Clay, Thanks for sharing your experience with outreach at conferences for underrepresented communities. At MapBox we take growing diversity both internally and within our communities very seriously, and do a lot to push that forward. Rest assured a tweet from someone not even on the team is not the extent of our efforts ; )
This could be a great topic though to present to the diversity list - what are people doing successfully to reach out to underrepresented communities around job openings, events, trainings, speaking opportunities, etc. Alyssa, maybe we could start up a google doc or wiki around that? Bonnie On Jul 17, 2013, at 6:29 PM, Clay Smalley <[email protected]> wrote: > In regards to ensuring a diverse team, it's certainly important to reach out > to underrepresented groups. But the means of doing it is just as important. > One of the best ways to reach out is to sponsor a conference for an > underrepresented group, and set up a booth there where you can talk to > potential recruits. For example, I've gone to the Out for Undergraduate > Technology Conference for the last two years, and quite a lot of companies > have shown up to hire LGBT college students in tech. There are many similar > conferences supporting underrepresented groups (gender, race, sexual > orienation, etc.) in various industries, most of which I'm a little too lazy > to look up right now. > > I'm glad MapBox is looking for some diversity to add to their predominantly > white and male team. My point is, no matter which route they take, it will > need more effort than a tweet looking for non-white-males. > > (white genderqueer here, for the record) > > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Bonnie Bogle <[email protected]> wrote: > Jonathan, understood. For the record, Alyssa doesn't work at MapBox. She > passed on this note and and tweeted simply as a colleague in the space > helping to spread the word about a job opportunity. > > > On Jul 17, 2013, at 5:53 PM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As I said, I understand and in fact support your intentions but to suggest a >> tweet starting with "not a white dude" is quite simply insulting. Could I >> start a job search with the title "not a black dude?" >> >> By all means reach out to members of the community you wish to encourage by >> communicating in areas they may frequent but you cannot send global messages >> excluding those you don't want. >> >> Jonathan >> >> On 17/07/2013 21:17, Bonnie Bogle wrote: >>> Thanks Lela for the link. We encourage **everyone** who's interested and >>> qualified to apply to this and all positions at MapBox. >>> >>> We also actively try to get job listings plus news about our work out to >>> diverse communities outside of our typical channels, which can be more >>> developer/map/technical oriented and often do not have the same diversity >>> as the world around us : ) Which is what I think Alyssa was trying to help >>> with here with the international community and diversity OSM list. >>> >>> Feel free to hit me up with any questions/concerns/suggestions here or off >>> thread. >>> >>> Bonnie >>> >>> >>> On Jul 17, 2013, at 4:00 PM, Lela Prashad <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Jonathan, >>>> >>>> I think they are just advertising an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity >>>> position - legal and required for federal contractors in the US. Here's a >>>> list of boilerplate statements MapBox could draw from to explain their >>>> diversity-in-hiring policy. >>>> >>>> http://www.uic.edu/depts/oae/docs/Sample%20Diversity%20Statements.pdf >>>> >>>> Lela >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> While I appreciate your intentions, in this country (UK) it is illegal to >>>> specify that applicants for a job should be of any one gender or race let >>>> alone specifying a race or gender that is not welcome! >>>> >>>> Equality is a two way street. >>>> >>>> Jonathan >>>> (for what it's worth I'm a White Anglo Saxon Protestant) >>>> >>>> >>>> On 17/07/2013 05:30, alyssa wright wrote: >>>>> MapBox needs a Biz Dev Lead in San Francisco and is actively looking for >>>>> a diverse applicant pool. A diverse pool would be great for MapBox and >>>>> great for open source geo. But they need help building that pool. >>>>> >>>>> D-I-V-E-R-I-S-I-T-Y !!! >>>>> >>>>> Hmm. That was supposed to be a rallying call however I've just >>>>> demonstrated my nonexistent skills in both cheerleading and spelling. >>>>> National Dork Day was yesterday, I must still be celebrating. >>>>> >>>>> But I digress! We are rallied. >>>>> >>>>> So I humbly ask each ofmyou to reach to those diverse corners of your >>>>> networks (keep it PG, or at least kosher) for bizdev superstars. And if >>>>> you're feeling punchy, hop on twitter, these babies are just waitin' for >>>>> some retweet love. >>>>> >>>>> Tweet: >>>>> Save the Women's Bathroom! Save humanity! @Mapbox seeking Biz Dev Lead. >>>>> Industry seeking diversity. Please forward. http://t.co/mdUEokLgIr >>>>> >>>>> Link: https://twitter.com/alyssapwright/status/357343471339716610 >>>>> >>>>> Tweet: >>>>> not a white dude? please apply. Hiring Business Development Lead at >>>>> MapBox SF: http://t.co/mdUEokLgIr via @mapbox >>>>> >>>>> Link: >>>>> https://twitter.com/alyssapwright/status/356385182594506752 >>>>> >>>>> PS I have no idea what the bathroom situation is in MapBox. I'm sure it's >>>>> awesome. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> HOT mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Lela Prashad >>>> Chief Data Scientist >>>> >>>> NiJeL - Data. Mapping. Community Impact. >>>> >>>> mobile/office/SMS: 602.412.1553 >>>> email: [email protected] >>>> skypeid, gtalk: lela.prashad >>>> web: http://nijel.org >>>> Brooklyn, NYC, USA >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > diversity-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/diversity-talk > >
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