On 9 January 2015 at 20:31, Bjoern Hoehrmann <[email protected]> wrote: > * Siko Bouterse wrote:
>>We've heard from a number of chapters/groups so far that are excited about >>the campaign and are wondering how to help. We've heard from only a few >>people so far about specific time-sensitive requests of concern, and we're >>really quite open to continue working with anyone who needs support in this >>regard. I'm not going to engage in broader theoretical discussion on this >>list about whether or not the gender gap warrants focused attention, and I >>tend to think experiments and new data can be the best way to help drive >>more useful future discussions and decisions, but I and my grantmaking >>colleagues are absolutely on hand to help solve specific, actionable >>problems! Please keep bringing them to us. > Where are you going to engage in a public discussion with the broader > community regarding the decision to make the first IEG funding round > this year "entirely devoted to" "the gender gap" in your role as "Head > of Individual Engagement Grants", if, as you say, not "on this list"? The paragraph you quote is basically the answer to the non-querulous parts of the question you ask. After this discussion, the need for this initiative is made clearer. I look forward to the results. - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
