Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Jim Jagielski
> On Mar 30, 2019, at 2:50 PM, Naomi Slater wrote: > > On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 19:23, Jim Jagielski wrote: > >> >> Discrimination, by definition, is unjust, unwarranted or prejudicial. >> > > simplistic and incorrect > > discrimination, *by definition*, means you discriminate, i.e., tell

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Eric Covener
On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 2:17 PM Ross Gardler wrote: > I think the problem is that *I* used the term "positive discrimination". That > has led to an interpretation of someone elses words through a cloudy lens. > Before making assumptions about that other persons intent you should listen > to

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Ross Gardler
rmative action" from now on... > > > From: Naomi Slater > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2019 11:50 AM > To: dev@community.apache.org > Subject: Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on > "meritocracy") > > On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 19:23, Jim Jagielski wr

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Jim Jagielski
omi Slater > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2019 11:50 AM > To: dev@community.apache.org > Subject: Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on > "meritocracy") > > On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 19:23, Jim Jagielski wrote: > >> >> Discrimination, by

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Ross Gardler
Let use the term "affirmative action" from now on... From: Naomi Slater Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2019 11:50 AM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy") On Sat,

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Naomi Slater
On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 19:23, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > Discrimination, by definition, is unjust, unwarranted or prejudicial. > simplistic and incorrect discrimination, *by definition*, means you discriminate, i.e., tell apart we discriminate when we determine who "has merit". but most people

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Jim Jagielski
> On Mar 30, 2019, at 1:32 PM, Eric Covener wrote: > >> I'm not going to (intentionally) actively discriminate for or against >> anyone. But I will protect your right, as an individual, to do so as long as >> you protect my right to help you achieve the >> right balance in our broader

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Ross Gardler
ore making assumptions about that other persons intent you should listen to their words. Have you watched Joan's presentation? Ross From: Eric Covener Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2019 10:32 AM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: Building and Sustaining

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Sam Ruby
On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 1:33 PM Eric Covener wrote: > > > I'm not going to (intentionally) actively discriminate for or against > > anyone. But I will protect your right, as an individual, to do so as long > > as you protect my right to help you achieve the > > right balance in our broader

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Eric Covener
> I'm not going to (intentionally) actively discriminate for or against anyone. > But I will protect your right, as an individual, to do so as long as you > protect my right to help you achieve the > right balance in our broader communities by stamping out the existence of any > discrimination

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Joan Touzet
Thanks for this post, Shane. You share a number of my concerns. I am absolutely not blind to opposition to some of the things I've suggested, but I would argue that the thread on the topic has become so negative and heated that informed discussion isn't useful. Again I encourage others to listen

Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Ross Gardler
___ From: Shane Curcuru Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2019 8:43:08 AM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy") Joan Touzet wrote on 3/30/19 12:52 AM: ...snip... > Precisely the point. I'm in favour of this, though

Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")

2019-03-30 Thread Shane Curcuru
Joan Touzet wrote on 3/30/19 12:52 AM: ...snip... > Precisely the point. I'm in favour of this, though I know others are > actively against it. I talked about this at length during my > ApacheCon 2018 talk, proposing options that are well thought-out and > fair, drawing from a wide variety of