[Diversity-talk] Diversity 2020 Article

[Marc Gemis]

Would a Code of Conduct also apply to social media that are not
controlled by OSM/OSMF?
E.g. Twitter is currently used by a certain part of the community to
ridicule and criticize people writing on the mailing lists.

regards

m.

On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 1:16 AM Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:
>
> https://www.techrepublic.com/article/diversity-why-open-source-needs-to-work-on-it-in-2020/ is an interesting read. The article talks about open source, but I don't see any significant difference between an open data project or an open source software project.
>
> What I took away from the article is
>
> We need to be more inclusive
> Men (especially over 45) don't see diversity as an issue
> Younger community members see things getting better
> We need a clear and enforced Code of Conduct to create a welcoming community
> Quotas are not the answer
>
> Just for the record, I'm a while male over (way over) 45.
>
> Happy New Year,
> Clifford
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