[FOSS4G-Oceania] Forum on Diversity

[Cameron Shorter]

Alex, yes, I'd be happy to update the diversity discussion - and it 
doesn't need to be me up on the stage.

I realise we are susceptible to having a stage full of rich white 
educated city-dwelling males debating this topic.


On 5/9/18 3:43 am, Alex Leith wrote:
> The diversity and inclusion discussion is still the one I'd like to 
> have as the plenary panel session at the end of the first day.
>
> The second last keynote at FOSS4G was about this topic, and while I 
> was exhausted and didn't take great notes, here are my dot points:
>
>  *
>
>     Be mindful of diversity and inclusion and unconscious bias
>
>  *
>
>     Negative interactions are infrequent but highly visible, with
>     consequences for project activity.
>
> Maybe we should work on this, Cameron, and we can put it forward for a 
> vote amongst our committee as the topic for that panel session?
>
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 02:30 John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com 
> <mailto:johnwbryant at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I love it! I really like how it aims to create a dialogue with the
>     attendees, rather than just us setting targets and trying to
>     achieve them, behind the scenes. I'm hopeful that our conference
>     is successful in building a strong community, this feels like it
>     would be a step in the right direction.
>
>     Looking forward to working on the program over the next few weeks
>     (joiners welcome, as Alex has already said) :)
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