IRC log of pwe on 2022-06-07

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Meeting: Positive Work Environment CG
13:44:57 [Ralph]
agenda: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pwe/2022Jun/0000.html
13:45:10 [Ralph]
Ralph has changed the topic to: 7 June agenda: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pwe/2022Jun/0000.html
13:46:02 [Ralph]
-> https://www.w3.org/2022/05/24-pwe-minutes.html 24 May meeting notes
13:46:19 [Ralph]
-> https://www.w3.org/2022/05/10-pwe-minutes.html 10 May meeting notes
14:00:55 [Ralph]
present: Chris, Tzviya, Ralph
14:03:25 [Ralph]
present+ JudyB
14:03:53 [Ralph]
present+ WSeltzer
14:04:56 [Judy]
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14:04:58 [tzviya]
present+
14:05:14 [Ralph]
present+ Sheila
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topic: Working mode of PWE, next action items for PWE
14:05:27 [Judy]
present+
14:05:46 [Ralph]
Tzviya: Liz and I talked about things have been kind-of haphazard recently
14:05:53 [Ralph]
... it's been hard to complete action items
14:06:17 [Ralph]
... we have 3 chairs now; Wendy Reid just started, though she's on vacation today
14:06:31 [Ralph]
... we took on the work of the Inclusion & Diversity CG last year
14:06:41 [Ralph]
... this is an opporunity to talk about where we go from here
14:07:00 [sheila]
q+
14:07:05 [Ralph]
... there's a lot sitting waiting for progress that might happen with the legal entity
14:07:16 [tzviya]
ack s
14:07:49 [Ralph]
Sheila: a clarifying question: where would you say things are getting stuck? specific places things are breaking down or just general lack of progress?
14:08:06 [Ralph]
Tzviya: people volunteer for tasks then do it off-line
14:08:30 [Ralph]
... we should work on-line so that others can pick things up later if necessary
14:08:54 [tzviya]
q?
14:08:55 [cwilso]
q+
14:09:00 [tzviya]
ack cw
14:09:01 [Ralph]
... in some areas we're writing policy for the organization and that needs to be passed up the pipeline; we should be able to clarify how we do that
14:09:21 [Ralph]
Chris: the work on the CEPC was critical and the group deserves credit for it
14:09:38 [Ralph]
... has the merger with IDCG been part of the problem? too many disparate things assigned to this group?
14:09:57 [Ralph]
... on the Ombuds program there is a clear ability to move forward and we just need to unblock
14:10:05 [Ralph]
... we have something ready to propose; we should propose it
14:10:25 [Ralph]
... if additional funding is needed, I think I can help find it
14:10:32 [Judy]
q+
14:10:50 [tzviya]
ack Judy
14:11:02 [Ralph]
... I'm not sure how to move some things like disciplinary actions forward
14:11:31 [Ralph]
Judy: focus could be an issue, though we have so little discussion of inclusion or even diversity that I'm not sure that is a distraction
14:11:48 [Ralph]
... my concern that that work would get lost in the merger have proven accurate
14:11:52 [wseltzer]
q+
14:11:59 [Ralph]
... W3C desperately neeeds work on diversity and inclusion
14:12:09 [tzviya]
q+
14:12:09 [Ralph]
... w.r.t. the PWE area, I believe the need for that is also really high
14:12:21 [Ralph]
... the CEPC has already helped us in many ways, some more and some less visible
14:12:26 [Ralph]
... we need to do an update
14:12:48 [Ralph]
... there are some things that are not adequately defined to address scenarios that come up frequently
14:13:02 [Ralph]
... overall the CG is lacking clear goals and motivation towards those goals
14:13:19 [Ralph]
... getting the Ombuds program versioned-up could be one of those goals
14:13:28 [Ralph]
... we have a sketch of what we want but we're not moving forward
14:13:32 [Liz]
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14:13:39 [Ralph]
present+ Liz
14:13:49 [Liz]
(sorry, meeting ran long)
14:14:01 [Ralph]
Wendy: I recognize W3C should be doing more but we've had successes
14:14:25 [tzviya]
ack ws
14:14:48 [sheila]
q+
14:15:12 [Ralph]
Tzviya: we can talk about how to get back to the goals of IDCG too
14:16:03 [tzviya]
q?
14:16:05 [tzviya]
ack me
14:16:06 [Judy]
q+
14:16:07 [tzviya]
ack sh
14:16:07 [Ralph]
... the Ombuds program ties-in with the disciplinary work too
14:16:43 [Judy]
+1 to concern about resourcing for the aspects of work needed
14:16:45 [Ralph]
Sheila: there's a budget connection too
14:16:49 [Ralph]
present+ WendyReid
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14:17:05 [wendyreid]
present+
14:17:36 [wseltzer]
s/Reit/Reid/
14:18:27 [tzviya]
q+ to review existing projects
14:18:36 [tzviya]
ack Judy
14:20:54 [wseltzer]
q+
14:21:05 [tzviya]
ack ws
14:21:43 [tzviya]
ack tz
14:21:43 [Zakim]
tzviya, you wanted to review existing projects
14:22:02 [sheila]
+1 to easy access
14:23:04 [Ralph]
-> https://github.com/w3c/PWETF/blob/main/DraftOmbudsJobDescription.md Ombuds Job Description W3C, draft
14:23:32 [Ralph]
Liz: I can get a draft of the disput resolution process into GitHub
14:24:11 [Ralph]
Tzviya: WendyReid is working on the inclusion fund as well
14:26:37 [Ralph]
-> https://www.w3.org/Guide/process/banning.html Guidelines to suspend or remove participants from groups
14:26:56 [Ralph]
Tzviya: I don't think that falls within the purview of this CG
14:27:27 [Ralph]
s/that falls/that the banning guidelines fall/
14:28:13 [Ralph]
Tzviya: we're very close to having a proposal for Ombuds; we just need to pull the pieces together
14:28:38 [Ralph]
... I can put that proposal together from the pieces and bring it here to our next meeting
14:28:57 [Ralph]
Sheila: we decided to hold on the interview part; do we still need it?
