<div dir="ltr">I should have hit reply-all<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Steve Conklin</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:steve@conklinhouse.com">steve@conklinhouse.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 8:36 AM<br>Subject: Re: [Board] Fwd: Important Information About Your Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion in Amateur Radio<br>To: Michelle Thompson <<a href="mailto:mountain.michelle@gmail.com">mountain.michelle@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">This appears to have been created by a single WHITE DUDE (Vance Martin in PA. N3VEM)<div>who decided to try to solve the D&I problem without consulting any experts or doing any deep learning about the topic.</div><div>Disclaimer - I do not claim to be an expert on this, but I have enough self-awareness and knowledge of the issues that I would never attempt something like this.<br><div><br><div>See the last paragraph of <a href="https://n3vem.com/blog/about/" target="_blank">https://n3vem.com/blog/about/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 7:20 AM Michelle Thompson <<a href="mailto:mountain.michelle@gmail.com" target="_blank">mountain.michelle@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I received this email yesterday. <div><br></div><div>1) It's unsigned. Can't tell who is talking to us or who we would be responding to. It's a red flag and feels like a trap. <br><br>2) Threatening to publicly rate organizations with what sounds like low ratings unless that organization "take a pledge" is a tactic used by authoritarians and bullies. </div><div><br></div><div>3) I suppose having a radically inclusive board of directors (40-80% underrepresented people on our board since we were founded), being publicly endorsed by Pride Radio Group (<a href="https://prideradio.group/club-endorsement" target="_blank">https://prideradio.group/club-endorsement</a>), enforcing an industry standard CoC with a handbook, and having a volunteer corps more diverse than the US amateur radio population doesn't count? Actual results not important? We'd score higher if we were all old white men and had a panel about how we wished we were more diverse?<br><br>4) Sending this in the middle of Christmas holidays, when a lot of US orgs are shut down until mid-January, seems like a bad idea to get cooperation. We won't start back up until 9 January. </div><div><br></div><div>5) I would have been so incredibly happy to have been included in this effort instead of feeling unfairly judged by it. We could have shared how we achieved our demonstrated diversity and inclusion results, and how difficult it's been for us. <br><br>The most ironic thing about receiving this email is that ham radio isn't the focus anymore because of targeted harassment from sexists, bigots, and racists in ham radio. We do open source digital radio. If it helps hams then great, but our official corporate mission is being a research institute, and not a ham entity.<br><br>Thoughts on this? I have been afraid of something like this happening, where a couple paragraphs on a website are valued more than actual DEI achievements and inclusive technical teams and events. <br><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-Michelle Thompson<br><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Amateur Radio Inclusivity Pledge</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:AmateurRadioInclusivityPledge@proton.me" target="_blank">AmateurRadioInclusivityPledge@proton.me</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 7:35 PM<br>Subject: Important Information About Your Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion in Amateur Radio<br>To: ori@openresearch.institute <ori@openresearch.institute><br></div><br><br><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent">
Hello,</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"> The Amateur
Radio Inclusivity Pledge (ARIP) is a newly formed organization that
is scoring amateur radio entities based on their visible commitment
to diversity and inclusion in the hobby and service. We are currently
rating your organization as a “<b>Bronze</b>” entity based on our
scoring criteria. Thank you for taking some basic steps towards
Diversity and Inclusion in the amateur radio hobby and service.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"> More
information about our organization and scoring criteria is available
at <a href="https://amateurradioinclusivitypledge.org/" target="_blank">https://amateurradioinclusivitypledge.org</a>.
For a brief overview however, our scoring is based on whether your
organization does the items listed below, and makes these items very
easy for the public to find. Generally this is via your
organization’s website, but may also be via regularly scheduled
podcasts, video channels, print magazines, over the air bulletins,
etc.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"> We currently
have your organization in the “<b>Bronze</b>” category, based on
these items that you have in place, that we were able to confirm via
your organizations website or other public media.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><table width="665">
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Points</p>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%"> Items</p>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">1</p>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Has an
inclusivity statement</p>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">1</p>
</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Has an
inclusivity statement, specifically identifying 3 or more
disadvantaged groups</p>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">2</p>
</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Has an
inclusivity statement, specifically identifying 7 or more
disadvantaged groups</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"> These are the
items that we evaluate that we were not able to find via your
organization’s website or other public media. If the absence of any
of these items is incorrect, please let us know, and include links to
any information demonstrating the correction, and we will update our
records</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><table width="665">
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<col width="595">
</colgroup><tbody><tr>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Points</p>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%"> Items</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">3</p>
</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Has made the
ARIP pledge</p>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">5</p>
</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Endorses,
supports, or funds a group that has diversity as a core part of
its mission</p>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">8</p>
</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Core mission
involves/targets the advancement of 1 or more disadvantaged groups</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">13</p>
</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Holds an
annual, publicly visible event, that targets inclusivity</p>
</td>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">21</p>
</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Holds a
monthly, publicly visible event, that targets inclusivity</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">34</p>
</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Holds a
weekly, publicly visible event, that targets inclusivity</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="62"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">55</p>
</td>
<td style="border:none;padding:0in" width="595"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%">Holds a
daily, publicly visible event, that targets inclusivity. Daily
items can include ‘always on’ activities, i.e. running a
repeater system, digital mode ‘rooms’, informational web sites
or bulletins, etc.</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"> Making a public
statement of inclusion is a commitment that we would love to see
every entity in the ham radio community make. An excellent first step
towards making this commitment is to have an honest, well though out
statement of diversity and inclusion, and make it a visible, core
component of the mission and values of your organization.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"> A very simple
way to to improve your diversity score, is to use our existing
framework to make the ARIP pledge – information for doing so is
available at the “<a href="https://amateurradioinclusivitypledge.org/docs/make-the-pledge/" target="_blank">Make
the Pledge</a>” section of our website. This is a very low effort,
no cost, way to make sure that the ham radio community knows that
your organization is open and welcoming to all members of our
community.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent">We will be
publishing our findings in mid-January, so please let us know within
within 2 weeks of receiving this communication, if you have any
updates or corrections you would like to share with us.
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent">Thank you,</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;background:transparent">The ARIP</p><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px"><br></div>
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