Diversity Thursday

Earlier this year I had a reader give me a POSTEX report from one of the varied Diversity Industry Self-Justification exercises he attended. One thing that struck home was how many members of the management and leadership team were there ... and how bored they looked.

Why go? Is it true measure of support, or is there something more there?

-----Original Message-----
From: All Hands Messages
Sent: Tuesday, June [redacted], 2012 [redacted]
To: [redacted]
Subject: Register for NAVAIR Diversity Day - 26 June

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Fellow NAWC WD Teammates,

An important component of achieving our vision "to be the leader providing innovative, integrated and dominant warfighting effects..." is building, nurturing, retaining, and leveraging the strengths of a highly qualified and diverse workforce. With this in mind, and as Naval Air Warfare Center's 'Diversity' Goal champions, Tom Dowd and I want to strongly encourage you, and ask that you encourage others around you, to sign up to participate in the NAVAIR-wide "Diversity Day" event announced by our NAVAIR Commander, VADM David Architzel, and now scheduled 26 June 2012.

NAVAIR is truly doing some great work in this area and the "Diversity Day" event on 26 June will be an opportunity to showcase that work.

The event will be held from 1000 to 1500 ET (0700 to 1200 PST) at the River's Edge Center in Patuxent River, MD, with VTC connections to all sites:
China Lake (two locations):
NAWS Conference Center, Sierra Room
Bldg 11130 CLPL Conference Room

Point Mugu:
Bldg 3015, Room 335

We hope to see a great turnout and participation from all levels at NAWC WD....r/Ron Smiley, WD Diversity Goal Champion & Tom Dowd, Co-Champion


* * * Registration instructions * * *


If you are attending at Point Mugu or China via VTC: Please submit your registration requests for the specific VTC location you plan to attend via an email to the Training Customer Service Desk (chlk_edd_help_desk ).

For further information, please contact Veronica Vasquez, SEP Manager at Veronica.[redacted]@navy.mil or 351-[redacted].

If you need reasonable accommodation, contact Rosa [redacted], IWDP Manager at rosa.[redacted]@navy.mil or at 351-[redacted]


* * * Annual EEO Training credit information

Annual EEO Training credit will be awarded to supervisors and managers who attend this presentation based on the following conditions. One training credit will be awarded to supervisors and managers for each session they attend. Supervisors and managers MUST sign-in at each session to obtain credit. The training will be presented in two sessions. There will be an overlap of one hour between the sessions which will cover a special presentation by Mr. Frans Johansson, author of "The Medici Effect":

- Session 1 will be from 0700 -1000
- Session 2 will be from 0900 - 1200
(Keynote speaker will be from 0900 - 1000)

Did you catch that?

Annual EEO Training credit will be awarded to supervisors and managers who attend this presentation based on the following conditions. One training credit will be awarded to supervisors and managers for each session they attend. Supervisors and managers MUST sign-in at each session to obtain credit.

There you go. What is the old phrase, "You get what you inspect." or "You get what you measure." ? Either way - that explains it.

Just like lawyers have required continuing education credits they must take - so there is EEO credit one must accrue. If X number of people are required to gather Y number of EEO credits - that equals Z full-time positions for ... wait for it ... Diversity Professionals.

There. Always about the paycheck.

Glad we have all that extra time and money.