Re: Short post to promote IDCG open office hours

On 12/22/2020 8:13 AM, Léonie Watson wrote:
> It looks like there is no objection to the post. Coralie, if you have 
> not yet finished for the winter holidays, could you check it over and 
> publish it if you think all is in order? No harm if this happens in 
> January now though I think.

I believe that Coralie is already on winter break, though she may check 
emails.

Either way, I think it better if we publish next year as noone will see 
it if we publish this year.

>
>
> On 17/12/2020 11:18, Léonie Watson wrote:
>> Everyone,
>>
>> Here is the text of the blog post we'll publish to promote the open 
>> office hours. Plan is to publish it early next week, then promote it 
>> again in early 2021.
>>
>> Text begins...
>>
>> We want people with different experiences and perspectives to become 
>> part of the W3C, because without diverse voices in every part of our 
>> community we cannot lead the web to its full potential.
>>
>> One way we hope to do this is by inviting people from 
>> under-represented communities to stop by and chat with members of the 
>> W3C community. We've borrowed the"open office hours" idea from 
>> colleges and universities where instructors set aside time each week 
>> to talk with their students. Members of the W3C Inclusion and 
>> Diversity Community Group (IDCG) are holding open office hours to 
>> chat with people from under-represented groups who would like to know 
>> more
>> about the W3C and how to get involved, but do not know where to start.
>>
>> You can find out more on the W3C open office hours page, including 
>> how to find time to chat with one of the IDCG volunteers.
>> ... text ends.
>>
>> I'll link to the relevant things like the IDCG page, and also the 
>> open office hours page itself of course:
>> https://w3c.github.io/idcg/office-hours.html
>>
>>
>> Léonie.
>

Received on Tuesday, 22 December 2020 13:21:13 UTC