Re: Request for consensus to add text in the BLM statement

+1

/Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo/
Patrono Fundador y Directora General
Fundación Sidar - Acceso Universal
email: emmanuelle@sidar.org
http://sidar.org

El 20/08/2020 a las 22:18, Annette Greiner escribió:
>
> +1 for the addition.
>
> On 8/20/20 11:30 AM, Hochgesang, Barbara wrote:
>>
>> + 1 good compromise.
>>
>> *Barbara Hochgesang*
>>
>> *From:* Julien Tanay <julien.tanay@consensys.net>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 20, 2020 11:11 AM
>> *To:* Reid, Wendy <wendy.reid@rakuten.com>
>> *Cc:* lwatson@tetralogical.com; Ralph Swick <swick@w3.org>; 
>> public-idcg@w3.org; Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: Request for consensus to add text in the BLM statement
>>
>> + 1 from me too.
>>
>> Le jeu. 20 août 2020 à 20:07, Reid, Wendy <wendy.reid@rakuten.com 
>> <mailto:wendy.reid@rakuten.com>> a écrit :
>>
>>     +1 to the proposed change.
>>
>>     On 2020-08-20, 1:57 PM, "Léonie Watson"
>>     <lwatson@tetralogical.com <mailto:lwatson@tetralogical.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         +1 to the proposed change.
>>
>>
>>         On 20/08/2020 18:47, Ralph Swick wrote:
>>         > IDCG Participants,
>>         >
>>         > As you know, the W3C Process allows for formal objections
>>     to a group
>>         > decision.  A formal objection is a request to the W3C
>>     Director to
>>         > consider when evaluating the related decision.
>>         >
>>         > During the W3C Member review of the proposed W3C Statement
>>     on Black
>>         > Lives Matter a formal objection was raised.  I have been
>>     delegated to
>>         > try to find a consensus resolution to this formal objection
>>     on behalf
>>         > of the W3C Director.
>>         >
>>         > I share with you part of the objector's statement and
>>     following that a
>>         > change (addition) to the text of the BLM statement. The
>>     objector has
>>         > confirmed that this would resolve the objection to their
>>     satisfaction.
>>         >
>>         > Quoting from the objector's statement:
>>         >
>>         >   "I believe it is important to clearly state what we _do_
>>     and _do not_
>>         >   support as W3C organization. We support true equality, we
>>     support any
>>         >   lawful action that aims to fight injustice, but we do not
>>     condone
>>         >   violence or destruction of property. In numerous cases,
>>     the peaceful
>>         >   protests for right social cause were hijacked by radical
>>     extremists,
>>         >   and their violent actions [that clearly deviate from the
>>     established
>>         >   social norms and the rule of law] only diminish the
>>     importance of
>>         >   "Black Lives Matter" message. I do not believe that being
>>     vocal about
>>         >   the rightful cause while being silent about radical
>>     violations of
>>         >   social norms sends the right message - we all know too
>>     well that
>>         >   silence is approval. We do not tolerate any behaviors
>>     that violate
>>         >   our own social norms, we openly speak against any
>>     violations of the
>>         >   W3C Code of Conduct - I do not see why our stance on the
>>     larger
>>         >   social issue should be any different.
>>         >
>>         >   "Our stated position should clearly communicate the fact
>>     that while
>>         >   we do support all marginalized and underrepresented
>>     communities, and
>>         >   we support their fight for true equality, we do not
>>     condone any
>>         >   violence or unlawful actions!"
>>         >
>>         > The objector states they will withdraw their Formal
>>     Objection to the
>>         > proposed statement if the following sentence is
>>     incorporated into
>>         > paragraph 6:
>>         >
>>         >    "As an organization, W3C believes that Black Lives Matter.
>>         >    /+We unequivocally stand against racism, injustice, and
>>     violence.+/
>>         >    We also stand in support of our Indigenous colleagues,
>>     colleagues
>>         >    of color, LGBTQI+ colleagues, and colleagues with
>>     disabilities.
>>         >
>>         > I solicit your view on this change, preferably no later
>>     than 27 August.
>>         >
>>         > Regards,
>>         > Ralph Swick, W3C
>>
>>         --
>>         Director @TetraLogical
>>     https://tetralogical.com
>>
> -- 
> Annette Greiner (she)
> NERSC Data and Analytics Services
> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory


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