I agree with Jo and Maria. I've always felt welcome in OSGeo primarily because I share many interests and philosophies with many of you. I think gender quotas will in long run do more damage than good. I'd hate to think people think I am where I am because of my gender or that people let me get away with stuff just because of my gender. People should be judged on merit and interest primarily and we should focus more on global expansion, education, and activity funding and the rest will fall into place. Thanks, Regina Obe
_____ From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jo Cook Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:59 AM To: María Arias de Reyna Cc: osgeo Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gender bias in nominations I totally agree with Maria. As a female member of OSGeo I don't really feel that my gender matters in the slightest. I'm far more concerned about a bias towards people from the US or Northern/Western Europe if we are trying to be truly global. Jo On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:55 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 -- Jo Cook Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK t:+44 7930 524 155 iShare - Data <http://www.isharemaps.com/> integration and publishing platform ***************************************** Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. 864201149.
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