Hi all,
In July, we hosted a small gathering in San Francisco to consider the
current state of the gender gap and brainstorm some initiatives that
community and staff (WMF grantmakers, etc) might work on together in the
coming year. After a shamefully long time,[1] notes from this meeting are
finally up on meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_strategy_2013
Please join
in<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_strategy_2013#August_2013_…nd>,
improve, share your thoughts about what's there or add new
ideas<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_strategy_2013#Brainstor…
the brainstorm list! If people are interested, we might build on this
more together both on meta and at Diversity Conference in Berlin next
month.[2]
I'm also planning to host an IdeaLab session at Diversity Conference to
work together on action plans for diversity-focused projects. If you aren't
able to attend in person, perhaps you'd want to write up your favorite idea
in the IdeaLab instead, to spark some more collaborations?
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab
Warm regards,
Siko
[1] Yes, it really did take me 3 months to finish removing an
under-construction template and decide some things are just going to stay
messy, sigh.
[2] Reminder to register by Oct 20th, I understand the program schedule
will be published later this week:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference
--
Siko Bouterse
Head of Individual Grants
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org
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