Re: Virtual Inclusion Summit

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 10, 2020, 22:48 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwo4eedwc.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200610222719.GE148632@google.com>

Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com> writes:

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> One note I'd like to make is that the Git community already suffers from
> a lack of diversity; it will be hard for us to make meaningful changes
> if just those of us who already contribute attend, because many of us -
> myself included! - come from privilege and don't have much or any
> firsthand experience with microaggressions (or overt discrimination). I
> think it's a good idea to expand the attendance of this summit beyond
> the current contributor base and try to include more diverse voices and
> experts in building inclusive products.
>
> To that end, I'm going to see what kind of interested parties we can
> find to invite within Google - and I hope others will do the same within
> their own network. I think the risk of us coming up with meaningless
> changes far outweighs the risk of us having too many people in the Zoom
> call. :)

It is OK to have an optional meeting in the hope that a video meeting may have a better chance to keep those who easily become too aggressive and confrontational in text-only conversation in check and instead have civilized conversation.

But I am not sure if it is a good idea to call such a meeting a "Summit", given that there are those who prefer not to be seen, heard or recorded how they appear and how they sound in a video conference. They would not be able to join the conversation held in such a "Summit" held only by those who are privileged enough to be able to attend.

Thanks.