>Dans un courrier daté du 18/09/01 17:23:49, richard@halfangel.org.uk a écrit : > ><<The list of nominees may not be representative of gender or of the >field, but it's the nominations we received over a one month call >that was widely distributed. I'm afraid the only way to correct this >is in future years, as the organisation grows.>> > >I think this issue is important enough to consider the possibility of >redressing the problem before it exists, and not after. > >Is there such an imperative of time that we cannot delay a while? Do we >really want to insist that expediency is more important than principle? > >Many of us come from countries where even male-dominated national assemblies >have collectively decided that some sort of system - "quota" or otherwise - >is necessary to deal with a sexist situation that exists, without the need to >establish any blame for this situation. > >David Vaughn I've got a question though--it's been my experience that the field of dance, like the field of pre-college education in this country, is predominantly female. So our choice seems to be to either balance that with the board of directors having more males, or reflect it by having more females, or make the voices equal--in which case it is not reflective of the group as a whole. I'm not saying action shouldn't be taken...but if the list is changed, I'm just wondering what exact goal we are accomplishing here. Perhaps the goal should be to look at people as individuals, rather than gender labels. Male/female is a very narrow definition of gender in any case, and is only one label. Are any Asian artists represented? What is the breakdown in age? What, in other words, are we trying to represent? Is it even possible? Jeff -- -----------satorimedia------------ Jeffrey Gray Miller, Director e-->shaper@satorimedia.com t-->608.239.7010 f-->877.566.4617 w-->http://www.satorimedia.com "...profound changes are impending in the ancient craft of the beautiful..." --Paul Valery
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