> On Jul 31, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Andrea Grandi wrote: > > p.s: (just a "crazy" idea) what would you think about reserving a spot > > in Maemo Council for women? Yes, I know that womens in this kind of > > stuff are rare just like non-corrupted politicians (well... at least > > here in Italy, don't want to offend any other nation :) ) but the ones > > who work in IT are very valid and skilled, so why don't we try to > > promote them and involve more in the Maemo community? > > I love this idea - though I am skeptical that reserving a > position on the council for a woman is the right way to go > about getting more wome to participate.
Hmm, I don't think we should enforce positive discrimination. I think we should certainly promote and encourage women to stand for the council, no argument there, but reserving a place is not right IMO. As ever, the place should be given to the best candidates, no matter who they are. Cheers, Simon _______________________________________________ maemo-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-community
