quick question: does OSGEO have a feel -or even better a number- of the gender proportion in the "OSGEO population"? (take for instance this mailing list as a proxy).
best Andrea http://www.pibinko.org 2014-07-24 17:16 GMT+02:00 Margherita Di Leo <dileomargher...@gmail.com>: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
_______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss