Hi Elaine! Thanks for posting those updates. yeah, Google+ strange that
they didn't post something on their website or release a statement in a
more broader known format.
Glad to see you out of your lurking!
-Sarah
On 5/15/12 6:50 PM, Elaine Mao wrote:
Dell posted an apology on their Google+ page yesterday:
https://plus.google.com/117161668189080869053/posts/5Zg5FdFEydi
"During a Dell-hosted customer and partner summit in Copenhagen in
April, well-known public speaker and moderator, Mads Christensen, made
a number of inappropriate and insensitive remarks about women. Dell
sincerely apologizes for these comments...Going forward, we will be
more careful selecting speakers at Dell events."
Although as CNET's Molly Wood points out, it falls a bit short of
being an adequate apology:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-57434780-256/dell-apologizes-for-hiring-sexist-summit-moderator/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-57434780-256/dell-apologizes-for-hiring-sexist-summit-moderator/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title>
"Comments on the Google+ apology have noted that it's not a
particularly visible apology, which is true; it's also a little tepid,
primarily touting Dell's female-forward initiatives rather than
pointing out any actions it's taken in response to that incident (a
reprimand? a letter of apology to the women -- and men -- in the
audience that day?). Nevertheless, it's something, and it's a better
apology than the one Danish Director Nicolai Moresco issued shortly
after the event."
--Elaine
(By the way--hello everyone! I don't usually post to this list, which
I suppose I've been lurking on for some time now, but I've been
semi-following this thread and I happened to come across this
coverage, so I thought I'd make myself useful and post an update :) I
currently intern in the WMF's communications department, and you can
also find me at User:Revolutionetc)
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:09 AM, John Vandenberg <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
...
Also worth noting, the Danish Wikipedia description of Christiane
Vejlø (the tweeter) is very similar to that of Mads
Christensen, so
they are in the same sector, as is Christiane's husband, and this
could have some bearing on how she wrote her piece about Mads.
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Vejl%C3%B8
Christiane Vejlø and Mads Christensen are more or less in the same
sector (lifestyle and such); Christiane Vejlø's husband is a stand
up comedian.
Regards,
Ole
Disclaimer: I have participated in a social event with Christiane
a couple of years ago. Never met her husband nor Mads.
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