"I would rather not say" is a common and valid response in these scenarios.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Sean Corfield <s...@corfield.org> wrote: > Asking questions about race and/or gender can be a very sensitive issue and a > lot of people would refuse to complete those sections, or may even refuse to > complete the survey at all if such questions were included - for a variety of > very valid reasons. > Sean > On Oct 14, 2014, at 9:23 PM, Zack Maril <thewitzb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> ClojureBridge and conj grants are excellent ways to encourage all types of >> folks to join Clojure and I'm stoked that these programs have emerged from >> the community. These are Good Things and should be continued and improved >> upon wherever possible. I'd personally like to know how much good these >> efforts do and tracking demographics of the Clojure community, whether it is >> through the State of Clojure survey or other means, would allow us to >> measure the distance between our ideals and reality. I'm proud of the >> attempts and efforts undertaken to increase diversity within the community >> and, beyond the specifics of this current conversation, I'm confident that >> Clojure will make strides towards a more diverse user base. >> >> For the issue at hand, I believe that by including demographics within the >> State of the Clojure survey the Clojure leadership would be making a strong >> statement indicating their desire for a more desire community. The survey >> measures that which has been deemed important to know and understand in >> terms of the stewardship and development of Clojure. Including demographic >> questions in the survey, along with the context of why they were included, >> would indicate that there is a strong desire to understand and improve the >> diversity of the community by those who lead the community. Inclusion of >> such questions on the survey would be another opportunity for Clojure to be >> more than just not unwelcoming to atypical folks and allow us to >> purposefully invite more people to this relative paradise we inhabit. For a >> relatively small effort* it would show atypical folks that we care to know >> that they exist in the context of Clojure usage and that we are interested >> in understanding and improving their situation. >> -Zack >> >> *If I've misgauged the difficultly of adding such questions to the survey, >> please say so. My impression is that this would be straightforward >> technologically and, by perhaps copying questions from similar surveys, >> straightforward in terms of survey design. I don't mean to ask you to drop >> everything and try to solve all the problems of sexism all at once but only >> to do something which seems, from an outside perspective, fairly economical >> with low costs and high benefits. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
