Re: Inclusion office hours?

Count me in.

On 7/26/2019 4:29 AM, Léonie Watson 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.
>
>
>

Received on Friday, 26 July 2019 15:04:20 UTC