----- Original Message ----
> From: Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org>
> To: dev@community.apache.org
> Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 11:54:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [proposal] integrating wo...@a.o into an Apache code of practice
>
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Sean Owen <sro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > ...I like the idea that Apache, like all upstanding meritocracies,
> > doesn't think of either gender as a 'special case'. Committers are
> > just committers, not boy committers or girl committers...
>
> Absolutely agree with that, thanks for your comment.
Yes, but... the reason to put together special initiatives for
underrepresented groups is to address systemic/environmental
problems that may be causing the underrepresentation. IOW I
don't mind the fact that we tried to do some of that with
the women@ list, even tho it obviously didn't gel. I think
we should remain open to future initiatives, even those that
present potential "corrective" biases which favor underrepresented
groups.
