Hi, thank you Jeff for having raised this matter, I find it really interesting for the sake of pure data analysis and discussion. I agree with Maria except one single point: is it really important? I think it is. As Maria points out, I agree it is not from OSGeo side that the problem should be addressed, because i don't see any barriers for women approaching OSGeo. On the contrary, it is one of the kindest and welcoming environment. But I think that it would be very interesting to analyse the real causes why women apparently seem not to be attracted by these subjects. I think that there are deeper sociological and practical reasons behind. It would be an interesting exercise to explore the correlation between number of females in open source/technology/science with some drivers such as the perspective of working stability offered by different countries, the facilities for working mothers offered by private and public sectors and so on. I think that exploring such reasons in detail would really help to improve society and to offer real "equal" opportunities to every citizen.
Best, madi On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:55 PM, María Arias de Reyna < delawen+os...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jeff McKenna < > jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > >> It has been reported to me directly that there are not enough female >> nominations for Charter members. I just want to bring this to the >> attention of the whole community. >> >> Thanks all, >> >> -jeff >> >> > Agreed. > > On the other hand, no one should be nominated just because of their > gender. In the long run, it doesn't help increasing female numbers. (It > won't be the first time someone thinks I am where I am just because I am > female and not because I worked hard.) > > I'm sorry if I am bothering someone, but I am very picky with all this > stuff. It is the eternal discussion about not having enough female in tech > organizations. If we want to have more female on OsGeo, we should go to > school now to have them in OsGeo in a few years :) > > Until then, does it really matter? Are we doing things different? I know > it looks very cool to have half and half but, is it really important? > > Regards, > María. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Best regards, Dr. Margherita DI LEO Scientific / technical project officer European Commission - DG JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) Via Fermi, 2749 I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 margherita.di-...@jrc.ec.europa.eu Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.
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