Inclusivity at the DLF Forum Subgroup: Difference between revisions

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Charge

Advises on inclusivity initiatives for the DLF Forum as part of the Community Committee. Develops and updates the Bystander Training, Code of Conduct, Forum Accessibility checklist, and Accessible Presentations documentation. Serves as a helpful sounding-board for DLF staff who are working to organize the Forum, and assisting with other projects, large and small. Develops and updates programming outside of the regular Forum cycle.

Key Contact

Chair: Debbie Krahmer

Members

Chair Responsibilities

Coordinates the work of the group with the CLIR member and schedules meetings.

Member Responsibilities

Members are expected to participate in all activities of the group, such as updating the Code of Conduct, Accessible Presentation and Events guidelines, Bystander Training, etc.

Current Members

Debbie Krahmer, Cornell University (Chair)
Carrie Pirmann, Bucknell University
Aliya Reich, CLIR

Current Activities

The committee is currently planning for the 2023 in-person conference.

Previous Activity

2022

In 2022, the Inclusivity at the Forum Subgroup accomplished the following:

Addressed COVID-19 resources and health concerns (regarding masks or vaccinations).
Updated the Accessible In-Person Presentations guidelines (2022).
Updated and created new guidelines for accessible events focused on the venue (please see 2019-2021 activity).
Serving in intentional “connector” roles to our many other Forum planning groups.
Explored ways to make material accessible beyond the Open Science Framework (OSF) repository for people who weren’t able to attend.
Revisited the social events checklist.
Investigated services for live closed-captioning at DLF plenary sessions.

2019-2021

From 2019-2021, the "Inclusivity at the DLF Forum" Subgroup worked on the following items:

Created an updated webinar on how to create accessible and interactive presentations online.
Updated the Code of Conduct for 2020 online format.
Developed materials on facilitating inclusive discussions.
Revisited the Active Bystander Orientation.
Updated the 2020/2021 Creating Accessible and Interactive Online Presentations guidelines.

2016-2018

From 2016-2018, the Inclusivity at the Forum Subgroup accomplished the following:

Expanded and updated DLF’s Code of Conduct.
Reviewed the conference registration form to ensure that registrants have the opportunity to provide us with accommodation requests, preferred pronouns, dietary restrictions, etc.
Served in intentional “connector” roles to our many other Forum planning groups (such as the social and local planning committees and the program and sponsorship committees), to ensure that the spirit of inclusivity touches every aspect of Forum planning.
Designated and publicized a quiet room, nursing room, gender-neutral restrooms, and other features at the Forum venue.
Helped to arrange DLF Forum childcare services.
Set up and publicized community note-taking docs, compiling important accessibility tips for people creating slide decks, and promoting sharing of conference materials through DLF’s OSF for Meetings account.
Facilitated ride-share and room-share connections via a public exchange, to help make the Forum more economically accessible.
Served as a helpful sounding-board for DLF staff who are working to organize the Forum.

