Join the Diversity Committee

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Joining the Committee

To become a Committee member, you must:

  • Be a current PostgreSQL Europe member.
  • Have working proficiency in spoken and written English (meetings and day-to-day communication are in English).
  • Be prepared to attend and contribute to weekly meetings on a regular basis.
  • Commit to participating actively in ongoing activities.
  • Be ready to take ownership of assigned tasks, follow up on agreed actions, and ensure that Committee decisions are implemented in a timely manner.
  • Commit to maintaining confidentiality when handling sensitive issues or information discussed within the Diversity Committee.

Committee Member Rotation and Selection

  • The Committee comprises approximately 8 members. This is not a strict limit, and the Committee may sometimes have more or fewer members.
  • Each Committee member will serve a 2 year mandate.
  • At the end of their mandate, a Committee member may choose to serve an additional 2 year mandate.
  • The Committee will run an annual membership drive in September or October, with the goal of encouraging new applications to join the Committee.
  • The annual membership drive will be announced on the pgeu-general mailing list and on the Diversity Committee social media channels, and will run for a minimum of 2 weeks.
  • Applications to join the Committee are also welcome outside of the annual membership drive.
  • The Committee will review any applications received and make a recommendation to the PGEU Board for approval.
  • Where practical, an in-person meeting of the Diversity Committee will take place each year during PostgreSQL Conference Europe.

Roles and Responsibilities

Each Committee member may take on one or more of these responsibilities:

  • Chair:
    • Leads meetings.
    • Liaises with the Board.
    • Ensures agenda item completion.
  • Social Media/Marketing Manager:
    • Creates engaging content.
    • Manages social channels.
  • Secretary:
    • Prepares agendas.
    • Records meeting notes.
  • Scholarship Manager:
    • Coordinates application reviews.
    • Communication with applicants.
  • Event Coordinator:
    • Oversees Diversity Committee activities at events.
  • Infrastructure Manager:
    • Manages shared documents, tools, and calendars.
  • Budget Manager:
    • Prepares budget.
    • Tracks spending.
    • Creates annual financial report for board.
  • Website Content Creation:
    • Manages the diversity section of the postgresql.eu website.
    • Identifies and prepares new content for the diversity web pages.
    • Updates/corrects the diversity web pages as needed.

How to Apply

PostgreSQL Europe members can apply to become a member of the Diversity Committee either in response to the annual membership drive, or speculatively at any time.

To apply to become a member of the Diversity Committee, please contact us at diversity(at)postgresql.eu, with a brief description (a couple of paragraphs maximum) of why you are interested in joining the Committee, and which role(s) from the above list you are interested in taking on.

Applications will be reviewed by the Diversity Committee and forwarded to the PostgreSQL Europe board for approval.

Volunteers

We will occasionally put out a call for volunteers to assist the Committee with specific tasks. The call will be announced on the pgeu-general mailing list and on the Diversity Committee social media channels.

We also encourage you to contact us by email at any time at diversity(at)postgresql.eu if you would like to volunteer to help in any way.