Thank you everyone for responding (María, Jo, Anne, Madi, Andrea, mpg, Cameron, and Regina). I agree that the OSGeo community is always welcoming, and thank you for confirming that there is no issue with the election/nomination process. It is sometimes hard when I receive direct messages with concerns and thank you for helping me handle it.
-jeff On 2014-07-24, 7:41 PM, Paragon Corporation wrote: > 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:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *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 > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jeff McKenna > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 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 integration and publishing platform > <http://www.isharemaps.com/> > > ***************************************** > > Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. > Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. > 864201149. > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
