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0 pointsEdwardDiego6y ago0 comments

> What would you propose those speakers do differently?

I always find in life that you get better traction when you approach people with a solution instead of just a problem.

So perhaps they could've said "Hey, I think it'd be good to increase speaker diversity, and I really recommend person X, she's amazing at Y, I could approach her and ask if you'd like?"

Instead of just yelling "There's not enough women!"

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sagichmal6y ago

But that is exactly what the second speaker did. The organizers refused.

elp6y ago

The organizers said that call for papers had already closed. I.e this was late in the planning stage. (conf is 4 Oct) The speaker wasn't offering to help for the next conference.

I hope other conference organizers take note and work to improve diversity while also actively avoiding speakers who pull stunts like this.

sagichmal6y ago

That is not an excuse. Essentially every conference makes major changes to line-up and program well after the CFP is done.

EdwardDiegoOP6y ago

I don't see where in his blog post he approached them with names, so please quote it for me if I overlooked it.

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0 pointsEdwardDiego6y ago0 comments

> What would you propose those speakers do differently?

I always find in life that you get better traction when you approach people with a solution instead of just a problem.

So perhaps they could've said "Hey, I think it'd be good to increase speaker diversity, and I really recommend person X, she's amazing at Y, I could approach her and ask if you'd like?"

Instead of just yelling "There's not enough women!"

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sagichmal6y ago

But that is exactly what the second speaker did. The organizers refused.

elp6y ago

The organizers said that call for papers had already closed. I.e this was late in the planning stage. (conf is 4 Oct) The speaker wasn't offering to help for the next conference.

I hope other conference organizers take note and work to improve diversity while also actively avoiding speakers who pull stunts like this.

sagichmal6y ago

That is not an excuse. Essentially every conference makes major changes to line-up and program well after the CFP is done.

EdwardDiegoOP6y ago

I don't see where in his blog post he approached them with names, so please quote it for me if I overlooked it.

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