On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm glad that a lot of what the Foundation seem to be doing is trying > to be evidence-based and are analysing the effectiveness of the > various interventions (Teahouse, FeedbackDashboard, AFT5). One thing > that probably ought to be done is to demand of the Foundation and of > chapters that any studies they do into the effectiveness of outreach > and intervention programmes include gender inclusiveness as a measure > in stats-gathering where possible. > Hi Tom, I was in San Francisco last week and had a chance to talk with a good cross section of WMF staff, as well as other volunteers who gathered for a meeting of the Fund Dissemination Committee Advisory Group. I raise the issue of gender often during discussions with WMF people (staff and volunteers) because I decided several years back that it is not possible for WMF to fulfill it's mission unless a broader cross section of the population becomes volunteers. Nothing has changed my mind about this, so I continue to talk about it whenever I have an opening. :-) Becoming a more diverse organization is on the minds of many people because it is a written goal coming out the Strategic Planning process. The new processes for Funding are going to be based on supporting programming advancing the movement. Organizations will need to show this in their applications. The idea is to develop outcome measures that show best practices and promote excellence in the use of funds for programs. Gender is most definitely going to be an area of interest and I expect that organizations, the community, and WMF staff will collaborate and determine the best measures to capture regarding gender inclusiveness. This process is going to be work!! We need people to get involved to help to with the heavy lifting of developing and testing outcome measures. This mailing list can be a source of ideas for developing gender related measures, as well as advertising when and where other discussions are happening. Sydney Poore
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