From d06311b513778b96152ff11d601b1229d3b50b12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shannon Pileggi Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:40:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] create rules section --- content/organization/rules/index.en.md | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/organization/rules/index.en.md diff --git a/content/organization/rules/index.en.md b/content/organization/rules/index.en.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7e39204 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/organization/rules/index.en.md @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +--- +title: "Rules & Guidelines" +weight: 1 +--- + + +## R-Ladies Rules + +- **Free**: Public events run by R-Ladies are always offered free of + charge to participants. + +- **R** **Language/Environment specific**: The contextual + subject/domain scope of R-Ladies' diversity initiative is + specifically the open source R community. + +- **Leadership, Mentorship, Membership, Presenters/Speakers & + Prioritization of Underrepresented/Minority Genders**: In line + with R-Ladies' Mission Statement, community roles and + participation is reserved and prioritised, respectively, for the + genders who are currently underrepresented in the R community. As + such, Leadership roles within R-Ladies communities, particularly + Organiser and any Mentor roles, are to be held by people of a + minority gender. If there exists sufficient choice to have + Presenters/Speakers at R-Ladies who identify as a minority gender, + this is the preferred option. However, the choice of + Presenters/Speakers is up to the relevant local Organisers' + discretion, depending on availability and potential value/learning + opportunity of those who volunteer. + +- **Rules for Participation of Represented/Majority Gender**: In line + with R-Ladies' Mission Statement, the genders/identities which are + not underrepresented in the R community are not within the scope + of this diversity initiative. The known majority gender group, cis + men, can participate in an R-Ladies' community within an + appropriately designed framework, as per the relevant local + Organisers' discretion, e.g., as an invited guest of/sponsored by + a Member, as a full Member etc. The majority of the speakers at + any R-Ladies chapter needs to be of a minority gender and there is + a strong recommendation for maximum one cis-male speaker per + event. Given this majority gender's dominance in the general R + community, there is no obligation for R-Ladies to + focus/provide/allow comparable support or engage with this + majority identity, particularly at the expense of the target + minority gender groups - as such, it is feasible to enable, for + example, Meetup membership requests to require Organizer approval, + and allowing only those identifying as the target minorities to + join the R-Ladies. + + - **Note**: Please do be aware of the relevant Equality + Legislation in your jurisdiction, e.g the Equality Act 2010 in + the UK, when designing participation frameworks for the + majority gender, to ensure your procedures are not infringing + local laws re. potential discrimination. + +- **R-Ladies Code of Conduct**: All members must follow the [Code of + Conduct](/about/coc). + +- **Community-Driven administration, independent of External + influences**: R-Ladies does not have permanent ties or links to + external sponsors or parties. Appropriate sponsorship and support + which does not seek to dictate or influence R-Ladies + Mission-driven activities/decision-making but enhances the + community's operations and impact is welcomed. Local R-Ladies + Organisers are encouraged to gain appropriate support which does + not compromise the community's independence. + +- **No commercial agenda**: Chapters are started by individuals, not by companies. + Chapters can partner with companies for sponsorship in the form of venue space, food or other supplies. Chapters and events may not be ‘used’ by a corporation/as a commercial vehicle for private aims. + This also means that speakers cannot give talks about paid products/services, + even if they don't work at the company offering the product/service. + +## Chapters + +Chapters are set up by R-Leaders (identifying as a minority gender) in +cities around the world. In this guide you will find information about +how to get started. Each R-Ladies chapter is expected to conduct themselves +in accordance with the following stipulations: + +- Use of the [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/) platform + to help organise and promote chapter events, with appropriate + name, e.g. "R-Ladies \[Location\]" + +- Use of a social media accounts to help promote chapter events and + publicise R-Ladies Global activities and news, with appropriate + name, e.g. \@RLadies\[Location\] + +- Pro-active participation by chapter leaders in the R-Ladies + Organizers Slack as the main centralised communication platform + for R-Ladies community