Welcome Elaine, and thanks for keeping this moving! The comments on that G+ are very informative.
I'd love to see some reliable sources to back up that a) it was an attempt at humour (http://www.comon.dk/art/216015/kvinder-skal-holde-kaeft-boern-skal-have-vaaben-og-vi-skal-knalde-bevidstloese-kaellinger ?) b) his humour has been regularly found to be in bad taste (http://mediawatch.dk/artikel/mads-christensen-undskylder-eb-klumme ?) part (b) establishes that this event is just a once off misunderstanding still no feedback at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Gender_Studies#Dell_Summit On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Elaine Mao <elainek...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dell posted an apology on their Google+ page yesterday: > https://plus.google.com/117161668189080869053/posts/5Zg5FdFEydi > > "During a Dell-hosted customer and partner summit in Copenhagen in April, > well-known public speaker and moderator, Mads Christensen, made a number of > inappropriate and insensitive remarks about women. Dell sincerely apologizes > for these comments...Going forward, we will be more careful selecting > speakers at Dell events." > > Although as CNET's Molly Wood points out, it falls a bit short of being an > adequate apology: > http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-57434780-256/dell-apologizes-for-hiring-sexist-summit-moderator/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title > > "Comments on the Google+ apology have noted that it's not a particularly > visible apology, which is true; it's also a little tepid, primarily touting > Dell's female-forward initiatives rather than pointing out any actions it's > taken in response to that incident (a reprimand? a letter of apology to the > women -- and men -- in the audience that day?). Nevertheless, it's > something, and it's a better apology than the one Danish Director Nicolai > Moresco issued shortly after the event." > > --Elaine > (By the way--hello everyone! I don't usually post to this list, which I > suppose I've been lurking on for some time now, but I've been semi-following > this thread and I happened to come across this coverage, so I thought I'd > make myself useful and post an update :) I currently intern in the WMF's > communications department, and you can also find me at User:Revolutionetc) > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen > <palnat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:09 AM, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> ... >>> >>> Also worth noting, the Danish Wikipedia description of Christiane >>> Vejlø (the tweeter) is very similar to that of Mads Christensen, so >>> they are in the same sector, as is Christiane's husband, and this >>> could have some bearing on how she wrote her piece about Mads. >>> >>> https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Vejl%C3%B8 >> >> >> Christiane Vejlø and Mads Christensen are more or less in the same sector >> (lifestyle and such); Christiane Vejlø's husband is a stand up comedian. >> >> Regards, >> Ole >> >> Disclaimer: I have participated in a social event with Christiane a couple >> of years ago. Never met her husband nor Mads. >> >> >> >> -- >> http://palnatoke.org * @palnatoke * +4522934588 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
