Sent to CCL by: Joseph E Maxwell [jaymax36%a%gmail.com] Re: zborowsk <=> Therein lies part of the problem. Perhaps CCL should dedicate a part of their platform to related social issues such as these. Theoretical Chemistry does not exist in a vacuum. Social issues do impact it, do not tell me that the contribution of women, blacks or other minorities (or from your vantage position that may even include Roma peoples too) should be ignored - for that matter, you are also saying that their labor could be appropriated. Is Theoretical Chemistry to be the preserve of a small unique privileged group. And BTW, for Krzysztof K. Zborowski the issue here is not "sex" but "gender" inequality as a representational issue. Granted that the space should be dedicated to Theoretical Chemistry, but had this original commentary, which is of importance to the community gone without your further opposing commentary, this would not be continuing. Thanks! On 2/15/2014 5:12 PM, zborowsk zborowsk-*-chemia.uj.edu.pl wrote:
Sent to CCL by: zborowsk [zborowsk]![chemia.uj.edu.pl] Well, could we talk about theoretical chemistry, not about sex....?? PleaseW dniu 2014-02-16 01:10, Salter-Duke, Brian James brian.james.duke|a|gmail.com napisaÅ(a):Sent to CCL by: "Salter-Duke, Brian James " [brian.james.duke---gmail.com] I fully agree that this is not acceptable. I trust that the three poeple sponsoring this, particularly Prof. Emily Carter, who is a member of the Academy, have made their views known to the Academy directly. Major international conferences should make sure there is a reasonable balance between men and women as well as from all countries in the world when selecting speakers. Brian Duke On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 02:57:48PM -0800, Kadir Diri dirikadir[a]gmail.com wrote:Sent to CCL by: Kadir Diri [dirikadir ~ gmail.com] Dear Colleagues, I am posting this message on behalf of professor Anna Krylov -one of the many outstanding women in theoretical chemistry- regarding the choice of speakers for the upcoming ICQC conference. I would always like to think of us, scientists, as some of the leading figures in the fight for gender equality. I wish the choice of speakers for this conference was just a statistical abnormality. Even that would be unacceptable... Professor Krylov's message follows below. Best regards, Kadir ---