Re: Inclusion office hours?

I would ask people to email me.

On 7/26/2019 12:22 PM, Léonie Watson wrote:
> On the basis there is some interest in this idea, I've been thinking 
> about the logistics.
>
> It has to be easy for people to manage their availability, and the 
> amount of time they're able to make available. It also has to be easy 
> for people to agree a time to speak.
>
> It seems likely that each volunteer will have their preferred way to 
> manage their time, and for arranging times to talk with people, so a 
> simple approach might be our best bet?
>
>
> One possibility is a page that we point people to, where the names and 
> preferred contact methods of each volunteer are shown.
>
> I use a service called Calendly (calendly.com) to manage the open 
> office hours I already hold. It plugs into my calendar service 
> (Google), and lets me create meeting types (30 minutes twice a week 
> for example).
>
> I then share the URL for the meeting type, and people can choose from 
> the available 30 minute slots. When the limit of two a week is 
> reached, the rest of my time is automatically marked as unavailable.
>
> Calendly bases my availability on my Google calendar, so it's 
> essential that stays up to date. When a meeting is requested, it 
> automatically adds it to my Google calendar, and sends me an email to 
> let me know.
>
>
> So my information on the page I'm suggesting might be something like 
> this:
>
> Léonie Watson: use [calendly] to find a time to talk about W3C.
>
> Someone else might prefer to use another meeting management service, 
> or to arrange metings by email, and would then share their email 
> address or other preferred point of initial contact.
>
> We could also include a bit of information about where each volunteer 
> is involved at W3C perhaps?
>
> Léonie.
>
> On 26/07/2019 14:58, Reid, Wendy wrote:
>> 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
>>
>

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