On 13/09/10 02:41, Simon Cropper wrote: > On Saturday 11 September 2010 9:09:33 pm Anne Ghisla wrote: >> On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 02:01 +0200, Mateusz Loskot wrote: >>> Dear Ladies, >>> >>> During the conference, Athina shared her impression about >>> gender mix in the board of directors. >>> I thoroughly support Athina's opinion it would be beneficial for the >>> foundation if some women could make it to the board. >>> >>> Thus, I'd like to send out some bits of encouragement to you ladies. >>> Please, stand out! >> >> Hi Mateusz, all, >> >> [I cc discuss list to broaden the audience] >> >> thanks for encouraging the participation of women in OSGeo! >> >> Lot of thoughts and live discussions took place at the conference, and I >> had a chat with Helena about her perception of gender bias. In the US, >> she feels that women are no more a minority in the computer science >> field. It is not the same in other parts of the world, however, and >> that's something that OSGeo, as US-based foundation, has to consider. >> Athina and me also discussed about how women presence is uneven >> regarding the profile, i.e. coders, managers, sysadmins etc, so it is >> risky to generalise. >> >> Lots of women attended the conference, and honestly I didn't expect it, >> so it was a very pleasant surprise :) >> I'd be interested in the women percentage in workshops, presentations, >> guests, and so on, and of course, in direct feedback from them. >> >> That said, I join Mateusz and Athina in encouraging all women to show >> up :) >> >>> Best regards, >> >> best regards >> Anne > > Hi All, > > Personally I find such conversations quite frustrating and irritating. The > whole tenor of the conversation smacks of political correctness gone mad. > > Is there any evidence that women have been specifically targeted by OSGeo so > that they can not make it to the board? Is there any evidence that women are > unable to attend or contribute to OSGeo activities? No, at least from what I > have seen.
Simon, You clearly haven't understood my post which was dedicated to women and trying to encourage them to stand out a bit more. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
