D&I Badging program aims to increase understanding of the open-source project and event practices that encourage greater diversity and wider inclusion of people from different backgrounds. It uses an open peer-review system to encourage projects and events to obtain badges and improve their processes and documentation to be more inclusive using the feedback they gain from the reviewers.
The program is affiliated with the CHAOSS project and a proud initiative of CHAOSS. The work of the Badging Program is closely associated with the CHAOSS D&I working group.
CHAOSS is a Linux Foundation project. For more information about CHAOSS, please visit the website at chaoss.community
The goal of the Diversity & Inclusion Badging Program is to encourage projects and events to obtain D&I badges for reasons of leadership, self-reflection, and self-improvement on issues critical to building the Internet as a social good.
Events applying for a CHAOSS badge should fill in the submission form to open an issue under the corresponding GitHub repository, waiting for reviewers to give feedback.
Reviewers will be randomly assigned according to the reviewer list. All assigned reviewers should work with the review checklist.
The Diversity and Inclusion measurements that occur during the applying and reviewing process are according to D&I metrics defined by CHAOSS.
The workflow will be elaborated in the "Applying for a badge" and the "Reviewing for CHAOSS" sections, you can also have a quick view below.
The Event Badging section of CHAOSS Badging is about measuring the inclusivity of different technical events through human reviews.
In order to submit an application for a project, review the following documents:
- Applicant role - This document describes the GitHub permissions and the responsibilities of a CHAOSS Badging Applicant.
- Event submission requirements - Describes the minimum requirements for an Event to be eligible for participation in the CHAOSS Badging process.
- Event submission guidelines - Guidelines and steps on how an Event can acquire a badge under the CHAOSS Badging program.
CHAOSS Badges are assigned according to how the Reviewers mark out the review checklist according to the information initially filled in by the Applicant.
The badge percentages are calculated from the average of checklists of at least two reviewers. This percentage excludes the initial checks.
| Level | Badge | Percentage of Requirements Met |
|---|---|---|
| Pending | Less than 40% | |
| Passing | Greater than or equal to 40% and less than 60% | |
| Silver | Greater than or equal to 60% and less than 80% | |
| Gold | Greater than 80% |
The metrics used in the Badging submission process are defined by CHAOSS D&I Working Group. Metrics used for event badge come from the Event Diversity focusing area.
These are the five metrics that belong to Event Diversity:
| Name | Question |
|---|---|
| Speaker Demographics | How well does the speaker lineup for the event represent a diverse set of demographics? |
| Attendees Demographics | How diverse are the attendees? |
| Diversity Access Tickets | How are Diversity Access Tickets used to support diversity and inclusion for an event? |
| Code of Conduct at Event | How does the Code of Conduct for events support diversity and inclusion? |
| Family Friendliness | How does enabling families to attend together support diversity and inclusion of the event? |
Project badging is planned for the second release. We are looking forward to it!
Reviewers are an essential component of CHAOSS Badging. Their feedback and interaction with an applicant determine the success of the Badging Program.
In order to get familiar with what is expected of reviewers, review the following documents:
- Reviewer Role - This document describes the GitHub permissions and the responsibilities of a CHAOSS Badging Reviewer.
- Reviewer Guide - the Guide is small as of now, but it provides some additional guidelines
We are currently recruiting reviewers for event submissions!
To become a reviewer, please fill out the Reviewer Application Google Form and tell us a little bit about yourself! Please send an email to Matt at msnell@unomaha.edu When you are finished.
The CHAOSS Badging Project is now in the first release. We are continuously recruiting reviewers and applicants.
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