I wanted to express my unconditional support for this. The culture of non-inclusive hostile behavior embodied by "bro culture" stands opposite to the remarkable environment that has surrounded this project for as long as I have been a member. It is a shame that the state of R&D is so toxic that this change has to be discussed, but as a shareholder in the community I see it as our responsibility to take /active/ measures to make sure everyone feels welcome and to serve as an example of what a project can and should be.
Also for the record I have always loved the original name with the Orwellian reminder that what we do requires constant responsibility and thoughtfulness. thank you, scott On 10/2/17 7:13 AM, Dopheide, Jeannette M wrote: > This year at BroCon we announced that the Bro Project will be changing its > name. While “Bro” was originally meant as an Orwellian reminder of the risk > that any monitoring fundamentally entails, it has more recently gained a very > different, and quite offensive, reputation (“Bro culture”). To avoid facing > instant negative impressions with new users that aren’t aware of the history, > the Leadership Team has decided to seek a name change. > > We are accepting proposed names from the community for two months (due Monday > December 4th). The Leadership Team will review the list of possible names and > narrow it down to 5 finalists. We will announce the finalists and take a > second round of feedback from the community before making the final > selection. We hope to announce the new name within the next major release. > > To submit a proposed name, fill out the form here: > > https://goo.gl/forms/qwR8s6Yd4H0Bu8Ca2 > > ------ > Jeannette Dopheide > Sr. Education, Outreach, and Training Coordinator > National Center for Supercomputing Applications > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > bro-dev mailing list > bro-dev@bro.org > http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev > _______________________________________________ bro-dev mailing list bro-dev@bro.org http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev
