My top two priorities for increasing diversity, especially at events, are: - Appeal to newcomers. We're never going to create diversity with the people who are already part of OSM, so I try to make sure I'm speaking to the people who I haven't met yet rather than the crowd who's in the know. - I make a personal effort to reach out to women to get involved. Diversity is not just more women, I know, but this is actionable.
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Fozy 81 <foz...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Yes, I'd be interested to attend a meeting on Diversity. > > And on mapping parties/meetups. The wiki could be updated to include a few > tips on how to be inclusive. > > So in my experience - first I started in a pub on a week night. And to be > honest that is an easy way to start (no room hire, convenient, beer). And > nothing wrong with that . But have made the effort to mix it up with > different venues and times to possibly attract different groups (which has > worked to some extent). > > So I guess, the main thing is to run an event - it's a fun thing to do and > will gather the existing community and may attract new people. But IMHO if > you are planning on running a series of events - try to mix the venues, > times and groups you are interacting with. And try to find different > contacts/ways to broadcast your event (social media, email, notices etc). > > + 1 all the advice on atmosphere/welcoming/questions etc > > > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > diversity-talk mailing list > diversity-t...@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/diversity-talk > >
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