Re: Diversity scholarship: Identifying under-represented groups

Thanks Oana.

I'd like to put this proposal to a Call For Consensus (CFC), but it 
would be good to get a sense of other people's thoughts on this idea first.

Léonie.


On 19/12/2018 18:02, Oana Galbenu wrote:
> Sound good to me. And pretty elegant I would say.
> 
> Best,
> Oana
> 
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2018, 19:50 Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk 
> <mailto:tink@tink.uk> wrote:
> 
>     I was talking about this with another person recently, and they
>     suggested that we may not need to identify individual under-represented
>     groups, but could just make it clear that the diversity scholarship is
>     open to anyone who believes they are from an under-represented group.
> 
>     It would mean that we don't have to be specific about which
>     under-represented groups are included (and which are not), and it
>     removes the risk of us excluding anyone because we accidentally left
>     their particular group off the list.
> 
>     It would also mean that we don't need to ask people to identify which
>     under-represented group they belong to.
> 
>     It may mean that some people try to game the system, but W3 is a small
>     enough community that I think anyone trying to do that would quickly be
>     found-out.
> 
>     It may also mean that we cannot guarantee diversity within the group of
>     people selected to receive scholarships, but given the relatively small
>     number of scholarships likely to be awarded, it may be enough that
>     we're
>     helping people from any under-represented groups.
> 
>     Thoughts?
> 
>     Léonie.
> 
> 
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> 

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