- From: Léonie Watson <lw@tetralogical.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:58:53 +0000
- To: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>, public-idcg@w3.org
On 29/03/2019 12:28, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote: > Is this data set large enough to allow anonymity? Is such data the > only/ideal way to "measure" how we preform on ensuring diversity? I > personally feel somewhat ambivalent about such data collection. I'm not sure how many participants we have within W3C but it counts in the thousands, so I think the sample set would be large enough, yes. The purpose of this exercise is more about understanding where we are, than it is about ensuring we do better. That said, if you have other ideas about how we can gauge our current diversity, in order to ensure we keep improving it, that'd be welcome. Léonie. > > 2 cents, > Shadi > > > On 29/03/2019 12:08, Léonie Watson wrote: >> Everyone, >> >> At the meeting during TPAC we agreed we wanted to know more about the >> current state of diversity at W3C. I'd like us to make a start on this >> if we can. >> >> I think the only way to collect this information is to ask people, and >> to ask them in a way that protects their anonymity. I might be wrong >> about this of course, there may be much better ways! >> >> If this is the right approach though, we'll need to find a platform to >> host the survey that protects people's privacy, and to design a set of >> questions to ask. >> >> If anyone has ideas on how to approach this activity, ideas about >> platforms, or experience of designing the appropriate questions, that >> would be very welcome. >> >> Léonie. > -- @TetraLogical TetraLogical.com
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