Re: Inclusion office hours?

Leonie,  

Good idea. 

Yes, I’m interested in participating. 

For me, email would be preferable, ideally with a bracketed “[Inclusion]” in the subject line. 

- Judy

> On Jul 26, 2019, at 12:22 PM, Léonie Watson <lw@tetralogical.com> 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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