The mission of the group was to increase the presence of under-represented groups at W3C, and strengthen W3C culture by supporting diversity. To serve this mission, the CG determinded to:
provide a space to share experiences and information;
produce best practices and use case documents regarding gathering data, reporting/feedback mechanisms, and practical ways to support each other;
advise the W3C Management (W3M), Advisory Board (AB), Advisory Committee (AC), and Positive Work Environment CG about potential enhancements to our working environment to better support inclusion and diversity.
Group's public email, repo and wiki activity over time
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Anyone with an interest to increase the presence of under-represented groups at W3C, and strengthen W3C culture by supporting diversity can and should join the Positive Work Environment Community Group where the Inclusion and Diversity Community Group has now moved.
The group is an informal place where everyone is welcome to share their ideas, to pitch in and work, to provide different perspectives, or simply to listen, and which strives to make W3C a more positive, welcoming, inclusive, and diverse environment.
Previous IDCG participants who are already a member of the PWE CG are all set. Others will need to join that group to continue the work.
We want people with different experiences and perspectives to become part of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), because without diverse voices in every part of our community we cannot lead the web to its full potential.
One way we hope to do this is by inviting people from under-represented communities to stop by and chat with members of the W3C community. We’ve borrowed the “open office hours” idea from colleges and universities where instructors set aside time each week to talk with their students. Members of the W3C Inclusion and Diversity Community Group (IDCG) are holding open office hours to chat with people from under-represented groups who would like to know more about W3C and how to get involved, but do not know where to start.
You can find out more on the IDCG open office hours page, including how to find time to chat with one of the IDCG volunteers.
Léonie Watson and Coralie Mercier will be stepping down as co-chairs of the Inclusion and Diversity Community Group (IDCG) at the end of this year. We shared this during the 17 November IDCG meeting.
Much as we recognise the importance of the work being done in this public group, we both have many other commitments that mean we cannot put the time and energy that we would like into it.
The IDCG needs to find new co-chairs to take things forward from January. If you would be interested in volunteering or know someone who might be interested, please let us know here or by direct email.
W3C has established a TPAC Diversity Fund, generously sponsored by W3C Members Siteimprove, The Paciello Group, Microsoft, Samsung Electronics, TetraLogical, Dyno Mapper, Adobe, Coil; and individual sponsor Marcos Cáceres.
As an international organization, we can see the immense value we gain from having greater gender diversity, and expertise from across multiple countries and cultures.
Applicants should be from a group that is under-represented in the web community, and unable to attend TPAC without financial help. Applications are due 14 July 2019.
At our 22 October 2018 meeting during TPAC 2018, we agreed to change the name and scope of the W3C Women CG and to enable everyone to participate.
We’re now the W3C Inclusion and Diversity Community Group (IDCG)!
We’ve converged on the following mission statement:
The mission of the W3C Inclusion and Diversity Community Group (ID CG) is to increase the presence of under-represented groups at the W3C, and strengthen W3C culture by supporting diversity. To serve this mission, the CG will:
provide a space to share experiences and information;
produce best practices and use case documents regarding gathering data, reporting/feedback mechanisms, and practical ways to support each other;
advise the W3C Management (W3M), Advisory Board (AB), Advisory Committee (AC), and Positive Work Environment CG about potential enhancements to our working environment to better support inclusion and diversity.
This is a community initiative. This group was originally proposed on 2018-01-25 by Léonie Watson. The following people supported its creation: Léonie Watson, Coralie Mercier, Tanya Mandal, Xueyuan Jia, Virginie GALINDO, Oana Galbenu. W3C’s hosting of this group does not imply endorsement of the activities.
w3c/idcg/
