Hey,
in Germany some women were so annoyed by all male panels that they started
a homepage to find female speakers and moderators for conferences.
Take a look at
The site is also available (to some extent) in English, but at the moment
most of those women are based in Germany (and Austria/Switzerland). Most of
the women speak German as mother tongue, but the individual profile
indicates the language capabilities.
Best,
Merle
Merle von Wittich
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2014-04-07 21:39 GMT+02:00 Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>om>:
Thanks for asking, and thinking about it.
You (and that panel topic :) are the best. SJ
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Maximilian Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you all for your advice,
This has given me some ideas about how to better ask in the future.
Actually, I see from asking here, that __asking__ for help is one very
good
way to get.
Best,
Max Klein
http://notconfusing.com/
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> +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 <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> 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" <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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