I would just like to point out that creating a board of directors that is primarily composed of men in no way balances the fact that there tend to be more female dancers. Instead it creates a lopsided balance of power mimicking that which exists throughout the world, where those who sit in control, with the voice of authority are men. I agree that more than just gender issues should be looked at so that a truly representative board can be created. Clearly, this is a difficult process which takes much more work than sending out a generic mail and seeing what comes back. But from the reaction of those on this list, it seems just as clear that it is an important task to undertake. bret parker (female) Jeffrey Gray Miller wrote: > >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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