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Git's default "master" branch derives from "master/slave" jargon which perpetuates systemic racist language and systems (see https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2019-May/msg00066.html). To uphold our Samvera Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy, we must move away from the term "master" in our technical language (as well as words like blacklist or whitelist).
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Note that Working Groups must have participants from three different Partners. All members of a working group producing software must be licensed Samvera contributors covered by the appropriate CLAs. Other types of contributions such as requirements, design, best practices, documentation, etc. - do not require CLAs but participants should accept that the materials to which they contribute may be released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License..
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- Collin Brittle (Emory)
- Chris Colvard (Deactivated) (Ubiquity Press)
- Alexandra Dunn (UCSB) (2020)
- Jeremy Friesen (University of Notre Dame) (This is Jeremy, I do not need to facilitate this, and for those interested in facilitating a WG, I believe this may be a great opportunity as the scope and time-frame is rather narrow)
- James Griffin (Princeton University)
- Facilitator Kate Lynch (Princeton University)
- Alexandra Dunn (UCSB)
- Lynette Rayle (Cornell University)
- Collin Brittle (Emory)
- Chris Colvard (Deactivated) (Ubiquity Press)