Hoi,
The issue then is that diversity is seen as an issue with our collaborators
and not so much as an issue of the needs of our audience.
Having said that, has there every been done a study on how and where the
lack of our diversity in our content exists and how it affects our audience?
Thanks,
GerardM
On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 17:55, Marc Miquel <marcmiq...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Gerard,
>
> I agree it is a good practice to try to find a definition. In my
> understanding, diversity is the range of differences in a series of things,
> people, cultural traits, etc. So, diversity applied to Wikimedia, it can be
> understood as to how well the different profiles in society are engaged in
> contributing to our projects, how the different governance structures allow
> different profiles to access positions in decision-making, how the
> communities capture all the different available knowledge in certain
> geographical contexts, etc.
>
> Thanks for asking.
> Best,
> Marc
> ᐧ
>
> Missatge de Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> del dia dc., 22 de
> gen. 2020 a les 8:01:
>
> > Hoi,
> > Ah yes, I can read.
> >
> > In my mind when conferences are held on a particular subject and it is
> not
> > clear what the subject is, "how can there be a solution or progress. It
> > will be whatever people think it is and results will not be results, they
> > are what happens anyway. Not knowing what your subject is is not SMART.
> >
> > So, again what is meant by diversity"?
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 at 23:24, Nick Wilson (Quiddity) <
> > nwil...@wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Gerard, you can read about the previous events (which include answers
> > about
> > > scope), at
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:43 AM Gerard Meijssen <
> > > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am not interested when I do no have a clue about the scope
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Op ma 20 jan. 2020 15:09 schreef Ilario Valdelli <valde...@gmail.com
> >:
> > > >
> > > > > That can be an output of the conference. Is not it?
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2020, 13:57 Gerard Meijssen, <
> > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hoi,
> > > > > > How do you define diversity?
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > GerardM
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 at 13:44, Jon Harald Søby <
> jhs...@wikimedia.no
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi all, and apologies if you receive this email several times
> – I
> > > > will
> > > > > be
> > > > > > > posting it to multiple mailing lists.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Wikimedia Norge would like to organize a regional Wikimedia
> > > Diversity
> > > > > > > Conference in 2020 for Europe, with the hope of many other
> > regional
> > > > > > > conferences on the same topic being held in the near future.
> The
> > > > > > Wikimedia
> > > > > > > Diversity Conference 2020 will provide a meeting place for
> > > > discussing,
> > > > > > > debating and generating recipes for change concerning diversity
> > in
> > > > the
> > > > > > > Wikimedia movement.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We will be sharing more updates regarding a possible conference
> > > later
> > > > > in
> > > > > > > 2020. For now, we are working on drafting a grant proposal to
> the
> > > > > > Wikimedia
> > > > > > > Foundation to support the conference. As part of the drafting
> the
> > > > > > proposal,
> > > > > > > a Community Engagement Survey is crucial to understand what
> > > community
> > > > > > > members are expecting out of such conference. In that regard,
> > > > Wikimedia
> > > > > > > Norge invite all those who are interested in the topic of
> > diversity
> > > > to
> > > > > > take
> > > > > > > part in the survey.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Please take the survey here
> > > > > > > <
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEaXc2AIaaFgKiQUWCDdnJKLd26KA8_DDQsyAqemXsH-wRyw/viewform
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEaXc2AIaaFgKiQUWCDdnJKLd26KA8_DDQsyAqemXsH-wRyw/viewform
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > *Participants*
> > > > > > > For a Wikimedia Diversity Conference 2020 we would like to
> invite
> > > > > > > participants who are decision-makers in the movement
> (volunteers,
> > > > board
> > > > > > or
> > > > > > > staff members of a Wikimedia affiliate) or highly engaged in
> > > projects
> > > > > > about
> > > > > > > knowledge equity and diversity. The conference will be an
> > > opportunity
> > > > > for
> > > > > > > the participants to discuss solutions for implementation of the
> > > 2030
> > > > > > > movement strategy
> > > > > > > <
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20
> > > > >
> > > > > on
> > > > > > > knowledge equity.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > > *Jon Harald Søby*
> > > > > > > Prosjektleder / Prosjektleiar / Prošeaktajođiheaddji / Project
> > > > Manager
> > > > > > > Wikimedia Norge / Wikimedia Noreg / Wikimedia Norga
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > +47 977 67 510
> > > > > > > jhs...@wikimedia.no
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