As many other in tech, the @W3C community has a #diversity issue to address.
@LeonieWatson shares in this video what the #CommunityGroup she created earlier this year hopes to do in this space
vimeo.com/303668138
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This Community Group started as the W3C Women #CommunityGroup, and got recently rebranded as the #Inclusion and #Diversity #CommunityGroup to broaden its scope.
w3.org/community/w3c-women/2…
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The work of this group is expected to be complementary to other efforts @w3c started over the year such as the Positive Work Environment Community Group that develops and maintains the global @w3c #CodeofConduct
w3.org/blog/2018/09/positive…
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Some groups in W3C have developed and are experimenting with complementary rules for their #CodeOfConduct, e.g. recently the #ImmersiveWeb Working Group immersive-web.github.io/home…
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The topic of diversity was also a key topic discussed at the W3C membership meeting a few months ago
w3.org/blog/2018/06/w3c-stra…
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This led to the set up of a TPAC diversity scholarship which the first
few people benefited from at our #w3cTPAC meeting end of October
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The @w3ctag has also asked (via its chair @torgo) that its composition be more diverse, asking the w3c membership to pay attention to that criteria when offering candidates to the TAG election slides.com/torgo/tag-update-…
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.@LeonieWatson covers in this video some of the other ideas in this space, including collaboration with @GirlsWhoCode or the Grace Hopper Celebration #GHC18 vimeo.com/303668138
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If you are interested in helping, the Inclusion and Diversity Community Group is open to all to join w3.org/community/w3c-women/
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Thanks to @webcastors for filming this interview, and thanks to @LeonieWatson for accepting to summarize this effort in this impromptu interview! This is a first of a series of short interview we captured during #w3cTPAC this year, stay tuned for more!
Dec 4, 2018 · 4:32 PM UTC