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I am posting this thread to gather ideas and feedback about the Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee, it鈥檚 mandate and potential activities. I recognize that it has been years since the last meeting of this committee and that priorities may have changed. In prep for the board鈥檚 strategic discussions for this year, I would like to know your thoughts: Do you think the original plan/scope for DISC is still relevant, needs updating or may need a new mandate? Diversity and ..." /> <meta name="twitter:description" content="Hello community! I am posting this thread to gather ideas and feedback about the Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee, it鈥檚 mandate and potential activities. I recognize that it has been years since the last meeting of this committee and that priorities may have changed. 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Diversity and ..." /> <meta property="og:article:section" content="Foundation" /> <meta property="og:article:section:color" content="C7E7A4" /> <meta property="og:article:tag" content="diversity" /> <meta property="og:article:tag" content="community" /> <meta property="og:article:tag" content="inclusion" /> <meta property="article:published_time" content="2024-03-01T06:48:32+00:00" /> <meta property="og:ignore_canonical" content="true" /> </head> <body class="crawler browser-update"> <header> <a href="/"> OpenStreetMap Community Forum </a> </header> <div id="main-outlet" class="wrap" role="main"> <div id="topic-title"> <h1> <a href="/t/for-comments-and-discussion-diversity-and-inclusion-special-committee/109927">For comments and discussion: Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee</a> </h1> <div class="topic-category" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"> <span itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"> <a href="/c/osmf/41" class="badge-wrapper bullet" itemprop="item"> <span class='badge-category-bg' style='background-color: #C7E7A4'></span> <span class='badge-category clear-badge'> <span class='category-name' itemprop='name'>Foundation</span> </span> </a> <meta itemprop="position" content="1" /> </span> </div> <div class="topic-category"> <div class='discourse-tags list-tags'> <a href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/tag/diversity' class='discourse-tag' rel="tag">diversity</a>, <a href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/tag/community' class='discourse-tag' rel="tag">community</a>, <a href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/tag/inclusion' class='discourse-tag' rel="tag">inclusion</a> </div> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting'> <meta itemprop='headline' content='For comments and discussion: Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee'> <link itemprop='url' href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/for-comments-and-discussion-diversity-and-inclusion-special-committee/109927'> <meta itemprop='datePublished' content='2024-03-01T06:48:31Z'> <meta itemprop='articleSection' content='Foundation'> <meta itemprop='keywords' content='diversity, community, inclusion'> <div itemprop='publisher' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <meta itemprop='name' content='OpenStreetMap Foundation'> <div itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <meta itemprop='url' content='https://community-cdn.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20f6c7508cd8bb64ed4a4e5213b0bd3662479bfb.png'> </div> </div> <div id='post_1' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/arnalielsewhere'><span itemprop='name'>arnalielsewhere</span></a> </span> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/for-comments-and-discussion-diversity-and-inclusion-special-committee/109927"> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time datetime='2024-03-01T06:48:32Z' class='post-time'> March 1, 2024, 6:48am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2024-03-01T06:48:32Z'> <span itemprop='position'>1</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>Hello community!</p> <p>I am posting this thread to gather ideas and feedback about the Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee, it鈥檚 mandate and potential activities.</p> <p>I recognize that it has been years since the last meeting of this committee and that priorities may have changed. In prep for the board鈥檚 strategic discussions for this year, I would like to know your thoughts:</p> <ol> <li> <p>Do you think the original plan/scope for DISC is still relevant, needs updating or may need a new mandate? <a href="https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Diversity_and_Inclusion_Special_Committee" class="inline-onebox">Diversity and Inclusion Special Committee - OpenStreetMap Foundation</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Do you have any suggestions for what activities/topics DISC may take up this year?</p> </li> </ol> <ul> <li>Also acknowledging that some D&I efforts have been done / currently been doing in other areas/WGs in OSMF e.g. moderation (LCCWG), Local Chapters and membership efforts, amplifying communities by Comms WG, SotM etc</li> </ul> <p>That is all my questions for now.</p> <p>Thread will be open until 26 March and will be considered for next steps / possible discussion and vote during OSMF board meet in March or April.</p> <p>Hope to heard back from you <img src="https://community-cdn.openstreetmap.org/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=12" title=":slight_smile:" class="emoji" alt=":slight_smile:" loading="lazy" width="20" height="20"><br> =Arnalie</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> <span class='post-likes'></span> </div> </div> <div id='post_2' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/arnalielsewhere'><span itemprop='name'>arnalielsewhere</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2024-03-29T03:06:28Z' class='post-time'> March 29, 2024, 3:06am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2024-03-29T03:06:28Z'> <span itemprop='position'>2</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>Hi all, closing this thread as no response received. <a class="mention" href="/u/warpathpeacock">@WarpathPeacock</a> can you help please <img src="https://community-cdn.openstreetmap.org/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=12" title=":slight_smile:" class="emoji" alt=":slight_smile:" loading="lazy" width="20" height="20"></p> <p>But to update, I will be actively discussing this with LCCWG and will keep you posted <img src="https://community-cdn.openstreetmap.org/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=12" title=":slight_smile:" class="emoji" alt=":slight_smile:" loading="lazy" width="20" height="20"></p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> <span class='post-likes'></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="container wrap"> <nav class='crawler-nav'> <ul> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/' itemprop="url">Home </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/categories' itemprop="url">Categories </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/guidelines' itemprop="url">Guidelines </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use' itemprop="url">Terms of Service </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy' itemprop="url">Privacy Policy </a> </span> </li> </ul> </nav> <p class='powered-by-link'>Powered by <a href="https://www.discourse.org">Discourse</a>, best viewed with JavaScript enabled</p> </footer> <div class="buorg"><div>Unfortunately, <a href="https://www.discourse.org/faq/#browser">your browser is unsupported</a>. 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