Ask women that they know if they know anyone who might have interest. I get emails on a regular basis like that. They rarely say "I'm looking for women or non-males," for the record, but... I always try to make my suggestions with a mix of people, male and female, and sometimes it ends up being a bunch of males with one female suggestion just because that's how it goes (boo!).
I make the concerted effort to reach out to people I know in the community. It might not have to involve emailing a mailing list, but, it's a start until you find a community of people with same interests. I'm lucky enough at this point where I know people directly I can reach out towards if I'm going to do a session about the gender gap, GLAM, whatever, but, that wasn't always the case. For example: I'm on a mailing list for GLAM people, involved in "open culture," a colleague send an email out asking if anyone wanted to be involved in implementing a workshop about best practices for a conference. I responded, and it turns out the other person who responded was a woman. Now we have a submission - a man and two women - waiting for review - and we could very well be the only panel at the entire conference like that. And plenty of men could have responded with interest! So anything is possible! :) -Sarah On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Pete Forsyth <[email protected]> wrote: > There are 516 submissions for Wikimania. I don't know how many are panels > -- conservatively, maybe 100? > > In an ideal world, do we really want 100 people to email this list to seek > panelists? How about Wikipedia-related submissions for hundreds of other > conferences? > > My answer would be no -- actually I would go further, I think in many > cases (but not all) it's desirable to have an individual gather a panel in > private, according to his or her own vision for the topic. > > If we assume that Max (or somebody like him) wants to explore putting > together a panel *without *putting out a public call, are there some > specific practices he or she can employ to improve the chances of > attracting non-men? > > Pete > [[User:Peteforsyth]] on Wikipedia > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]>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 <[email protected]>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 <[email protected]>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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Heather Walls >>> Communications Design Manager >>> WikimediaFoundation.org >>> [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sarah Stierch >> >> ----- >> >> Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. >> >> www.sarahstierch.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > -- Sarah Stierch ----- Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. www.sarahstierch.com
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