engagement, and collective decision-making. + +- Pro-active sharing of relevant learnings, conferences/events, + resources, news, achievements, ideas, projects, and proposals via + the R-Ladies Slack, social media, and + [github](https://github.com/rladies) by chapter leaders. + +Email `chapters@rladies.org` for inquiries about creating a new chapter or +reactivating a chapter that is currently inactive. If you are already a chapter +organizer, you can message on slack \#new\_chapters (or \#organisers) with any questions. + +{{% notice tip %}} +Depending on the local context, folks might be used to only thinking about _women_ in tech. +Make sure to explain to participants that we include all gender minorities. +{{% /notice %}} From af5f533c254c54d3dfcb10526187559a97f4d92c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shannon Pileggi Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:41:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] remove rules from mission statement --- content/about/mission/index.en.md | 98 ------------------------------- 1 file changed, 98 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/about/mission/index.en.md b/content/about/mission/index.en.md index 6b314c5..1a00566 100644 --- a/content/about/mission/index.en.md +++ b/content/about/mission/index.en.md @@ -24,101 +24,3 @@ developers to facilitate individual and collective progress worldwide. ## R-Ladies Organization Structure {{< figure src="RladiesStructure.png" alt="R-Ladies organigram" >}} - -## R-Ladies Rules & Guidelines - -- **Free**: Public events run by R-Ladies are always offered free of - charge to participants. - -- **R** **Language/Environment specific**: The contextual - subject/domain scope of R-Ladies' diversity initiative is - specifically the open source R community. - -- **Leadership, Mentorship, Membership, Presenters/Speakers & - Prioritization of Underrepresented/Minority Genders**: In line - with R-Ladies' Mission Statement, community roles and - participation is reserved and prioritised, respectively, for the - genders who are currently underrepresented in the R community. As - such, Leadership roles within R-Ladies communities, particularly - Organiser and any Mentor roles, are to be held by people of a - minority gender. If there exists sufficient choice to have - Presenters/Speakers at R-Ladies who identify as a minority gender, - this is the preferred option. However, the choice of - Presenters/Speakers is up to the relevant local Organisers' - discretion, depending on availability and potential value/learning - opportunity of those who volunteer. - -- **Rules for Participation of Represented/Majority Gender**: In line - with R-Ladies' Mission Statement, the genders/identities which are - not underrepresented in the R community are not within the scope - of this diversity initiative. The known majority gender group, cis - men, can participate in an R-Ladies' community within an - appropriately designed framework, as per the relevant local - Organisers' discretion, e.g., as an invited guest of/sponsored by - a Member, as a full Member etc. The majority of the speakers at - any R-Ladies chapter needs to be of a minority gender and there is - a strong recommendation for maximum one cis-male speaker per - event. Given this majority gender's dominance in the general R - community, there is no obligation for R-Ladies to - focus/provide/allow comparable support or engage with this - majority identity, particularly at the expense of the target - minority gender groups - as such, it is feasible to enable, for - example, Meetup membership requests to require Organizer approval, - and allowing only those identifying as the target minorities to - join the R-Ladies. - - - **Note**: Please do be aware of the relevant Equality - Legislation in your jurisdiction, e.g the Equality Act 2010 in - the UK, when designing participation frameworks for the - majority gender, to ensure your procedures are not infringing - local laws re. potential discrimination. - -- **R-Ladies Code of Conduct**: All members must follow the [Code of - Conduct](/about/coc). - -- **Community-Driven administration, independent of External - influences**: R-Ladies does not have permanent ties or links to - external sponsors or parties. Appropriate sponsorship and support - which does not seek to dictate or influence R-Ladies - Mission-driven activities/decision-making but enhances the - community's operations and impact is welcomed. Local R-Ladies - Organisers are encouraged to gain appropriate support which does - not compromise the community's independence. - -- **No commercial agenda**: Chapters are started by individuals, not by companies. - Chapters can partner with companies for sponsorship in the form of venue space, food or other supplies. Chapters and events may not be ‘used’ by a corporation/as a commercial vehicle for private aims. - This also means that speakers cannot give talks about paid products/services, - even if they don't work at the company offering the