[Gendergap] Lila Tretikov's resignation, Executive Director search

2016-02-25 Thread Sydney Poore
With Lila Tretikov's resignation today, it will be important for people who think it is important to increase participation by women to speak up about it as a search is launched for a new Executive Director. I encourage people to monitor discussions on meta about the qualifications for a ED, and c

Re: [Gendergap] Lila Tretikov's resignation, Executive Director search

2016-02-25 Thread Samuel Klein
On a related subject, the same is true for the board seats being selected soon. Make suggestions to your local chapter or affiliate, or for the appointed board seat still unfilled.SJ On Feb 25, 2016 10:00 PM, "Sydney Poore" wrote: > With Lila Tretikov's resignation today, it will be importan

Re: [Gendergap] Lila Tretikov's resignation, Executive Director search

2016-02-26 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Wow. That is certainly some news to wake up to. On Friday, 26 February 2016, Samuel Klein wrote: > On a related subject, the same is true for the board seats being selected > soon. Make suggestions to your local chapter or affiliate, or for the > appointed board seat still unfilled.SJ > On

Re: [Gendergap] Lila Tretikov's resignation, Executive Director search

2016-03-01 Thread Juho Heikkinen
Well, I'm Chinese, and I do not have a "local chapter" to submit suggestions to (nor would it, with the current political climate, be realistic), not that I'd be eligible anyway. -azuki 在 2016-02-26 11:28:35,"Samuel Klein" 写道: On a related subject, the same is true for the board seats being s

Re: [Gendergap] Lila Tretikov's resignation, Executive Director search

2016-03-01 Thread Lane Rasberry
Azuki, There are chapters in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau, all of which have voting rights. Three votes for one country is more than for anyone else in the world, and with only 42 possible votes and about 30 voters last year, China could be 10% of the decision this year if you managed to get all t