[FOSS4G-Oceania] Motion: extended, targeted call for papers if needed

[John Bryant]

We can also be proactive towards equity by doing things like asking women
to chair breakout & panel sessions.

I'm a little concerned about the prospect of hitting pause on Plan A in a
few hours, without a clear plan B, and no clear messaging to communicate
this to the community. The timing is a bit unfortunate, with Adam, Alex,and
Edoardo in transit. Hmmmmm.

In the interest of conserving time & effort, can I propose we run with the
community vote tomorrow as we've promised, and carry on the discussion of
how to address diversity following that? I realise it's imperfect, but I
feel we would have some quick communication to do on short notice, and I am
not in a position to do this on my own. I'm not in favour of just letting
our promised community vote schedule slip by without comment.




On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 21:52, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, so if we carte blanche accept all the proposals sent in by women, we
> are still at around 2 in 10 women - we don’t *want* to accept work based on
> gender.. we may have no choice.
>
> not sure about the community vote - need to decide whether to vote on all
> at once, or only what is there now.
>
> I hope this makes sense, I’m in Dar Es Salaam airport struggling to stay
> awake.. I’m exhausted!
>
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 14:25, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In response to Trisha's question, there are somewhere in the range of
>> 35-40 speaking slots, roughly... exact # will depend on submissions & the
>> final program.
>>
>> Right now we have 7 submissions by women, and I know of 1 more coming in,
>> and they all look like very relevant talks (judging by titles only).
>>
>> With this motion in play, I'm feeling a little unsure about whether we
>> are launching the planned Community Vote in the morning (as advertised, and
>> people are asking), or not? I'm leaning towards yes, myself (assuming Alex
>> manages to get it ready between flights). Does running the Community Vote
>> interfere with the continuation of this discussion?
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