http://2012.jsconf.eu/2012/09/17/beating-the-odds-how-we-got-25-percent-women-speakers.html … A great blog post on how blind review can improve gender diversity among conference speakers. #libtechgender
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@wycats@jo_liss@thatandromeda The outreach by@gogaruco gets paired with blind 1st round review. Pairing them matters. /@joshsusser -
@cczona@wycats@jo_liss@thatandromeda both matter. which matters more? depends on where you are weak. outreach was more impt for gogaruco -
@joshsusser@cczona@jo_liss@ThatAndromeda Agree with this. -
@wycats@joshsusser@cczona@jo_liss@ThatAndromeda are underrepresented groups also part of the blind selection process? - End of conversation
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@wycats only if you have established trust with the community, account for bias, diverse committee.@jo_liss@ThatAndromeda@CallbackWomen - End of conversation
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@wycats even then, it’s only a piece of the pie.@jo_liss@ThatAndromeda@CallbackWomenThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wycats@ThatAndromeda@CallbackWomen Yes; blind is just to assure minorities they're not discr'ed against or favored b/c they're minorities -
@wycats@ThatAndromeda@CallbackWomen I've emailed a few women & will ping more. Theres not that many doing directly Ember-related stuff tho
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