# DISCOVER Cookbook

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The NumFOCUS DISCOVER Cookbook (Diverse & Inclusive Spaces and Conferences: Overall Vision and Essential Resources) is produced by the [NumFOCUS Diversity & Inclusion in Scientific Computing (DISC) Program](https://www.numfocus.org/programs/diversity-and-inclusion/), with support from the [Moore Foundation](https://www.moore.org/).

## Introduction

This cookbook is intended as a resource for **organizers of conferences and events** to **support and encourage diversity and inclusion** at those events. This cookbook is **not** intended to provide **general instructions** on how to run a successful conference or event. 

Read more about this cookbook [here](/01_about.md).

For a full statement of the NumFOCUS DISC Program mission and the NumFOCUS position on diversity and inclusion, please see [NumFOCUS Diversity and Inclusion Program](https://www.numfocus.org/programs/diversity-and-inclusion/).

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## How to use this cookbook

You **do not have to implement every suggestion** in the cookbook in order to "qualify" as having a diverse and inclusive event!

The cookbook is intended to help you, as an event organizer, to understand the **overall landscape** of best practices for diversity and inclusion.

**We encourage you to do as much as you can manage**, on the understanding that implementing a few well-supported and fully realized suggestions is preferable to implementing many suggestions that are poorly-supported or incomplete.

To facilitate ease of use, we have highlighted suggestions that are relatively **easy to implement** and which have a **strong positive impact**. These are "low-hanging fruit" and marked with a red apple emoji: 🍎.

We also encourage you to do **at least one thing** in the "High Impact, High Effort" quadrant. These are marked with a green checkmark: ✅.

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             🍎                      |                ✅

        High Impact,                 |           High Impact,

        Low Effort                   |           High Effort

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         Low Impact,                |           Low Impact,

         Low Effort                 |           High Effort

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The "high impact, low effort" and "high impact, high effort" suggestions are summarized on the [Summary page](/02_minimal_measures.md).

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