From owner-chemistry- at -ccl.net Thu Dec 19 01:39:01 2019 From: "Matthias Heger heger(~)ualberta.ca" To: CCL Subject: CCL:G: 8th French-Japanese Workshop on Computational Methods in Chemistry Message-Id: <-53898-191219013704-26404-WeKqKlUJS7nlRWV2KivmJQ*server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Matthias Heger Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 23:36:55 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Matthias Heger [heger_._ualberta.ca] Meanwhile, I'm sitting here wondering if I am the only one who actually enjoys watching the Angry Old White Man meltdowns for their entertainment value, at least when compared to the usual pace here on the Gaussian Tech Support List. Am 18-Dec.-2019 um 10:44 a.m. schrieb Nathan Seifert nas3xf .. virginia.edu: > CCL members, > > We should appreciate the great holiday gift bequeathed to us, the rare > appearance of Jim Kress. It is a holiday of macabre origins, not unlike a > bizarro Groundhog Day. > > In fact, his presence here is somewhat like a time-stretched Punxsutawney > Phil; when he pops his head out of his hole on (thankfully) increasingly > rare occasions and casts his shadow on our e-mail inboxes, it means we need > to spend another 6 years fighting for gender equity in our community. > > > With regards, > Nathan Seifert > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 11:10 AM Jim Kress jimkress35[#]gmail.com < > owner-chemistry-,-ccl.net> wrote: > >> >> Sent to CCL by: "Jim Kress" [jimkress35!A!gmail.com] >> If you don't "approve" the list of speakers, don't attend. The >> conformation >> of genitalia (or any other physical trait) is not a proper selection >> criterion. >> >> Speakers should be chosen on the basis of accomplishments, not gender. >> >> Heaven forbid we actually live in a meritocracy. If you provide a list of >> females who should be exalted due to accomplishments, I'm sure the >> organizers of the Workshop would be interested. >> >> Otherwise, you need to provide what you believe is an acceptable list that >> is representative of the 26 genders you and your comrades have chosen to be >> fashionable. >> >> Jim Kress >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-chemistry+jimkress35==gmail.com_-_ccl.net >> On Behalf Of Kathrin >> Helen >> Hopmann kathrin.hopmann.:.uit.no >> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 6:07 AM >> To: Kress, Jim >> Subject: CCL: 8th French-Japanese Workshop on Computational Methods in >> Chemistry >> >> >> Sent to CCL by: Kathrin Helen Hopmann [kathrin.hopmann..uit.no] Dear >> Organizers of the 8th French-Japanese Workshop on Computational Methods in >> Chemistry, >> >> I am sorry that I may have miscounted, it seems there is 1 female speaker >> among the 19 confirmed invited speakers (perhaps I have misinterpreted some >> of the other name and there are more?). >> >> I know it is not easy for conference organizers to ensure a gender-balanced >> program. But we need to talk about this problem sometimes, so that we can >> find out how we can improve things. >> >> with best regards, >> Kathrin Hopmann >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kathrin Helen Hopmann >> Sent: onsdag 18. desember 2019 11:27 >> To: 'CCL Subscribers' >> Subject: RE: CCL: 8th French-Japanese Workshop on Computational Methods in >> Chemistry >> >> Dear Organizers of the 8th French-Japanese Workshop on Computational >> Methods >> in Chemistry, >> >> I counted 19 confirmed invited speakers on your website. >> Sadly, not a single of these seems to be a woman. >> >> >> with best regards >> Kathrin Hopmann >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-chemistry+kathrin.hopmann==uit.no^ccl.net >>> On Behalf Of >>> Francois Berenger mlists(a)ligand.eu >> Sent: onsdag 18. desember 2019 06:47 >> To: Kathrin Helen Hopmann >> Subject: CCL: 8th French-Japanese Workshop on Computational Methods in >> Chemistry >> >> >> Sent to CCL by: "Francois Berenger" [mlists- -ligand.eu] Registration for >> the 8th French-Japanese Workshop on Computational Methods in Chemistry >> (FJCMC2020) is open! >> >> Please consider joining us March 19th and 20th 2020 at Kumamoto university >> (Japan). >> >> We will be lucky to have presentations by many prestigious speakers: >> http://www.chem.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/~frjp2020/invited-speakers.html >> >> More information can be found at: >> http://www.chem.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/~frjp2020/index.html >> >> The registration page is: >> http://www.chem.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/~frjp2020/registration.html >> >> We are looking forward to meet you in Kumamoto, The >> organizers.http://www.ccl.net >> /chemistry/sub_unsub.shtmlhttp:// >> www.ccl.net/spammers.txthttp://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_messagehttp://www.ccl.net/chemistry/sub_unsub.shtmlhttp://www.ccl.net/spammers.txt> >> >> >