"have interest" that is... And by that sentence i meant that they might or might not be in London giving financial situation (some of us are waiting to hear if we get scholarships...) but, damn, the list of women curious about citation improvement and the general chaos of referencing and academia re: Wikipedia is rather endless if we put our minds to it...or our feelers out!
-Sar On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com>wrote: > Yes...I must say..this is the first I have heard about this panel and the > outreach seeking women panelists. Including my involvement in numerous open > culture mailing lists...(but, perhaps I missed an email seeking > participants in my crazy life!). > > I know a few women who might or might not be in London, but who might have > interested in this (from academia and the open culture/knowledge world > internationally)... all it would take is a few chances to send a call to > action to mailing lists. > > Not really sure what to say regarding how to deal with having an all male > panel. I'm sure it won't be the only one. This is Wikimania after all...and > based on our gender ratio.... > > But, for humor's sake there is always this: > http://whiteguysdoingitbythemselves.tumblr.com/ > > :) > > Sarah > > > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Heather Walls <hwa...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > >> I'm not sure what you mean by "qualified speakers", but you did you ask >> on this list? >> >> -h >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Maximilian Klein <isa...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hello Gender Gap, >>> >>> With some collaborators, I submitted this panel for Wikimania 2014 >>> "Reform of citation structure for all Wikimedia project" [1]. Despite my >>> best efforts (and continuing efforts), I couldn't find any non-men to be on >>> the panel. I asked each of the potential panelists if they knew any other >>> qualified speakers (not specifically women, just other people), asked my >>> old colleagues, put a call out on social media. But it just ended up being >>> all-men. >>> >>> Is it desirable to write something to the effect of "we are cognizant >>> this is an all-male panel, and would like to change the underlying factors" >>> as a preamble to the submissions? And if so, what is the right way? >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> [1] >>> http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Reform_of_citation_structure_for_all_Wikimedia_projects >>> >>> Max Klein >>> http://notconfusing.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Heather Walls >> Communications Design Manager >> WikimediaFoundation.org >> heat...@wikimedia.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> > > > -- > > Sarah Stierch > > ----- > > Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. > > www.sarahstierch.com > -- Sarah Stierch ----- Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. www.sarahstierch.com
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