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" <isalix(a)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_stru…
Max Klein
http://notconfusing.com/
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