Several women actually wrote me offlist to thank me for speaking up the way I did so.... You win or lose either way. Lady Lazarus and all that.
--Maggie On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Thomas Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:58:12 +0200, Sue Gardner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > A couple of months ago, I asked Sarah Stierch to help me administer this > > list. AFAIK, she's the only other list owner, at the moment. So I am > > going > > to leave this question in her hands, and in the hands of subscribers > > here. > > It's up to you, what kind of space you want this to be. I'd encourage > > you to > > talk about it :-) > > It's a list about a contentious topic, so there will inevitably be some > conflict. "Moderation" will not help, but harm an open debate, as it > creates unequal power relationships between the moderators and "ordinary > members". I don't read foundation-l, but I find it problematic to call a > discussion "destructive", especially, if one does not refer to specific > instances. Such talk creates an uneasy atmosphere, particularly, when it > comes from persons in the position of power and authority. > > Thomas aka Fossa > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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