I don't have links handy offhand, but there are a number of similar efforts in both tech and non-tech fields in the US to what Merle linked - I'll try to put together a page of useful links to such resources and slip it in somewhere on meta when I have the time.
Best, Kevin Gorman
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Merle Wittich merle.wittich@wikimedia.dewrote:
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 https://www.speakerinnen.org/en
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
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2014-04-07 21:39 GMT+02:00 Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com:
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@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@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@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@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_struc...
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