WIT Community Review
2016
Morning!
Help yourself to a croissant!
Welcome to the 2016 CERN Women
in Technology Community review!
Contact the community at
[email protected]
Agenda
➜WIT Community Overview
➜2016 Review
➜2017 Suggestions
➜Moving Forwards
1.
WIT Community
Overview
2016 at a glance
Jan
March
Aug
Nov
IT Dep
Meeting
First
Meeting
Began
Lunches
Began WIT
Talks
Feb
July
Oct
Django
Girls
Summer
Student
BBQ
WIT @
CHEP
Resources
E-Group
➜
➜
wit-matters
57 members
Indico
➜ Event listing
IT Twiki
➜
Community
description
➜ WIT Talk plans
CERN Support
➜ IT Department
funding and event
invitations
➜ Openlab
funding and event
invitations
➜ Diversity Office
funding and external
community liaison
➜ HR
WIT Talk Support and
network growth
External WIT Communities
With whom are we in contact?
➜Wider HEP community through CHEP
➜Google
➜HP
➜Oracle
➜ITU (the United Nations specialized
agency for information and
communication technologies)
2.
2016 Review
Many thanks for
completing the
survey!
Which 2016 events did we really enjoy?
4.8
WIT Talk
with Maite
4.5
Drinks
Average score out of 5
4.3
4.3
4.2
Lunches
WIT Talk
with
Google
Summer
Student
BBQ
3.
2017 Suggestions
Many thanks for
completing the
survey!
Which events do we want in 2017?
4.5
Communication
Workshop
4.3
Technical
Workshops
Average score out of 5
3.8
3.7
3.7
Quarterly
Meetings
Practical
Workshops
Film
Screenings
2017 Event Suggestions
Aim to have a mix of recurring and one-off events.
What do you want to see?
Monthly
➜ 2 x Lunch
➜ Drinks
➜ WIT Talk
Quarterly
➜ Workshop
➜ Steering
Committee
Meeting
Annual
➜ Summer
Student
Lunch
➜ Community
Review
Ad Hoc
➜ Film
Screenings
➜ External
WIT Events
➜ Conference
Meetups
➜ Diversity
discussions
with mixed
gender
Do you have a skill you want to share? All ideas
encouraged!
4.
Moving Forwards
WIT Community Objectives
Build a
Support
Network
Your responses fell into 3 broad categories
Professional
Development;
Share
Experiences,
Learn and
Inspire
Address
Diversity
Issues
How can
we keep
WIT alive?
We know the turnover at CERN is high – how
can we create and build a community that
continues to grow?
Steering Committee
WIT is a grassroots community, ideas should
always be welcome from every single member
(!), but having a SC to help realise those ideas
will ensure longevity.
Duties
➜ Participate in quarterly and ad hoc SC meetings
➜ Organize yearly WIT Community Review
➜ Support logistics and preparation for a share of
WIT Events
➜ Grow the network within and beyond CERN
through events, posters, online presence
➜ Suggest a replacement when you have to leave 
Practical meaning of “duties”
➜ Set up the event calendar
➜ Divide work and responsibilities
among
ourselves
➜ Take care of event logistics and preparations
(rooms, dates, material)
➜ Always have someone attending the lunch
➜ Pick up ideas, brainstorm, reach out
➜ Make a difference
➜ Grow your network
Nominations
➜ Hannah Short
➜ Sima Baymani
➜ Maria Alandes
➜ Aniko Rakai
Can we accept all of these persons collectively
as the 2017 steering committee?
If anyone objects, please raise your hand.
2016 was our pilot year,
let’s see what 2017
brings!
Thanks!
Many thanks for your
enthusiasm and
engagement during 2016!
CREDITS
Special thanks to all the people who made and
released these awesome resources for free:
➜ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
➜ Photographs by Death to the Stock Photo
(license)
Extra slides if needed
Discoverability
➜ How
can we link with other women’s groups
at CERN?
➜ Are we google-able?
➜ Are our events happening at the right times
and in the right places to include everybody?
WIT Mission Statement
➜Now we have a better idea of what we
are about, should we create a mission
statement?