14:29:11 [Ralph]
... is it a level of detail that we need in the proposal?
14:29:34 [Ralph]
Tzviya: we didn't want potential interviewees to see it in advance
14:30:33 [Ralph]
JudyB: it seems that posting the interview questions publicly might not be the best way to conduct interviews
14:30:58 [Ralph]
Sheila: being transparent about the process but not the specific questions
14:31:41 [Ralph]
... we have a general rubric about the selection committee but some open questions about who would serve and the specific questions
14:32:28 [tzviya]
q?
14:32:30 [Ralph]
Tzviya: so our next step on Ombuds is to pull the pieces together and have a proposal for the next CG meeting
14:32:50 [tzviya]
https://github.com/w3c/PWETF/pulls
14:33:03 [Ralph]
topic: Open Pull Requests
14:33:04 [tzviya]
https://github.com/w3c/PWETF/pull/194
14:33:13 [Ralph]
Tzviya: some of the pulls are simply editorial
14:33:31 [Judy]
s/+1 to concern about resourcing for the aspects of work needed//
14:33:44 [Ralph]
... e.g. #194 is only to make the sort order more useful
14:33:47 [Ralph]
... any objections?
14:33:48 [Ralph]
[none]
14:34:46 [tzviya]
https://github.com/w3c/PWETF/pull/184
14:34:50 [Ralph]
... -> https://github.com/w3c/PWETF/pull/183 "Verbal -> Informal #183" is in the disciplinary process so skipping for now
14:35:08 [Ralph]
... added personal attacks to unacceptable #184
14:35:25 [Ralph]
... comments about verbal attacks
14:35:41 [Ralph]
... attacks against individuals vs organizations
14:35:47 [Ralph]
... please add your thoughts
14:36:38 [tzviya]
"Verbal or written attacks, insinuations, or denigration of individuals or organizations."
14:36:50 [Ralph]
... Jeanne's comments about insinuations
14:37:09 [Ralph]
... "Verbal or written attacks, insinuations, or denigration of individuals or organizations."
14:37:20 [Ralph]
... comments?
14:38:29 [Ralph]
Judy: it's far from plain language
14:39:24 [Ralph]
Tzviya: the intent is that we don't want attacks or things that could be construed as an attack
14:39:28 [Judy]
q+
14:39:34 [tzviya]
ack Judy
14:40:00 [Ralph]
Judy: can we capture this at a basic level? "negative statements about someone's character"
14:40:57 [Ralph]
... there are a number of things in CEPC where a single instance is less severe than repeated occurrences
14:41:15 [tzviya]
verbal or written attacks
14:41:28 [tzviya]
negative statements about character
14:42:58 [sheila]
I personally don't think organizations warrant the same level of protection as individuals
14:43:35 [tzviya]
ack ra
14:45:02 [Ralph]
Tzviya: I'll close this pull and open a new one with these two suggestions
14:45:31 [Ralph]
... objections?
14:45:33 [Ralph]
[none]
14:45:53 [tzviya]
https://github.com/w3c/PWETF/pull/201
14:46:07 [Ralph]
Tzviya: -> https://github.com/w3c/PWETF/pull/201 "misinfo #201" I added at the request of someone
14:47:16 [Ralph]
Ralph: Sarven's question is how is deliberate misinformation different from disinformation?
14:47:18 [sheila]
q+
14:47:50 [tzviya]
ack sheila
14:47:59 [Ralph]
Liz: the definition of disinformation is that it is intentional / deliberate
14:48:32 [Ralph]
... my inclination is to use "deliberate misinformation" as it might not be obvious to some that "disinformation" is deliberate
14:48:44 [Ralph]
... even though they mean the same thing, it's better to be explicit
14:48:52 [Ralph]
Tzviya: any objections to merging?
14:48:54 [Ralph]
[none]
14:49:26 [tzviya]
https://w3c.github.io/PWETF/
14:49:44 [Judy]
q+
14:50:05 [Ralph]
Tzviya: we've merged a lot of edits and we might want to publish an update
14:50:15 [tzviya]
ack Judy
14:50:32 [tzviya]
q+
14:51:36 [tzviya]
ack tz
14:52:13 [sheila]
+1 to changing to threats. additionally, might be worthwhile to add violence to the glossary and define its breadth.
14:52:54 [Judy]
q?
14:55:00 [Ralph]
[adjourned]
14:55:03 [Ralph]
zakim, end meeting
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As of this point the attendees have been Chris, Tzviya, Ralph, JudyB, WSeltzer, Sheila, Judy, Liz, WendyReid
14:55:05 [Zakim]
RRSAgent, please draft minutes v2
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14:55:08 [Zakim]
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14:55:52 [Ralph]
chair: Tzviya
14:56:04 [RRSAgent]
I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2022/06/07-pwe-minutes.html Ralph
15:05:37 [csarven]
Thank you re PR 201