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 == Charge ==
-To advise on inclusivity initiatives for the DLF Forum as part of the Community Committee. Develop and update the Bystander Training, Code of Conduct, Forum Accessibility checklist, and Accessible Presentations documentation. Serving as a helpful sounding-board for DLF staff who are working to organize the Forum, and assisting with other projects, large and small. Develop programming outside of the regular Forum cycle.
+Advises on inclusivity initiatives for the DLF Forum as part of the Community Committee. Develops and updates the Bystander Training, Code of Conduct, Forum Accessibility checklist, and Accessible Presentations documentation. Serves as a helpful sounding-board for DLF staff who are working to organize the Forum, and assisting with other projects, large and small. Develops and updates programming outside of the regular Forum cycle.
 == Key Contact ==
 * Chair: [mailto:dkrahmer@cornell.edu Debbie Krahmer]
 == Members ==
+=== Chair Responsibilities ===
+Coordinates the work of the group with the CLIR member and schedules meetings.
 === Member Responsibilities ===
 Members are expected to participate in all activities of the group, such as updating the Code of Conduct, Accessible Presentation and Events guidelines, Bystander Training, etc.
-=== Leader Responsibilities ===
-The leader of the group coordinates the work of the group with the CLIR member and schedules meetings.
 === Current Members ===
-* Debbie Krahmer, lead
+* Debbie Krahmer, Cornell University (Chair)
-* Carrie Pirmann
+* Carrie Pirmann, Bucknell University
-* Aliya Reich, CLIR member
+* Aliya Reich, CLIR
 == Current Activities ==
-The committee is currently planning for the 2022 in person conference. Forum 10/10 - 10/12, all events 10/9 -10/13 in Baltimore, MD.
+The committee is currently planning for the 2023 in-person conference.
-* COVID-19 resources and health concerns
-** Does the venue require masks or vaccinations?
-** Do we want to require masks or vaccinations?
-** Are masks available that are clear to make for easier lip reading?
-* Update the Accessible Presentations for In-Person Events
-** 2020/2021 [[Creating Accessible and Interactive Online Presentations]]
-** 2022 [[Creating Accessible In-Person Presentations]]
-** Live webinar on July 26, 1pm ET
-* Update and Create new guidelines for accessible events focused on the venue
-** Designating and publicizing a quiet room, nursing room, gender-neutral restrooms, and other features at the Forum venue
-** Helping to arrange DLF Forum childcare services
-** Setting up and publicizing community note-taking docs, compiling important accessibility tips for people creating slide decks, and promoting sharing of conference materials through DLF’s OSF for Meetings account
-** Facilitating ride-share and room-share connections via a public exchange, to help make the Forum more economically accessible
-** As well as other related issues around accessibility/health issues (water, accessible bathroom, gender neutral bathroom, scent issues, quiet space, nursing mother space, parking, movement). Jasmine can send an example.
-* Serving in intentional “connector” roles to our many other Forum planning groups (from the social and local planning committees to the program and sponsorship committees), to ensure that the spirit of inclusivity touches every aspect of Forum planning
-* Ways to make materials accessible through something other than the osf repository for people who aren’t able to attend.
-* Revisit social events checklist: https://www.diglib.org/dlf-events/dlf-social-event-checklist/
-* Investigate services for providing live closed-captioning at DLF plenary sessions.
 == Previous Activity ==
-Our 2016-2018 Forum Inclusivity Committees were made up of volunteers who have thoughtfully and collaboratively implemented initiatives, including:
+===2022===
+In 2022, the Inclusivity at the Forum Subgroup accomplished the following:
-* Expanding and updating DLF’s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoj5GRxz-QU&t=66s Code of Conduct]
-* Reviewing the conference registration form to ensure that registrants have the opportunity to provide us with accommodation requests, preferred pronouns, dietary restrictions, etc.
-* Serving in intentional “connector” roles to our many other Forum planning groups (from the social and local planning committees to the program and sponsorship committees), to ensure that the spirit of inclusivity touches every aspect of Forum planning
-* Designating and publicizing a quiet room, nursing room, gender-neutral restrooms, and other features at the Forum venue
-* Helping to arrange DLF Forum childcare services
-* Setting up and publicizing community note-taking docs, compiling important accessibility tips for people creating slide decks, and promoting sharing of conference materials through DLF’s OSF for Meetings account
-* Facilitating ride-share and room-share connections via a public exchange, to help make the Forum more economically accessible
-* Serving as a helpful sounding-board for DLF staff who are working to organize the Forum, and assisting with other projects, large and small
-As of August 2020, the "inclusivity at the DLF forum" subgroup is/will be working on the following items:
+* Addressed COVID-19 resources and health concerns (regarding masks or vaccinations).
+* Updated the [https://wiki.diglib.org/Creating_Accessible_In-Person_Presentations Accessible In-Person Presentations] guidelines (2022).
+* Updated and created new guidelines for accessible events focused on the venue (please see 2019-2021 activity).
+* Serving in intentional “connector” roles to our many other Forum planning groups.
+* Explored ways to make material accessible beyond the Open Science Framework (OSF) repository for people who weren’t able to attend.
+* Revisited the social events [https://www.diglib.org/dlf-events/dlf-social-event-checklist/ checklist].
+* Investigated services for live closed-captioning at DLF plenary sessions.
-# Creating an updated webinar on how to create accessible and interactive presentations online. The current resource is from Sept. 2017 and can be found at http://forum2017.diglib.org/presentations-webinar/
+===2019-2021===
-## Updated [[Creating Accessible and Interactive Online Presentations]]
+From 2019-2021, the "Inclusivity at the DLF Forum" Subgroup worked on the following items:
-# Update the code of conduct for 2020 online format
+* Created an updated webinar on how to create accessible and interactive presentations online.
-# Develop some support information on inclusive discussions.
+* Updated the [https://www.diglib.org/about/code-of-conduct/ Code of Conduct] for 2020 online format.
-# Revisit [https://wiki.diglib.org/Bystander_Training_Subgroup Active Bystander Orientation] for 2020: (either webinar or in-person at DLF forum). Existing resources from 2019 can be found at https://forum2019.diglib.org/active-bystander-orientation/
+* Developed materials on facilitating inclusive discussions.
+* Revisited the [https://wiki.diglib.org/Bystander_Training_Subgroup Active Bystander Orientation].
+* Updated the 2020/2021 [https://wiki.diglib.org/Creating_Accessible_and_Interactive_Online_Presentations Creating Accessible and Interactive Online Presentations] guidelines.
+===2016-2018===
+From 2016-2018, the Inclusivity at the Forum Subgroup accomplished the following:
+* Expanded and updated DLF’s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoj5GRxz-QU&t=66s Code of Conduct].
+* Reviewed the conference registration form to ensure that registrants have the opportunity to provide us with accommodation requests, preferred pronouns, dietary restrictions, etc.
+* Served in intentional “connector” roles to our many other Forum planning groups (such as the social and local planning committees and the program and sponsorship committees), to ensure that the spirit of inclusivity touches every aspect of Forum planning.
+* Designated and publicized a quiet room, nursing room, gender-neutral restrooms, and other features at the Forum venue.
+* Helped to arrange DLF Forum childcare services.
+* Set up and publicized community note-taking docs, compiling important accessibility tips for people creating slide decks, and promoting sharing of conference materials through DLF’s OSF for Meetings account.
+* Facilitated ride-share and room-share connections via a public exchange, to help make the Forum more economically accessible.
+* Served as a helpful sounding-board for DLF staff who are working to organize the Forum.
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