[Diversity-talk] Your talk submission for SotM 2019

[Rory McCann]

Hi all,

I'm happy lend a helping hand if I can. I put my name on the pad.

I was considering of running a LGBTQ* "bird of a feather"/"self 
organized session" at SotM too which is sorta related.

Rory

On So, Sep 8, 2019 at 8:47 PM, Miriam Mapanauta <mapanauta at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Hi Heather,
> 
> I am happy to participate in the discussion :)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Miriam
> 
> On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 1:07 PM Heather Leson <heatherleson at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> HI folks, I heard back from Rebecca and Patricia. they will help 
>> out. We would very much like to engage others. Let me know if you 
>> would like to be involved.  We will need the following:
>> 
>> 4 or 5 helpers (low prep, just help lead a discussion)
>> an OSM Diary. Happy to cowrite with you
>> 
>> Our allies at the Mozilla Diversity and Inclusion mailing list 
>> suggested a format. I think it is helpful. I put the notes and 
>> format draft here. Edits welcome
>> 
>> https://pads.ccc.de/bwWXryNYXv
>> 
>> See you soon
>> 
>> Heather
>> 
>> Heather Leson
>> heatherleson at gmail.com
>> Twitter/skype: HeatherLeson
>> Blog: textontechs.com
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 6:47 PM Heather Leson 
>> <heatherleson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>> 
>>> I hope that your summer was grand.
>>> 
>>> I am researching formats for this. One thing that might help us is 
>>> to tackle what is inclusive language and what are some of the 
>>> measures to improve diversity - specifically in the board and 
>>> working groups. Thoughts?
>>> 
>>> "The OSM community is global and diverse. Building on last year's 
>>> Open Heroines conversation, we will co-create a space for OSM to 
>>> talk about how to improve diversity and inclusion in our amazing 
>>> project. All welcome."
>>> 
>>> How can OSM be more diverse and inclusive? Join us to share your 
>>> lessons and ideas on how we might grow and support a Diversity and 
>>> Inclusive approach in OSM. This is an activity taking place across 
>>> other 'open' communities. We will ask participants to co-create 
>>> plans and identify how we might incorporate it into small and big 
>>> activities within the global network. The format will be co-created 
>>> with some potential outcomes. The goal is to be a conversation with 
>>> interactive, participatory methods and some small group work.
>>> 
>>> See more about this topic:
>>> https://blog.mozilla.org/internetcitizen/2019/03/04/open-source-inclusion/
>>> https://opensourcediversity.org/
>>> https://github.com/mozilla/diversity
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Shared planning space - https://pads.ccc.de/bwWXryNYXv
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thank you
>>> 
>>> Heather
>>> Heather Leson
>>> heatherleson at gmail.com
>>> Twitter/skype: HeatherLeson
>>> Blog: textontechs.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 4:47 PM Heather Leson 
>>> <heatherleson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> HI everyone, sorry for my delay.  Christine, thanks to you and the 
>>>> org committee for this opportunity. We will make this time work 
>>>> for us.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Dear colleagues, I am going on leave until August 14th. shall we 
>>>> set up a document to plan this session. Miriam - I have made 
>>>> remote participation possible in the past. We will do our best.
>>>> 
>>>> Heather
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Heather Leson
>>>> heatherleson at gmail.com
>>>> Twitter/skype: HeatherLeson
>>>> Blog: textontechs.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 5:13 AM Miriam Mapanauta 
>>>> <mapanauta at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Christine,
>>>>> 
>>>>> No problem from my side, I can be available remotely, I don't 
>>>>> believe I will be able to attend the event.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Miriam
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 1:10 PM Christine Karch 
>>>>> <christine at hermione.de> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  yesterday we had our schedule meeting. It was quite difficult 
>>>>>> to find a
>>>>>>  suitable place for your session as you have quite divergent 
>>>>>> availability
>>>>>>  time frames mentioned.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  We scheduled your session for 09-22 at 14h. We got a warning 
>>>>>> that Miriam
>>>>>>  is not available at this time. Could you please have a look at 
>>>>>> Miriam
>>>>>>  availability times. They seem to be very limited, maybe you 
>>>>>> made a
>>>>>>  mistake during the submission process.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  Kind regards,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  Christine
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> 
>>>>> Miriam
>>>>> @mapanauta
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Miriam
> @mapanauta