Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > One note I'd like to make is that the Git community already suffers from > a lack of diversity; it will be hard for us to make meaningful changes > if just those of us who already contribute attend, because many of us - > myself included! - come from privilege and don't have much or any > firsthand experience with microaggressions (or overt discrimination). I > think it's a good idea to expand the attendance of this summit beyond > the current contributor base and try to include more diverse voices and > experts in building inclusive products. > > To that end, I'm going to see what kind of interested parties we can > find to invite within Google - and I hope others will do the same within > their own network. I think the risk of us coming up with meaningless > changes far outweighs the risk of us having too many people in the Zoom > call. :) It is OK to have an optional meeting in the hope that a video meeting may have a better chance to keep those who easily become too aggressive and confrontational in text-only conversation in check and instead have civilized conversation. But I am not sure if it is a good idea to call such a meeting a "Summit", given that there are those who prefer not to be seen, heard or recorded how they appear and how they sound in a video conference. They would not be able to join the conversation held in such a "Summit" held only by those who are privileged enough to be able to attend. Thanks.
