+infinity Sam Thanks for your efforts! It's a great representation of the "ally" mentality!
-Sarah On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Max, this is surprising to hear! In my experience, "Librarians and OA > repository managers", at least in the US and commonwealth countries, are > majority female. Any one of them would fit nicely on such a panel. Have > you tried asking for candidates at lib-tech events? > > I recommend noting in your proposal that you are looking for an additional > or alternate panelist, if you are indeed doing so; you have some time > before finalizing the roster. > > A tangent: I ask who will be on panels with me and decline requests to be > on all-male panels (also suggesting women to invite where I can). This is > one way for men to help session organizers improve their search-space for > speakers. > > Warmly, > Sam > > > On Apr 2, 2014 6:40 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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