<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>dear all @diversity-talk,<br><br></div>Good to see #osm4ada doing the rounds so quickly. Glad that's helping women organising in OSM build confidence. Wondering about next steps. Here is a collection of thoughts / references to related work. Sorry if i'm restating the obvious here.<br><br></div><div>1) Code of conduct / diversity statement<br><br></div><div>QGIS has a new diversity statement to go with its code of conduct. It's a good gesture.<br><a href="http://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/diversitystatement.html">http://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/codeofconduct/diversitystatement.html</a><br><br></div>OSM doesn't appear to have a code of conduct. This is a *problem* for OSM.<br><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Community_Code_of_Conduct_%28Draft%29">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Community_Code_of_Conduct_%28Draft%29</a><br></div><div>HOT OSM appears to have its own, could potentially be backported.<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lo7o9YuOCdH94XCFcK-HsH5Ja4fPnpVl7GioKg_4Ht8/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lo7o9YuOCdH94XCFcK-HsH5Ja4fPnpVl7GioKg_4Ht8/edit</a><br></div><div><br><a href="http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Code_of_conduct">http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Code_of_conduct</a> talks about effective codes of conduct.<br><br></div>2) Outreach and sponsorship at events<br><br></div>The Clojure community recognised they had serious balance problems and went all out to address that and it is working. They've doubled women speakers and attendees at events within a year. There's also the ClojureBridge network offering workshops that are specifically limited to women and genderqueer people. <br><br><a href="https://thestrangeloop.com/attendees/diversity-scholarships">https://thestrangeloop.com/attendees/diversity-scholarships</a><br><a href="http://purelyfunctional.discoursehosting.net/t/clojure-conj-opportunity-grants/200">http://purelyfunctional.discoursehosting.net/t/clojure-conj-opportunity-grants/200</a><br><br>Diversity scholarships would be a good target for conference
sponsorship, i think FOSS4G will try this next year. It is worth doing
for SoTM. I've only been to one SoTM & didn't know how to talk to
people & didn't find it very welcoming.<br><br><a href="http://www.ashedryden.com/blog/increasing-diversity-at-your-conference">http://www.ashedryden.com/blog/increasing-diversity-at-your-conference</a><br><br></div>In python world there is corporate sponsorship of women-specific events as a futile gesture of expiation, looking at you GitHub. <br><br><a href="http://djangogirls.org/">http://djangogirls.org/</a><br><a href="http://www.pyladies.com/">http://www.pyladies.com/</a><br><br></div>BUT this stuff all feels a bit retro to me though i'm doing some of it anyway. But i've lived through a generation or two of failed women-in-X FOSS initiatives and all i've taken away from that is that the focus on women can be harmful, can make it seem like there is a problem with women. "diversity" is the good keyword, yes.<br><br></div>3) Meetups and mapping parties with different communities<br><br></div>The local organisers in Edinburgh and Glasgow have done some good stuff with green groups, transition town, etc. Draws in people with a wide variety of interests and maps in their heads. We're doing a thing with the Scottish hackerspaces in November, because hackerspaces <3 OSM (and also have diversity issues in spades)<br><br></div>Opportunities to talk more to local mappers IRL = less conflict online. More opportunities to get welcoming right. Learning how to be welcoming with none of the normal social protocol available = a social development experience for hackers.<br><br><br></div>"Ms 10%"<br><div><br><br><div><div><br><br><br><div><div><div><br><div><div><br><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>