Re: [Diversity-talk] [Osmf-talk] First Meeting of Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee

2020-02-16 Thread Heather Leson
Hi folks, thanks for this dialogue and for holding this space. Last week was very 'head down' for my day job, so I am later to the conversations. Some thoughts on a way forward: - *Research : *Building an action research and qualitative feedback loop could help build trust. I'll reach out

Re: [Diversity-talk] [Osmf-talk] First Meeting of Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee

2020-02-14 Thread Mikel Maron
Thanks everyone for the follow on discussion. Please keep it going! I had promised a next action myself to digest and post to OSMF wiki, including some next steps that others can take up. But I ran out of time, and that's not going to happen for another 1.5 weeks, I'm going offline for the

Re: [Diversity-talk] [Osmf-talk] First Meeting of Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee

2020-02-13 Thread Roland Olbricht via Diversity-talk
Hi all, 4) Some aspects of the diversity discussion foreground northern/western participation channels by (for example) wondering why other communities aren't participating in Talk@, SOTM, or other locations. I’m interested in trying to flip this question to ask why core board and community

Re: [Diversity-talk] [Osmf-talk] First Meeting of Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee

2020-02-13 Thread Michal Migurski
Thanks for leading these two meetings, Mikel. I appreciate that you’re taking this on even as you clearly communicate that you’d like for some outside the board to lead! I participated in the first time slot. A few observations: 1) It was 100% a white/tech participation list, and I’d like to

Re: [Diversity-talk] [Osmf-talk] First Meeting of Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee

2020-02-08 Thread Mikel Maron
There’s really no good time that works universally. These won’t be the only meetings or way to get involved, they’re just to get things moving. Mikel On Saturday, February 8, 2020, 1:40 PM, Philip Barnes wrote: On Sat, 2020-02-08 at 16:12 +, Mikel Maron wrote: To accommodate time zones,

Re: [Diversity-talk] [Osmf-talk] First Meeting of Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee

2020-02-08 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sat, 2020-02-08 at 16:12 +, Mikel Maron wrote: > To accommodate time zones, we’ll hold this initial meeting twice, the > second at 1700 UTC on the same day, Wednesday February 12. I’ve > blocked out an hour for each, but if you can only attend a portion > that’s fine too. Hi Mikel Would it

Re: [Diversity-talk] [Osmf-talk] First Meeting of Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee

2020-02-08 Thread Mikel Maron
To accommodate time zones, we’ll hold this initial meeting twice, the second at 1700 UTC on the same day, Wednesday February 12. I’ve blocked out an hour for each, but if you can only attend a portion that’s fine too. Expect we’ll discuss the scope of work laid out by the Board, sketch initial