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#DontSubmitToStonewall - suggested quick action by Legal Feminist

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stumbledin · 06/02/2021 23:58

(From twitter post)

A follow up on the Stonewall long read: this one is a very short call for a simple (2-3 minute) action.

Please share widely. #DontSubmitToStonewall twitter.com/hashtag/DontSubmitToStonewall?src=hashtag_click

Please share and submit a request or two. Whatdotheyknow.com makes it very straightforward. If you don't dare ask your own public authority employer, maybe swap with a friend.

legalfeminist.org.uk/2021/02/04/shining-a-light-on-stonewalls-activities/?_thumbnail_id=451

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Tibtom · 07/02/2021 10:33

Can you foi schools?

OhHolyJesus · 07/02/2021 10:31

Wow nearly at 300, that must be nearly done - how many bloody champions for Stonewall are there?

FannyCann · 07/02/2021 10:28

284 now!

I've just done a couple. Wink

OhHolyJesus · 07/02/2021 10:11

#Dontsubmittostonewall

Now at 200 - it was 160 on Tuesday.

AnyOldPrion · 07/02/2021 09:59

Someone has FOI’d my governing body. So glad as the Stonewalling of their social media policy has actually affected my career choices. I would love to see them properly reviewing Stonewall’s input.

Won’t mention the name, but thanks to everyone taking part in this.

Deltoids1 · 07/02/2021 09:38

Does anyone know an easy way to find out which Diversity Champions have not been issued with an FOI yet? It would be good to get as many as possible in the system but now there’s over 200 requests its hard to sort through.

FannyCann · 07/02/2021 09:02

Oh. I may be wrong. I used my middle name and my maiden name which is an uncommon name but it's so long since I used it no one would recognise me, especially combined with a different first name.

This advice from Maya Forstater:

"Note that when you register for What Do They Know you need to do it with some version of your real name. This will be published along with your request (but your email address won’t be).
If you are concerned about anonymity or searchability register with the least identifiable version of your name e.g. initial plus surname (if you have a relatively common surname – this doesn’t work for me obviously!) or you can use your initial plus married or maiden name (whichever you don’t use in professional life)."

FannyCann · 07/02/2021 08:46

@allmywhat I use a pseudonym for WhatDoTheyKnow as I submitted an FOI to my own employer (and for a while had a desk next to the FOI officer Grin).
It would be sensible to make a different email address to be safe, using your pseudonym.

Deltoids1 · 07/02/2021 08:03

You can submit a request under an alias.

allmywhat · 07/02/2021 05:01

The first two Diversity Champion public bodies I checked hadn’t been done, so there is definitely plenty of scope for further action.

I really want to participate in this but I have a unique surname. What happens if I make up a name? I suspect that would actually be counter-productive?

Xanthangum · 07/02/2021 03:26

It's building on the successful Edinburgh University FOI legalfeminist.org.uk/2021/02/01/submission-and-compliance/

Basically finding out how much organisations pay Stonewall to be Diversity Champions, what they do to get access to the programme, what they get out of it, and how much effort has to be diverted away from other stuff the members of staff might be doing.

MargaritaPie · 07/02/2021 02:30

What is this about? What info are we looking for by making a FOI request about Stonewall?

OldCrone · 07/02/2021 01:03

@ItsAllGoingToBeFine

Too slow Wink Women are amazing and every public body in the UK has now been FOId on the back of this Grin
Not all of them. Still a few more to go, but you might have to look harder to find one that hasn't been FOId yet.
EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 07/02/2021 00:48

@ItsAllGoingToBeFine

Too slow Wink Women are amazing and every public body in the UK has now been FOId on the back of this Grin
WOW.
ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 07/02/2021 00:14

Too slow Wink Women are amazing and every public body in the UK has now been FOId on the back of this Grin