[diversity-talk] Further Discussion on Increasing Diversity

[alyssa wright]

Would love to audit any Mappy Hours -- though not sure about when.
Regarding creating a safe place for people - I think the Maptime US mission
statemen <http://maptimesf.tumblr.com/mission>t is pretty powerful.  We've
tried to reiterate safety in our MapTime NYC
About<http://www.meetup.com/Maptime-NYC/>section.

(I don't want to speak too much for Maptime SF, NYC, and PDX so copying
some of the key people here)

At NYC, I think it's about making sure people are asking questions and
there's an active exchange going on. I do that by being ridiculous and
asking lots of questions myself. I am sure there are many different ways
this could look.

Something I've learned in business development - if the "teacher" is
talking more than the student then the teacher isn't selling they're
telling and the student isn't going to buy.




On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:24 AM, alyssa wright <alyssapwright at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > [ ... ]  There is a focused > effort in creating a safe space where
> anyone can contribute ideas and
> > questions without reproach. [...]
>
> Any specifics you can share?  Perhaps you can outline exactly what
> parameters of safety you seek?
>
> Would you like to audit the Toronto Mappy Hour to provide feedback to
> us?  I know that I would appreciate action items, perhaps other groups
> would as well.
>
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