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

[Cameron Shorter]

+1 to continue with community voting. We have always said voting would 
be a guide, so that means we can add a couple of extra speaking slots 
retrospectively if it makes sense to do so.

<joke>Maybe for this round we need to face facts and acknowledge that 
"girls are just not interested in our hobbies". We need to get over 
it.</joke>



On 4/9/18 10:11 pm, John Bryant wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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