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Require any event where a GitLab team member will be speaking to have at least two speakers from an underrepresented group

Michael Friedrich requested to merge handbook-events-requirements into master

Why is this change being made?

Events where GitLab team members are speaking, need to be in line with GitLab's values. This MR documents the event requirements for organizers to create a diverse and inclusive speakers schedule, and have speakers from underrepresented groups. This is a new policy and required for team members to be able to speak at the event when accepted or invited.

This MR also documents the process for speakers

  • Requirements prior to the submission
  • Event speakers lineup review when a talk gets accepted

@lmcnally1 @melsmo @johncoghlan @nwoods1 Please review.

Note: This MR is a change affecting all team members and will need an announcement in #whats-happening-at-gitlab in Slack.

FYI @akramer @gitlab-de

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Edited by Michael Friedrich

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