On 2019-06-18 3:03 p.m., Daniel Shahaf wrote:
Myrle Krantz wrote on Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:30 +00:00:
The survey provides an incomplete picture and the data is imperfect. In
addition, we need to find ways to think about diversity that do justice
to the international nature of our foundation and our projects.
I've mentioned it on private lists but I'll repeat it here: being an
email-centered culture, our social bugs are probably different than
those of traditional corporations. For example, it would be practically
impossible for us to discriminate against bearded people even if we
_wanted_ to, while a PMC could easily be exclusive towards people who
don't have GitHub accounts.
Except that GitHub accounts have pictures, and many participants have
their own websites, blogs, Twitter/FB/LinkedIn accounts, etc.
We don't live in a world anymore where the *only* interaction with and
understanding of an individual's identity is their From: line. Heck,
many mail clients proactively go and fetch this data now in a sidebar;
our own PonyMail list archive displays Gravatars by default.
But this survey is at least an excellent argument for seeking more
data and a deeper understanding.
I would suggest to seek case studies: accounts by specific people who
were/are excluded.
Unless I'm mistaken, this is effectively asking to prove a negative.
-Joan
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