[diversity] Finalizing (draft) charter of the Diversity TF by 2nd October

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 7:04 AM, Sasha Romijn <sasha at mxsasha.eu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>> Goal of the TF is increasing diversity in RIPE community.
>
> I’m not entirely sure on the wording of this goal. I see these kind of efforts more as: removing barriers for participation, particularly those that disproportionally affect underrepresented and marginalised groups in the community, encourage and support their participation and inclusion, which will result in a more diverse community.
>
> So to me it’s more: if this TF does a great job, as a result we’ll see diversity increased, but that is not the direct goal - to me the direct goal is more removing barriers that prevent diversity, and looking for ways to offset barriers we can’t remove.

I like your way of looking at this :)

Leslie

>
> I don’t immediately know how to word this concisely, and don’t feel strongly if people want to keep the current goal, but maybe someone else has an idea on how to improve it..
>
> Thanks,
> Sasha
> (yes, changed name 🌈)
> _______________________________________________
> diversity mailing list
> diversity at ripe.net
> https://mailman.ripe.net/