product/service. - -## Chapters - -Chapters are set up by R-Leaders (identifying as a minority gender) in -cities around the world. In this guide you will find information about -how to get started. Each R-Ladies chapter is expected to conduct themselves -in accordance with the following stipulations: - -- Use of the [Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/) platform - to help organise and promote chapter events, with appropriate - name, e.g. "R-Ladies \[Location\]" - -- Use of a social media accounts to help promote chapter events and - publicise R-Ladies Global activities and news, with appropriate - name, e.g. \@RLadies\[Location\] - -- Pro-active participation by chapter leaders in the R-Ladies - Organizers Slack as the main centralised communication platform - for R-Ladies community engagement, and collective decision-making. - -- Pro-active sharing of relevant learnings, conferences/events, - resources, news, achievements, ideas, projects, and proposals via - the R-Ladies Slack, social media, and - [github](https://github.com/rladies) by chapter leaders. - -Email `chapters@rladies.org` for inquiries about creating a new chapter or -reactivating a chapter that is currently inactive. If you are already a chapter -organizer, you can message on slack \#new\_chapters (or \#organisers) with any questions. - -{{% notice tip %}} -Depending on the local context, folks might be used to only thinking about _women_ in tech. -Make sure to explain to participants that we include all gender minorities. -{{% /notice %}} From bafc5632b463f430696abdf9378acd3d4fb7c5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shannon Pileggi Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:46:05 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] reorder sections --- content/organization/events/_index.en.md | 2 +- content/organization/intro/_index.en.md | 2 +- content/organization/online-presence/_index.en.md | 2 +- content/organization/resources/_index.en.md | 2 +- content/organization/rules/index.en.md | 2 +- content/organization/tech/_index.en.md | 2 +- 6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/organization/events/_index.en.md b/content/organization/events/_index.en.md index 2897d37..4f1ffea 100644 --- a/content/organization/events/_index.en.md +++ b/content/organization/events/_index.en.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- title: "Organizing events" menuTitle: "Events" -weight: 54 +weight: 4 --- \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/organization/intro/_index.en.md b/content/organization/intro/_index.en.md index 4483b2f..a585b03 100644 --- a/content/organization/intro/_index.en.md +++ b/content/organization/intro/_index.en.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- title: "Intro" menuTitle: "Intro" -weight: 1 +weight: 2 --- \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/organization/online-presence/_index.en.md b/content/organization/online-presence/_index.en.md index d59488c..ee5c9c4 100644 --- a/content/organization/online-presence/_index.en.md +++ b/content/organization/online-presence/_index.en.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- title: "Online Presence for your Chapter" menuTitle: "Online Presence" -weight: 444 +weight: 5 --- \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/organization/resources/_index.en.md b/content/organization/resources/_index.en.md index f66df6b..e1a15e5 100644 --- a/content/organization/resources/_index.en.md +++ b/content/organization/resources/_index.en.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Resources" menuTitle: "Resources" -weight: 11111 +weight: 6 --- This section contains links to collections of resources. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/organization/rules/index.en.md b/content/organization/rules/index.en.md index 7e39204..875de3d 100644 --- a/content/organization/rules/index.en.md +++ b/content/organization/rules/index.en.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Rules & Guidelines" -weight: 1 +weight: 2 --- diff --git a/content/organization/tech/_index.en.md b/content/organization/tech/_index.en.md index 32b2153..9d56029 100644 --- a/content/organization/tech/_index.en.md +++ b/content/organization/tech/_index.en.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- title: "Tooling and Accounts" menuTitle: "Tooling" -weight: 34 +weight: 3 --- \ No newline at end of file From 4d198c8cea9833b00ab64f5712289d29da807581 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shannon Pileggi Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:48:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] update weight for rules --- content/organization/rules/index.en.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/organization/rules/index.en.md b/content/organization/rules/index.en.md index 875de3d..7e39204 100644 --- a/content/organization/rules/index.en.md +++ b/content/organization/rules/index.en.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Rules & Guidelines" -weight: 2 +weight: 1 ---