On 2018-05-28 12:44 AM, recalcitrantowl via governance wrote:
My point was that open source by itself lends itself to diversity by it's very
nature.
This position isn't supported by any of the available data. In fact, the
opposite is the case:
https://www.wired.com/2017/06/diversity-open
On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 12:04 AM recalcitrantowl via governance <
governance@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:
> I am open to arguments that the value of meritocracy is a systemic factor
> and de-prioritizing meritocracy as a value will help address
> under-representation in a real way.
>
Many of the arg
On 2018-05-28 1:04 AM, recalcitrantowl via governance wrote:
I am open to arguments that the value of meritocracy is a systemic factor and
de-prioritizing meritocracy as a value will help address under-representation
in a real way.
Let me make two.
The first starts with these assumptions:
Hi RO,
From what you write, I believe we share many objectives, including to
safeguard the project’s long-term reputation and health and to increase
diversity within the project. We agree that the concept of meritocracy
could introduce bias against under-represented groups (although I think
