I second this, in its entirety. Michele
-----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Roy Tennant Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 4:35 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Gender Survey Summary and Results On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Rosalyn Metz <rosalynm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Karen had the idea of creating a women Code4Lib IRC channel, maybe > that can be a place to start. I understand the motivation to create a "safe space" for women, but please let's not do this. "Separate but equal" has never been shown to make progress toward equality, and I doubt this situation would be any different. I believe it would instead make things worse, by balkanizing the community rather than encouraging good behavior within a unified group. In other words, the solution will never be reached without active participation by men. Roy
