Re: Diversity scholarship: Identifying under-represented groups

Yeah, I agree that we don't want to make people think these are "genius  
grants". That's just one of the problems I found in the wording I put up.  
It really is a straw person.

cheers


On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:09:07 +0100, <deborah.kaplan@suberic.net> wrote:

> I like this approach very much. I'd be inclined not to ask people what  
> meetings they intend to participate in; I think this might give some  
> people the idea that they have to be amazing perfect stellar  
> participants to be considered worthy, and also, might discourage  
> newbies. But the approach of saying, "we know there are some groups who  
> are clearly underrepresented, but we're telling you the list so you'll  
> have a sense of why we're doing this and whether you're a good  
> applicant" is a good one.
>
> Deborah
>
>> [[[
>> The purpose of the scholarships are to increase diversity of  
>> perspectives
>> offered in discussion, by supporting attendance from people who  
>> otherwise
>> could not participate in the event. The selection criteria will focus on
>> bringing new or under-represented individual perspectives rather than
>> attempting to balance the presence of specific "groups" or communities.
>>
>> To apply, you will be asked to provide a couple of sentences explaining  
>> the
>> perspectives you bring, and the specific meetings you intend to  
>> participate
>> in.
>>
>> As typical for many US-headquartered technical organisations, there are  
>> many
>> under-represented communities in W3C. Communities who are obviously who  
>> are
>> under-represented include women, people from Africa, the Middle East,  
>> Central
>> and South America, Central, South and South-East Asia, refugees and  
>> people
>> providing support to refugees, and people with disabilities - especially
>> those who need support for an assistant or carer.
>>
>> The program is still experimental, and we encourage feedback on what  
>> works
>> well and what needs improvement to help us achieve our goals. This is  
>> welcome
>> either anonymously or as a public contribution.
>> ] ] ]
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Chaals
>>
>> On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 10:24:47 +0100, Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>> >       --     @LeonieWatson tink.uk <http://tink.uk> Carpe diem
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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