In the past I've worked with students from the Women in Science Program (WISP) at Dartmouth. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wisp As programs such as WISP become aware of OSGEO there are benefits for students who participate, and an opportunity for the OSGEO community to become more widely known.
-joel On 11/17/09 12:23 PM, "Frank Warmerdam" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, -joel ---- Joel D. Schlagel U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
