>
> Fair enough. The attempt at humour was supposed to
> achieve the
> reverse of what you are reading it as, but that
> doesn't make a
> difference in this context.
>
> As I see it, we have two options open to us:
>
> - - Everyone introspect and figure out ways of doing
> things right so
> that more women feel comfortable in participating in
> the LUG. Perhaps
> people who have had prior experience with gender
> issues can come forth
> and give inputs, or be blunt and specific when some
> line is crossed.
> We hope that eventually the lists and the group
> become more sensitive.
>
> - - People who care about the predominance of men in
> the LUG take steps
> to actively encourage the participation of women.
>
> Of course, there's a third option too:
>
> - - Do nothing and let things continue their way.
>
> At the moment we're all sitting around agreeing that
> an issue has been
> identified, but none of us is actually doing
> anything to suggest steps
> that can be taken to resolve it. Do such steps
> exist? If they do,
> who can enumerate them? Once potential solutions
> are known, can we
> work together to implement them?
>
> I don't know the answers to any of these questions.
> However, since
> you have brought the issue up, I'd invoke the
> ILUG-Delhi rule and have
> you automagically volunteered for going deeper into
> it. I personally
> would be very happy to have the male dominance in
> ILUG-Delhi broken,
> so if you have ideas please share them for my
> benefit at least.
>
> Regards,
>
> - -- Raju
--if i may add the fourth option
where by women can accept men as they are and STILL
come forward and make a difference rather than "be in
the stand and comment". So women can crib OR make a
difference to LUG as a whole group + Linux.
My request and invitation is for women to accept men
as they are and step forward and play in then LUG
field and make an enormous difference.
Reg
Nitin Chandra Srivastava
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