On 15 Apr 2014, at 16:23, Nelle Varoquaux wrote:
Not entirely fair, even for ladies awaiting for the final schedule.
I agree instead to set gender quotas (eg. 40% minimum for the
less-represented
gender). But imho rules should be set *before* the review process.
As a member of a "minority ", I feel very uncomfortable with such
quotas,
and if you ask women in computer science around Europe, they tend to
feel
the same way (this may be very different in North America, as we have
two
very different cultures when coming to these subject).
I would be very careful with such blanket statements; Scandinavian
countries had quotas for decades.
But this is an overall derailment, because there is a *huge* gap between
“not doing enough active outreach” (and thus not getting enough
proposals) and “setting hard quotas” (and thus accepting
sub-standard proposals just to fulfill them).
The truth is somewhere in between.
I want my proposal
to be accepted for my work and not because I'm a woman, and I don't
think
I'll ever submit to a conference where such rules are applied.
That would assume that being a woman is a sufficient requirement.
Quotas *should* mean that the PC has to look harder and actively reach
out to potential target groups. It’s a logical “and” operation,
not an “or”.
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