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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Team

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Solid

Re-decentralizing the Web

Solid is a proposed set of standards and tools for building decentralized Web applications based on Linked Data principles.

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Solid the comic

I'm planning to do a "Solvember" comic on Twitter : each day of November a new comic about a Solid topic..based on
my own notes learning about Solid. It is more form a technical viewpoint .. Are there people here who would like to help me a bit to see if I don't make mistakes, drawing/saying things that are not true?

Here is an example:

I'm a part time comic artist ..next to my phd research on decentralised web.

Planning the first DEIT Meeting

Marrelle to create a doc for the Agenda
Kyra and Virginia create their presentation

Onboarding Success Stories

@MarrelleBailey suggested we come up with visions of success. So here's a little bit of the solid/chat room from a few minutes ago. I was quite energized by his enthusiasm.

Daniel: Hi there! We are very excited to start implementing Solid technology in our organization. Recently [asks a tech question]

Jeff: [responds to tech question] ... BTW, welcome to Solid, glad to have you aboard!

Daniel : Thank you so much!! I am really inspired by your work and the vision this community has. I am from Mexico and I would love to bring this amazing technology to new countries like mine :D

Jeff : Excellent! Having good representation in all parts of the world is very important to many of us.

[more tech talk]

Daniel : This is great. We hope to learn a lot about you and your work, but in the meantime, thank you for the warm welcome! :D

Partner with external accessibility team

We should have resources for designers on accessibility issues and document the ways we support accessibility (e.g. sp.org just decided to drop underlining of links to support neuro-atypical users and to add slight bolding and underline on hover to support low-vision users).

Maybe we should partner with an external accessibility team (does W3C have one?) who could provide some guideline docs and a resource for those with questions.

Marrelle to look over issues and create strategy for 2022

Will submit report during out meeting in December

Hold a Community Survey

Create unique rooms in gitter

solid/beginners
solid/q&a
solid/europe
solid/b2b
solid/b2c

Review Codes of Conduct

We should take a look at the Solid code of conduct to see if we want to emphasize anything inclusion related and to clarify what role DEIT can play.

I'd also suggest that we do as the spec team has done and explicitly state that we also adhere to the W3C Code of Ethincs & Professional Conduct (Positive Work Environment). It has much more specific language, for example labeling misgendering and deadnaming as forms of harassment.

How can community members join

Hi!

Great initiative!! I have a question: how can community members join?

Integration of DEIT into the main solidproject.org website

It's important that we have a strong presence on the main website sot that anyone visiting there feels welcome.

Some of the places we should add content :

The Team page (brief purpose statement + list of chairs with brief bios)
A DEIT landing page linked from the "Community" menu
- welcome and brief purpose statement
- links to full mission statement & other documents, surveys, etc.
- note : the links could go to sub-pages of sp.org or to a separate website
A note about inclusion on the main landing page
- maybe after the "Solid is a protocol section, something like : Solid is also an international community of people supporting the vision of user controlled data and a web for everyone. " Followed by a button labeled "Get Involved!"
Possibly something on the about page
DEIT events & meetings listed in all places other events are listed

Ways to participate in the Solid Community

The Solid Community is a vibrant, diverse group of people who believe in the vision of an inclusive web that serves the needs of everyone. Join us!

Getting Started
- come to the forum and say hi
- learn about the Solid vision & technology
- learn about the structure of the Solid Project
Diving In
- Tech
  - get a pod!
  - help define the specifications
  - build servers
  - build applications
  - build libraries
  - provide pods
  - provide identity services
  - help test, debug, & document apps & libraries
  - mentor those newer to the Solid ecosystem
  - collaborate with related projects
  - join a research team
  - find a job building Solid
- Non-Tech
  - get a pod!
  - help make the Solid community as inclusive and diverse as possible
  - advocate for the adoption of Solid
  - advocate for legal changes to support the Solid vision
  - collaborate with related projects
  - help translate apps, libraries, and promotional materials
Still don't feel welcomed or see how you can fit in?
- click here to have a one-on-one chat with a community member

Create a glossary of common terms and acronyms

Some of the feedback we've received in the survey state that the acronyms can be a barrier for entry and understanding to newcomers. The DEIT Chairs suggest creating a glossary of common terms and acronyms, and pinning that to the top of the forum for easy access.

DEIT Website

Confirm structure and web pages by Tuesday, May 18
Write content for the pages by Tuesday, June 1

Beginner Onboarding Improvements

As discussed in the Aug 10 DEIT Meeting, we identified that we need to improve the onboarding/on-ramp process for people new to the community. This issue can serve as a place to brainstorm improvements we can make.

Translate fundamental SOLID documents to other languages

I know this takes a lot of time and energy but I am just putting out there. If we have translations at least in Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Vietnamese, French, German we can include more people.

Align CoC for the Solid Community & make it visible

I wanted to record my observation about the CoCs I found and their location. If you are interested in the CoC content check this issue: #6

Website (https://solidproject.org/) - find CoC under Community header menu and in the footer - links to https://github.com/solid/process/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md
Forum (https://forum.solidproject.org/) - mentions Privacy Policy and Terms of Service but not the CoC
Gitter (https://gitter.im/solid/home) - mentions CoC only in the chat group
GitHub (https://github.com/solid) - no mention of CoC
Women of Solid (https://www.womenofsolid.org) - has its own CoC: https://www.womenofsolid.org/code-of-conduct.html

TODO:

do we want to align all CoCs and have only one? Is there a reason why the Women of Solid CoC is different?
Try to showcase the CoC in a visible way on all channels. Suggestions:
add CoC in the header of the forum
can one add the CoC on the whole Solid space on Gitter, as a header or footer?
In GitHub the recommendation is to have a CoC for each repo. Do we want to have that? Reference: https://opensource.creativecommons.org/contributing-code/github-repo-guidelines/

Create a mentorship pool

There was a lot of talk in the first DEI Team meeting about how people feel intimidated by the tech. Maybe we should have a pool of people who would be willing to mentor beginners in a welcoming way. I volunteer to try.

Clarify the role of the DEIT panel

I don't know if it's ok to post this as an issue here, but there was a thread on the forum a while back where I asked about the role of the DEIT, and whether it will address concerns about the use of Solid, or just stick to issues of inclusion for developers on the Solid team itself. If it will address concerns about the use of Solid, then I think the use of ACL/ACP groups would be a topic of interest, especially in light of recent developments concerning vaccine passports and possible applications of verifiable credentials and ACL/ACPs.

https://forum.solidproject.org/t/solid-and-exclusion/4319

I don't want Solid to become a social credit system.