Absolutely agree with doing something like this on Wikipedia. On Dec 30, 2014 12:56 PM, "Marie Earley" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't know how it goes in other parts of the world but here in the UK if > you apply for a job, take a one day course in a particular subject, or do > just about anything, there is always an equal opportunities monitoring form > like this one: > http://www.city.ac.uk/about/working-at-city/hr-policies-and-health-and-safety/hr-policies/equal-opps-form > to fill in. > > I found it a bit shocking when I registered for Facebook, Wikipedia and > other US-based websites that they had no apparent interest in the > demographic make up of those opening accounts. If Wikipedia had an equal > opps form at the point of registering a lot of this talk of doing surveys > and trying to figure this stuff out retrospectively could be avoided. > > It's just not the kind of conversation that takes place in the UK because > the first thing that happens is the equal opps forms are collected into a > pile, there is an afternoon set aside for data entry, and there are your > stats. I find talk of surveys a bit frustrating. > > Marie > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:56:44 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Wikimedia Conference (was - Diversity training > for functionaries) > > > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Chris Keating <[email protected] > > wrote: > > Hi Anne, Kerry and Christina - and everyone else, > > So the Wikimedia Conference programme committee appears keen to do > something useful in terms of creating space for gender - gap work. So I > wondered if you had any further thoughts about what *might* work at the > Wikimedia Conference. > > As Anne points out it is an audience of people from Wikimedia movement > organisations - board members, executive directors (where they exist), and > a smaller number of other staff. Compared to other Wikimedia events there > is probably a greater language and geographical diversity. There is also a > reasonable degree of awareness of the issue - better than one would find if > you put english Wikipedia administrators in a room. > > The main focus for the conference is going to be on helping Wikimedia > organisations grow, learn and improve - we are looking to give people > practical outcomes, and are avoiding theoretical discussion as far as > possible. > > Thoughts on what we can put in the programme on this issue are very > welcome :) (I'll pass everything on to the programme committee, though I > suspect I'm not the only member of it subscribed to this list). > > Thanks and happy new year! > > Chris > > > The simplest thing to do is to describe the gender gap related efforts > that other organizations have sponsored, urge the various movement entities > to consider their own initiatives and - especially - push them to innovate. > Few if any organized efforts have resulted in even small lasting change, so > brainstorming ways in which chapters etc. can put their resources - real > life organization and money - to use will be of greatest benefit. This is > an area where a chapter or affiliate has the opportunity to be a global > leader and to have a high profile impact, and the more they understand that > the more likely they are to participate. > > > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] To manage your subscription preferences, > including unsubscribing, please visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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