I think it would be very good to reach out especially to women who are or have been active in Haskell. We seem to have very few if any women in leadership positions—as far as I can tell, there are none on the haskell.org committee or the core libraries committee—and this does not send a very welcoming message. On Apr 6, 2015 4:21 PM, "Gershom B" <gershomb@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Haskellers,
We have been overdue for some time in calling for a new round of nominations to the Haskell.org Committee. We have three members due for retirement -- Jason Dagit, Edward Kmett, and Brent Yorgey. The committee would like to thank them for their excellent service.
To nominate yourself, please send an email to committee at haskell.org by 21 April 2015. The retiring members are eligible to re-nominate themselves.
Please feel free to include any information about yourself that you think will help us to make a decision.
Being a member of the committee does not necessarily require a significant amount of time, but committee members should aim to be responsive during discussions when the committee is called upon to make a decision. Strong leadership, communication, and judgement are very important characteristics for committee members. The role is about setting policy, providing direction/guidance for Haskell.org infrastructure, planning for the long term, and being fiscally responsible with the Haskell.org funds (and donations). As overseers for policy regarding the open source side of Haskell, committee members must also be able to set aside personal or business related bias and make decisions with the good of the open source Haskell community in mind.
More details about the committee's roles and responsibilities are on
*https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell.org_committee <https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell.org_committee>*
If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to e-mail us at committee at haskell.org or to contact one of us individually.
Regards, Gershom
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