[EuroPython] Talk review status and finalization plans (was: Lack of diversity within selected talks)

2014-04-18 Thread holger krekel
Hi Lynn and everybody interested in a better EP2014, we recognize that you raised some serious and valid concerns and would like to lay out to the best of our ability how we plan to address them. Many of you also are eagerly awaiting the final programme for EuroPython, and there has been some

Re: [EuroPython] Lack of diversity within selected talks

2014-04-18 Thread Stefan Behnel
Martijn Faassen, 16.04.2014 15:53: I also agree that the double blind selection process does not fit the goals of EuroPython so much -- I already gave feedback on that elsewhere in this thread. Agreed. 1) It didn't always work, because some proposals included references to previous talks,

Re: [EuroPython] Lack of diversity within selected talks

2014-04-18 Thread Lynn Root
Hi all - I just wanted to say that I really appreciated this discussion. A couple of things that I noticed: 1. Everyone was polite and civil - a breath of fresh air when talking about this sort of topic 2. Folks seem to generally accept that diversity is an asset at a conference, and that the