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  • Re: [MW1CFN] Selection, biased?

    From A. non Eyemouse@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 31 13:11:37 2022
    On 31/01/2022 11:49, MW1CFN via rec.radio.amateur.moderated Admin wrote:

    Then came the observation by Twitter-based, constructive critic of the
    RSGB, Ham Radio Gossip (@HamGoss), that a head-and-shoulders photograph
    of all applicants is required by the society.  This is not entirely
    unheard of, but it is a little troubling.
    Extract from RSGB application form (page 4), accessed 31/01/2021, 10:59UT.


    @HamGoss, quite rightly, mocks the requirement with the following tweet:


    For one thing, demanding a photo with an application gives the
    appearance, even if it isn't true, that the RSGB only wants the 'right
    kind' of people. Given the severe age, ethnicity and gender bias that is obvious amongst the current Board members, it's very disheartening to
    see that they fall for this avoidable trap.
    Secondly, demanding a photo has the clear and obvious risk of allowing
    the RSGB selectors to be, consciously or otherwise, biased in their choices.  That is why equal opportunities forms - where they are
    actually provided to applicants - are never disclosed to those involved
    in the selection process.  A photo of someone reveals a multitide of information that, likewise, ought not to be revealed in the selection process.
    Personal appearance is entirely irrelevant to a position at the RSGB, so
    why demand a photo?


    Clearly the RSGB old guard are modelling themselves on the Florida
    Republican party.


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  • From Brian Morrison@21:1/5 to rec.radio.amateur.moderated Admin on Mon Jan 31 17:29:53 2022
    On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:49:52 EST
    rec-radio-amateur-moderated-request@panix.com (MW1CFN via rec.radio.amateur.moderated Admin) wrote:

    First, they allow an organisation, if operated with an open mind and the right motivation, to evaluate how well its workforce (or volunteers) represent society at large

    As a radio amateur in my 6th decade of life and 5th decade of holding a
    licence and not being an RSGB member I imagine the answer to this was,
    and is, "not at all". As time advances the answer becomes "less and
    less".

    --

    Brian Morrison

    "I am not young enough to know everything"
    Oscar Wilde

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