From fa6a1fcda618fbf8c4c13b65fbde2ff99060c0ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Ross A. Baker" Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:59:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Blog: On Recent Events --- _posts/2021-11-15-on-recent-events.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ steering.md | 17 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2021-11-15-on-recent-events.md create mode 100644 steering.md diff --git a/_posts/2021-11-15-on-recent-events.md b/_posts/2021-11-15-on-recent-events.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ac9782b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2021-11-15-on-recent-events.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: On Recent Events + +meta: + nav: blog + author: typelevel +--- + +Open source developers are free to choose the projects they contribute to and the communities they support. Martin Odersky’s recent objection to an exercise of this freedom threw the community into turmoil. We believe that those who questioned his intervention and spoke out were justified in doing so. Regardless, we encourage everyone to consider the tone and weight of their words before hitting “send”. + +We stand with those who feel excluded by the notion of politics being somehow optional, a notion we disagree with. Typelevel was founded with a mission to provide an inclusive, welcoming and safe environment, and we remain committed to that goal. We believe that human rights cannot be dismissed as mere “politics”. + +The Scala Center, which has a long and celebrated history of success in education and technical improvement to the tooling we use daily, has repeatedly been expected to take on a community management role beyond its chartered goals, for which it is ill-equipped and underfunded. We acknowledge the challenges they face and we support the Scala Community Management and Governance strategy under consideration as a promising way forward. + +Typelevel has functioned with a not-very-formal governance structure of volunteers for some time. This group is known as the [Typelevel Steering Committee](/steering.html). In the coming weeks we will formalize how leadership is selected and what the roles and responsibilities are. + +The Typelevel Steering Committee: +* Ross A. Baker +* Oscar Boykin +* Christopher Davenport +* Luka Jacobowitz +* Alexandru Nedelcu +* Rob Norris +* Michael Pilquist +* Miles Sabin +* Daniel Spiewak +* Kailuo Wang diff --git a/steering.md b/steering.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5d925975 --- /dev/null +++ b/steering.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: Typelevel Steering Committee +--- + +The Typelevel Steering Committee is the group of volunteers that governs Typelevel: + +* Ross A. Baker +* Oscar Boykin +* Christopher Davenport +* Luka Jacobowitz +* Alexandru Nedelcu +* Rob Norris +* Michael Pilquist +* Miles Sabin +* Daniel Spiewak +* Kailuo Wang