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I think it's about time to admit defeat and try something else if we want to strive for an inclusive, equitable organization, the literature (see the first article I linked to) tells us that embracing "meritocracy" as a core value works against that goal On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 at 01:46, Dinesh Joshi <dinesh.jo...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > Striving for an ideal is good. Doing away with it entirely feels like > giving up on it and admitting defeat. > > Dinesh > > > On Mar 22, 2019, at 4:24 PM, Naomi Slater <n...@tumbolia.org> wrote: > > > > I suspect the answer is not to replace the word but to do away with it > > entirely > > > >> On Fri 22. Mar 2019 at 21:28, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> > wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 9:59 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > >>>> On 3/22/19 3:03 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > >>>> It would be very important to come up with a replacement that is > >>>> as effective as what we're trying to replace. Frankly, I don't know > >>>> a single candidate. > >>> > >>> As discussed elsewhere in the thread, simply coming up with a new word, > >>> while potentially helpful in starting conversations, doesn't really > >>> address the underlying problem. And each new word (do-ocracy is one > that > >>> has been proposed, for example) comes with its own set of concerns and > >>> baggage. > >> > >> FWIW: the only word I can 100% embrace as a wholesale replacement > >> of meritocracy is do-ocracy. > >> > >>> We have had the "what other word can we use" conversation at least once > >>> on this mailing list, and at least one on members, in the last 2 years. > >>> Neither conversation resulted in anything actionable. > >> > >> That's basically my point. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Roman. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
