I’m not sure who the “we” you are referring to here is, but it certainly does not include me.
I am absolutely, 100%, interested in having more women become engaged in FOSS4G. Please don’t make such sweeping generalizations. We are a broad community, a global community, but we are not truly reflective of the whole world. We are largely white men from wealthy countries. I *want* people engaged and passionate about FOSS4G. And that means making sure have a community where *everyone* feels welcome. If our FOSS4G community does not reflect the entire world, then we are failing to engage all people, or worse, chasing some of them away. A CoC is not a sign that we are dying, a CoC is a sign that we acknowledge that we are insufficiently inclusive, and that we as a community will not stand for that. It’s a sign that says “We do not want behaviors that drive people away, behaviors that make our community *smaller*. We are a welcoming community and we want *you* to be part of it.”Is a CoC sufficient to create that community? Absolutely not, but it’s a step forwards. A flag in the ground — a flag that says, “We welcome you!” If we’re afraid of that, then we truly are a dying community, and one that deserves to meet its quiet, irrelevant end. Darrell > We are not interested in "more women to become engaged in FOSS4G". We are > interested in people engaged and passionate about FOSS4G. We don't care about > the sex, the colour, the religious or the operating system. Why are we > interested specifically in more women? > > There is a large and growing business behind FOSS4G, which is an huge > accomplishment of FOSS4G, that we should care and maintain. It is ok to have > some grey people with a strange piece of cloth knotted at the throat > attending FOSS4G and moving around. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
