- From: vagner <vagner@nic.br>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:04:10 -0300
- To: Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com>, Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo <emmanuelle@sidar.org>
- Cc: Inclusion and Diversity Community Group <public-idcg@w3.org>
- Message-Id: <20200820220414.625C41DFCCA@mail.nic.br>
+1,No objection to the addition.Although I personally am in favor of violence against injustice, I vote for the additions putting on my organization hat. Vagner. Enviado do meu Samsung Mobile da Claro -------- Mensagem original --------De : Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com> Data: 20/08/2020 18:24 (GMT-03:00) Para: Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo <emmanuelle@sidar.org> Cc: Inclusion and Diversity Community Group <public-idcg@w3.org> Assunto: Re: Request for consensus to add text in the BLM statement No objection.On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 1:22 PM Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo <emmanuelle@sidar.org> wrote: +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> a écrit : +1 to the proposed change. On 2020-08-20, 1:57 PM, "Léonie Watson" <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 Libre de virus. www.avast.com
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