Re: Inclusion office hours?

I love this idea and would happily offer up some time!

-Wendy

On 2019-07-26, 4:54 AM, "Charles 'chaals' (McCathie) Nevile" <charles.nevile@consensys.net> wrote:

    Seems like a good idea, and I would find some time to do that.
    
    cheers
    
    Chaals
    
    On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:29:32 +0200, Léonie Watson <lw@tetralogical.com>  
    wrote:
    
    > Everyone,
    >
    > When discussing the diversity fund with the selection committee, I had  
    > an idea...
    >
    > Enabling people to go to TPAC is a worthwhile thing for W3C to do, but  
    > TPAC itself is a tough introduction to W3C for anyone who isn't already  
    > participating in some way.
    >
    > Each week, I make two 30 minute slots available in my calendar, and  
    > anyone who wants to talk about accessibility or inclusive design, is  
    > welcome to take one of those slots. I post my calendar on Twitter and a  
    > couple of other forums, so the meetings are open to anyone (though I do  
    > set some basic ground rules like no selling, and that I make no  
    > commitment to doing homework after any call). This isn't about creating  
    > business, it isn't a paid service, it's a community thing designed to  
    > help people out. I borrowed the idea from Matt May at Adobe (another  
    > accessibility person), and I daresay he borrowed it from someone else  
    > too.
    >
    > One of my forthcoming office hours meetings is with someone who wants to  
    > know how to get involved in the ARIA WG.
    >
    > Which makes me wonder if we could create a Poole of volunteers willing  
    > to give up 30 minutes of their time, perhaps once a month, to talk to  
    > people from under-represented groups who would like to get involved at  
    > W3C but don't really know where to start.
    >
    > I don't know how we'd manage it logistically, but if the idea has enough  
    > support here, we could think about that next.
    >
    > Léonie.
    >
    >
    >
    
    
    -- 
    Charles "chaals" Nevile
    PegaSys Standards Architect, ConsenSys

Received on Friday, 26 July 2019 13:58:52 UTC