- From: Léonie Watson <lwatson@tetralogical.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:36:02 +0100
- To: Annette Greiner <amgreiner@lbl.gov>, public-idcg@w3.org
Thanks Annette. I've added it to the collection. I really like this idea. Although I know that horizontal review as a model is not always the best, and that at W3C it often struggles, this idea really struck a note with me. It ties into Judy's suggestion of potential work areas too I think. Léonie. On 16/06/2020 18:56, Annette Greiner wrote: > I have a new suggestion (sorry for increasing the length of the list) > that comes from Quncy Brown, co-founder of blackcomputeHER.org and lead > signatory of "An open letter and call to action to the computing > community from Black in Computing and Our Allies." She wrote this > thoughtful introduction, which mentions the idea of an ERB, equity > review board: > > https://medium.com/@quincykbrown/on-being-black-in-computing-during-these-days-54e049d56987 > > > I think the concept of an ERB could be embodied within W3C as a group > that conducts horizontal review on all our output, including charters. > Such a review could look not only at language, rooting out words like > "blacklist" and "whitelist" and similar language that may divide people, > but also analyze new technologies for potential harm along racial or > diversity lines, such as algorithms that may discriminate. My hope is > that we can make some meaningful adjustments to our process that will > outlast the current elevation of concern. > > -Annette > > On 6/16/20 9:02 AM, Léonie Watson wrote: >> Everyone, >> >> I will send the Zoom information to the internal-idcg@w3.org email >> because it will contain the meeting password which cannot be shared >> publicly. If anyone does not receive that email, send me a private email >> to lwatson@tetralogical.com and I'll reply with the details. >> >> Date: 18 June 2020 >> Time: 3pm UTC >> Duration: 60 minutes >> IRC: irc.w3.org channel #idcg >> >> Agenda: >> >> 1. Introductions. >> >> We have lots to get through on the call, so keeping it short means we'll >> have more time for the rest of the agenda. Thank you! >> >> 2. Publishing an ID CG statement in support of BLM. >> >> * Is this something we want to do? >> * If yes, what do we want it to say? >> * If yes, who is willing to work on a draft? >> >> >> 3. Actions the ID CG can take. >> >> A lot of ideas have been shared and we won't have time to discuss all of >> them in detail. >> >> If we can use the time on the call to narrow it down to a shorter list >> and find at least one person willing to actively lead on each of those >> actions, I think that will help us make progress. >> >> If you could all take time to read through the different suggestions and >> have an idea of which ones you think we should take forward, and which >> ones you'd be willing to work on, that would be really helpful. The >> collection is here: >> https://github.com/w3c/idcg/wiki/Ideas-for-ID-CG-actions >> >> 4. Schedule another call. >> >> It seems like having a regular call would be a good thing. >> >> -- Director @TetraLogical
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