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

On 27 September 2017 10:57:37 GMT+01:00, Shane Kerr <shane at time-travellers.org> wrote:
>Leo & all,
>
>At 2017-09-26 14:31:56 +0000
>Leo Vegoda <leo.vegoda at icann.org> wrote:
>
>> Leslie wrote:
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> > > 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 :)  
>> 
>> May I ask why the TF's goal should not be an actual increase in
>> diversity and instead should just be the removal of (some) barriers?
>> How can we know whether the TF's work addresses the right barriers if
>> the goal is defined by the work being done and not the outcome of the
>> work?
>
>I agree.
>
>The goal should not be to have a RIPE community that could in theory be
>diverse, but rather to have a RIPE community that *is* diverse.

Can't it be both? So increasing diversity by multiple methods including/primarily reducing the barriers etc?

Brian

Brian Nisbet
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