Perhaps a wiki page can be started to document these things and a planning team of volunteers can be organized :)
Be bold!! Wiki women's lunch planning committee!! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Gillian White <whiteghost....@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree that 125 introductions is not a productive or fun way to use a short > amount of time. In this instance, the process halted all conversation and > created a no-win situation for members of the audience - either try to > concentrate on an impossible-to-remember roll-call, or ignore the speakers. > Neither is good and leaving the room would be even more impolite. However, it > is good to have a problem that results from success! > > A solution depends on what the purpose of the meeting is. If the purpose > changes from a lunch meeting, different approaches could be used but multiple > meetings or more scheduled talks should probably become strands of the > conference. The trick is to balance structure and lack of structure in line > with the principles and purpose. > > Assuming the meeting continues to be a lunch meeting, I think the principles > that need to be remembered for such an event involving such a number of > people are: > - there is not much time and that time has to allow for eating (IMHO that > does not mean wandering around trying to hold food and talk at the same time); > - anything repetitive is bound to be tedious; > - since there is a major conference in session, anything formal, other than a > welcome from Sue, would either not be a lunch meeting or should be added to > the conference agenda itself; > - flexibility and a degree of spontaneity are necessary. > > So, one suggestion for a Wikimania Wiki Women's lunch meeting (and I am sure > there are other possibilities that will be considered between now and the > next conference) is to print up multiple copies of some theme labels for > people to grab and put on their table as they go into the lunch room. For > example, there could be labels for tables for women who want to: > - meet new people/conference participants; > - talk about the conference sessions; > - NOT talk about the conference sessions; > - continue an unfinished earlier discussion; > - plan some women's meetings to be held during pre-allocated times during the > conference (eg the women's edit-a-thon suggested above). > There are many more possible but you get the drift. > > If multiple rooms are available the same procedure could be applied in > advance and rooms allocated for lots of smaller lunch groups. That sort of > thing depends on the venue but breaking it up means missing the opportunity > for a gathering of everyone together. Also, requiring a forced choice for > women who have a range of interests and commitments is something to avoid. > > Whiteghost.ink > > On 26 July 2012 07:01, Orsolya Gyenes <gyenes.orso...@wiki.media.hu> wrote: > Yes, we really didn't expect over 120 women (double as much as last year) and > I think it was right to get to know each other and learn where we all coming > from and what we are interested in. Usually that doesn't happen on this list. > > Maybe we could organize a female edithaton during the Hacking Days in HK, if > there's a need for it. > > ~Orsolya > Deputy Program Chair > > > 2012/7/25 Carol Moore DC <carolmoor...@verizon.net> > From > http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feedback#Other_meetups_and_meetings > > The Women's Luncheon on Saturday was something I was very much looking > forward to, but it fell short of my expectations. I was enjoying bonding with > the women at my table, asking the speakers about their presentations and > hoping to form some more solid relationships with veteran and new Wikipedians > alike. Being required to sit back quietly while 125+ women each stood up to > introduce themselves felt like a waste of an opportunity to build a stronger > female editing community. Knowing that the women are passionate about sharing > was good, but wouldn't have been more to the purpose to encourage networking > so all the women in attendance would be more inclined to stay active and > recruit knowing there was a pool of support they could personally draw upon? > [[User:Samarista|Samarista]] ([[User talk:Samarista|talk]]) 17 July 2012 (UTC) > > I personally liked the intros. Perhaps suggest a common topic or two people > can discuss at tables? > > Or have a separate meetups - a couple at different times, perhaps with > different themes. That might answer her concerns ? > > Note that in the feedback section two of us mentioned that annoucements of > meetups needed to be better. > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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