On 26.06.2009 12:22, Urja Rannikko wrote: >> Why not work on attracting more geeky >> people who like being close to hw? > > Well, i think the point in this is that anybody (also women) can be > "people who like being close to hw", > so we should work on attracting anybody who likes to be close to hw :) >
Basically, there are three points to consider AFAICS. 1. If we mention women explicitly, it means we see and officially acknowledge a deficit even if that is not our fault. 2. Is explicitly inviting women insulting to them? After all, treating them like everyone else would mean we'd not mention them explicitly. I actually got conflicting answers from women for this question. 3. Are there other groups which are insulted because we explicitly invite women, but not $GROUP? I think Joe brought up this point. I added a sentence to http://www.coreboot.org/User:Hailfinger/Drafts/Friendliness which hopefully is generic and broad enough. "We welcome participation from every human being, regardless of gender/ethnicity/views/..." http://www.coreboot.org/User:Hailfinger/Drafts/Women will probably become a redirect to .../Friendliness soon. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
