Re: List membership - more women

Hi all,

My two other female colleagues and me are also subscribed to the list and
have posted occasionally about our projects when it requires feedback from
the community...however we haven't actively taken part in discussions.

But, thanks for making us heard ;)

Thanks.
Regards,
Amrapali Zaveri
http://aksw.org/AmrapaliZaveri


On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Isabelle Augenstein <
i.augenstein@sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:

>  I've had a quick look at posts from women in general and it seems to me
> that there are a few women posting to the list, and the ones that do mostly
> post announcements (for conferences, workshops etc.), but don't get
> involved in discussions.
>
> I don't have a solution or explanation, but since Dominic pointed it out,
> three women have posted to the list (including me), so I guess we're
> already making progress? ;-)
>
> Isabelle
>
>
>
> On 24/06/2013 10:14, Dan Brickley wrote:
>
>
>
>>  - My guess would be that the ratio between subscribers and people
>> posting on the list is rather low in general in addition to few women being
>> subscribed to the list (But I bet we can get some statistics for that?)
>>
>
>   There are just over 1000 subscribers to the list (no gender figures
> available for those). You can see from
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/2013Jun/author.html who
> the most vocal participants are.
>
>  Dan
>
>
>