[hs-equality] 28c3 Queer Geeks Panel

[Liz Henry]

I think there is a huge difference between people having a conversation 
in public (i.e. a panel)  and people doing "It Gets Better" videos. 
People go to conferences to interact with other people in real time. So 
I have difficulty imagining someone stopping to watch a video in the 
hallway, however long or short that video may be.


- Liz


On 11/8/11 11:54 AM, Lars Weiler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 08.11.2011, at 19:18, Mitch Altman wrote:
>> I didn't get an email yet, but by checking the Pentabarf system (as
>> I've done each day), our Queer Geeks panel proposal has been
>> officially rejected yesterday.  Too bad -- I think it would have
>> been good as an "official" thing at Congress.
>>
>> Shall we do an "unofficial" panel?
>
> Well, stop!  That's the disadvantage of Pentabarf, that a user can
> check her/his own talks (or at least, when some special rights are
> set) ;-) We wanted to prepare an email with more information and a
> proposal. I guess, this is the time now…
>
> We, the Content Committee, had more than half an hour of discussion
> about this panel. I even would say, this was the longest discussion
> about a submission we had this weekend. And we all agreed, that this
> topic is important! There are still a lot of hackerspaces with
> homophobic members and when you look at the security scene, you will
> meet many Alpha-Men who have a very low value for women.
>
> But the proposed style for this topic -- a panel discussion -- will
> not reflect the message correctly. With eight persons on a panel,
> every person can talk for five to ten minutes. That's even not enough
> time to tell the own story.
>
> So there was the idea to transfer the message of this panel in
> another way. We would like to ask you, to prepare videos with your
> message, which we can show during the breaks, on the TVs in the
> hallways or put on ours servers for later download. It sounds a bit
> like the "It Get Better Project". The goal should be, to show
> participants that we have a problem, that we want to solve it and
> that there are a lot of even very famous hackers, who help in
> creating a better community. There is no room for harassment, sexist
> behavior and discrimination at the Congress! Let's shout out
> Noisebridge's code of conduct “Be excellent to each other”!
>
> Technically we should have the videos taken and cut before the
> Congress. We are all members of Hackerspaces and so I guess, that
> everybody should have access to a camera and a computer for cutting
> videos.
>
> This is a proposal and I would like to hear your comments.
>
> Thanks, Lars
>
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Liz Henry
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"Without models, it's hard to work; without a context, difficult to
evaluate; without peers, nearly impossible to speak." -- Joanna Russ