Re: Next steps with the BLM statement

On 11/10/2020 10:06 AM, Judy Brewer wrote:
> Léonie,
>
> I suggest that we focus on actions, including outreach and inreach, 
> before attempting a statement again.
>
> It would be helpful to have time to gather and continue to discuss.
>
> When is our next meeting? There isn't one today, is there?

Now seeing your note in a previous message that the next meeting is 
November 17th.

All set.

- Judy

>
> Thanks,
>
> - Judy
>
> On 11/10/2020 9:56 AM, Léonie Watson wrote:
>> Everyone,
>>
>> Now TPAC has happened we need to return our attention to the BLM 
>> statement and what we want to do next.
>>
>> With absolutely no suggestion of priority, here are some possible 
>> options:
>>
>> We could update the statement based on the feedback from Kim Crayton 
>> and return it to the AC for consent to publish.
>>
>> We still do not have representation from people of colour, so a risk 
>> is that we make a statement that has been prepared without any input 
>> (other than from Kim) from the community it intends to support.
>>
>> We could remedy that, then update the statement and send it back to 
>> the AC for consent to publish.
>>
>> We could do nothing with the statement. A lot of time has passed 
>> since the initial energy of the BLM movement, and we may feel that 
>> the time for statements has passed.
>>
>> We could focus on making progress with some of the ideas we've been 
>> discussing and make our support of BLM implicit in our actions; and 
>> blog about the progress we're making as we make it.
>>
>> There are likely other possibilities too - these are just the ones 
>> that ocurred to me now.
>>
>> Léonie.
>>
-- 
Judy Brewer
Director, Web Accessibility Initiative
at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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Cambridge MA 02142 USA
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