[Dcouncil] How to proceed with this incident?

[James Davenport]

To The Group,

I've witnessed this type of situation first hand as well. When I was in SRF Chemistry Group and would attend the daily morning meeting and the weekly planning meetings, a female technician would suggest a solution to a problem brought up during the course of a particular task. The suggestion would be acknowledged, but not taken into consideration. Later in the meeting a male technician would suggest the very same concept of solution, but would word it differently.  The male's suggestion (which was merely the female's suggestion reframed) would be deemed the correct path for resolution of the problem at hand. The female technician stopped attending the meetings for this very reason.

I do not have a recommendation for a path forward on Anna's situation, but wanted to share this issue is not isolated to one group. I think the D&I Council is making the correct steps in educating the Lab on the underlying cultural variables that result in these types of problems.

Have a great weekend,

James Davenport