Slide 6, may be removed and so is slide 20 (the girls group). Those interested can always see them on the web. Slide 20 betrays a notion of enticement, at a FOSS4G conference. This is strictly my personal opinion. There are many good inviting slides to entice taste-buds.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Sanghee Shin <shs...@gaia3d.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > It’s now time to apply OSGeo CoC(Code of Conduct)[0] in real case. > > I was asked to remove a few slides from my presentation "7 Reasons why you > should come to FOSS4G 2015 Seoul”[1], which is at the main page of FOSS4G > Seoul, as being possibly offensive to women. Specifically to say, slide #6 > (nude female in painting) and slide #20 (row of female models) are those > controversial ones. > > I refused this asking immediately because I don’t believe my presentation > breach the OSGeo CoC and I don’t agree with that view. > > However since this is not the first time asking me to remove those slides > from my presentation and OSGeo now have CoC, I think we’d better discuss > this issue more openly to reach conclusions. > > I might be wrong and I’d like to hear other people’s opinion on this from > all around the world. Also I expect Conference Committee’s input as well, > because this is the matter of OSGeo conference. > > I’m open to remove/amend/keep those slides after hearing other people’s > opinions on this. Also I believe it’ll be a great chance for OSGeo to learn > how to apply CoC in real cases. > > *Sidenote for defending myself: > - Slide #6 is the part of Salvador Dali’s well known painting named > “Lincoln in Dalivision”[2] > - Slide #20 is the picture of famous girl group, Girls’ > Generation(SNSD)[3], which I believe as symbolic icon of wide spread of > Korean culture(K-Culture) in/around Asia. > > All the best, > > Sanghee > > [0]http://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct > [1]http://2015.foss4g.org > [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_in_Dalivision > [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%27_Generation > --- > Sanghee Shin, Chair of FOSS4G 2015 Seoul > "Toward Diversity! FOSS4G Bigbang from Seoul!" > http://2015.foss4g.org > Twitter: @foss4g > Facebook: FOSS4G2015 > email: foss4gch...@osgeo.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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