAZING 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'll discuss things with @Gina and @RosannaSibora ❤️
Oct 21, 2026, 8:07 PM@_elena I'd also say that it would be pretty cool to have a panel or other conversation in the Social Web Devroom about diversity on the Fediverse and in Fediverse software development, if anyone were to submit such a proposal...
Oct 21, 2026, 8:21 PM@evan ooooh amazing idea! I'll discuss this with @Gina and @RosannaSibora . Thank you Evan! ❤️
@_elena that seems like it would be a really good fit (Social Web Devroom). We should also have an offsite get together/roundtable-thing while we are all in the same place. Like @evan mentioned upthread or elsewhere CHAOSScon is good but I think there is an entry fee for attendees. OFFDEM (like Evan also mentioned) might be a good place to gather also. @Gina @RosannaSibora
@chillicampari @_elena @evan @Gina @RosannaSibora I like the fringe/offdem idea. I'm curious if a DEI panel on the main track could be possible. Might be a good first step to expose the problem. A bit more subversive of an idea, submitting a bunch of DEI talks to the main track.
@dannycolin I agree it needs to be in the main track. And a dedicated Devroom but in the meantime fringe should work. @_elena @evan @Gina @RosannaSibora