Re: What is the position of the IDCG wrt using the diversity fund for Kim Crayton's antiracist workshop?

+1
Vagner.

Em 01/10/2020 10:36 AM, Reid, Wendy escreveu:
>
> Massively in favour, I think this is a brilliant idea.
>
> *From: *Tobie Langel <tobie@unlockopen.com>
> *Date: *Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 6:58 AM
> *To: *"public-idcg@w3.org" <public-idcg@w3.org>
> *Cc: *Inclusion and Diversity Community Group <public-idcg@w3.org>
> *Subject: *What is the position of the IDCG wrt using the diversity 
> fund for Kim Crayton's antiracist workshop? (was: Urgent - Re: IDCG 
> volunteers for the W3C's Diversity Fund selection committee (2020))
> *Resent-From: *<public-idcg@w3.org>
> *Resent-Date: *Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 6:57 AM
>
> Hi all,
>
> I volunteered to represent the IDCG in the diversity fund selection 
> committee.
>
> Part of the decision the committee has to make is how to reattribute 
> unused funds.
>
> In the below email, I suggested using those to purchase tickets to Kim 
> Crayton's "Being antiracist at work" online workshop and give them to 
> interested TPAC participants (the workshop is held the day after TPAC).
>
> I'd like to be able to represent the IDCG's opinion in this committee 
> and not just my own. So what do you all think?
>
> Are you in favor of using part of the diversity fund for this or would 
> you rather see it reattributed for next year's event?
>
> Thanks for your input,
>
> --tobie
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 12:09 PM Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org 
> <mailto:coralie@w3.org>> wrote:
>
>     I’ve just written to the TPAC 2020 diversity fund selection
>     committee and made them aware of your suggestion below, as they
>     only are empowered to make a decision.
>
>     That decision is to be taken this week.
>
>     Since you are among the two IDCG reps in that committee, please
>     kindly feed back to them any input from the IDCG.
>
>
>     > On 27 Sep 2020, at 12:51 , Tobie Langel <tobie@unlockopen.com
>     <mailto:tobie@unlockopen.com>> wrote:
>     > Additionally, as I'm hearing there aren't a lot of applications,
>     why don't we use some of the extra money left to help raise
>     awareness of W3C's broader membership to racial issues?
>     >
>     > As Kim Crayton's intervention has already seeded some really
>     interesting discussions in the AC forum, my initial thought was to
>     ask her if she'd be willing to organize a workshop for W3C members
>     during TPAC. Kim's answer was that running such workshops is
>     (understandingly) a lot of emotional work and that she would
>     rather W3C members join her "Being antiracist at work" online
>     workshop (https://being-antiracist.com/) which she is running on
>     October 31st, very conveniently the day after TPAC.
>     >
>     > The workshop is $30 per person. It can be joined live on the day
>     of the event or watched later. We could easily offer a hundred or
>     more tickets to interested W3C members with what's left of the
>     Diversity Fund.
>     >
>     > Associating W3C to such an event would not only help raise
>     awareness and educate ourselves, it would also be highly symbolic.
>     >
>     > What do you all think?
>     >
>     > --tobie
>

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Vagner Diniz
Gerente - Manager
Centro de Estudos sobre Tecnologias Web - Ceweb
W3C Escritório Brasil
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