Re: [mnw.pm] Perl Mongers booth staffing

[lalamaziwa]

hello from a small corner of Asia. i have followed this thread with interest. for the past 2 years, i have been involved in ict advocacy for women's group in the region and finding the concept of "gender balance" very important. perhaps the YAPC TPC booth should be staffed with equal number of male and female. this to me has advocacy implication. i'm not sure if any of you have followed the boring UN conference, but there was a session discussing ICT for (human) Development where ministers came up with a declaration. This will feed into upcoming G8 summit. So what? - There'll be more money for technological training in developing world, and IMO more need for techno-women. it would be nice if YAPC and the like can take advantage of this trend. i'm concerned with the fact how small percentage of women in techno field is.. but given the interests of more relatively younger ones gaining interest to engage in programming (be it >from desinger back ground or else) i certainly find it a stong advocay point for Perl if there are more female mongers and the male mongers also appreciate the need to create supportive environment for female 'wanna-be's. i personally wouldn't go for dial tone personality but women at the booth knowledgeable of Perl would be attractive. but this could be a quality required for workshops - not selling T-shirts. lalamaziwa fem-net/JCA-NET http://www.jca.apc.org/fem --------- ICANN 問題　緊急事態！- かなりやばいぞ、インターネット http://www.jca.apc.org/jca-net/activity/internet/icann/index-jp.html