Brian Russo wrote:
I find the underlying bias of this discussion itself fascinating. Landon is right that surveying/engineering is male-dominated; yet nobody complains that nursing is female-dominated. I have to wonder what really is the problem?
Brian, For me the issue is that there may be a substantial under-utilized set of women (or generalize the accessability issue also to other underrepresented groups) who could be users and more importantly contributors to my project, and other OSGeo projects! A goal of OSGeo is to promote our projects to users and to encourage additional contributors.
That said, I don't know how this really is specific to osgeo in particular. It may be better served under a broader focus of GIS for Women, Open Source for Women.. etc. I guess I'm curious what sort of goals are set. University recruitment? Encouraging female OS developers in general to engage in OSGeo? I'm a bit lost on the intent.
The issue may not be specific to OSGeo and OSGeo projects, but if there are concrete steps that we could take to encourage more involvement then it behooves us to take them. I would claim part of the role of OSGeo is to help our projects grow by developing and inculcating better community practices that encourage involvement and contribution. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [email protected] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
