Re: [Gendispatch] draft charter text: terminology-related WG

Eliot Lear <lear@cisco.com> Sat, 13 February 2021 18:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Gendispatch] draft charter text: terminology-related WG
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Hi,

> 
> I think it might be helpful to scope out a little more what this RFC might contain. Perhaps:
> 
> These recommendations will consist of (1) general principles for judging when language is inclusive or exclusive (2) a list of specific terms to avoid and recommendations for alternatives.

I believe that the (1) is a prerequisite for understanding (2).   (1) is not something that this organization has the critical mass of expertise to develop.*  Rather we must reference the work of others.  Before we charter a WG, I would like to understand from whence these principles or their basis will come, and why those sources should be considered authoritative.  Otherwise we are setting ourselves up to have the same arguments again and again and again.  Let’s not do that.

Eliot
*And were it otherwise, perhaps we wouldn’t need such a working group in the first place.