Interesting and slightly offensive thread (at start), the numbers of women in ICT have been dropping for years. No one seems to have a concrete reason. I have seen it this drop as a professional and as a teacher. If a hackfest for women means that it gets more women involved that is great, we need men and women in the field. As Brian said " For some values of `welcome'." it is hard to see from another's perspective...
Patricia Campbell ICT professional using Linux & Unix since 1992 On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13-02-05 09:08 AM, Gary Baribault wrote: > >> The difference is that women where welcome at previous hackfests, they >> just chose not to adhere. >> > The real answer here is for you to call a hackfest. Find a meeting place > and a time and announce it. I will put it up on the website and we can go > hacking. I have a hundred things that need hacking. > > > Jeremy > > ______________________________**_________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-** > listserv.mlug.ca<https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca> > -- ___..___........__.......__ ...|....|__/....|...|......|...|__| ...|....|.....\...|...|__..|...|....| "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mohandas K Gandhi
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