Sorry but this thread..yawn. On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Sam <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi guys, > > I'm the organiser of the event and I asked Liz to send out emails to > some mailing lists for people who might be interested in the event but > aren't aware of the group yet. So Liz shouldn't be the one to take the > blame for this. > > I would just like to address Will's argument that the events are > discriminatory: First of all, Girl Geek events worldwide are generally > open to everyone, but in order to ensure that the numbers are > balanced, guys will need to bring a lady. No one is excluded, and we > always have a few men at the events who seem to be enjoying it as > well. So we hope that someone - male or female - is interested in the > event > > Secondly, I don't know who has signed up to this mailing list, but I > presume that there are *some* women here, so saying that posting > something that is mainly intended for women on this mailing list hat > if it was a "Ruby NW Women" group? Would that be discriminatory? I > doubt anyone would feel offended by this - which brings me to my final > point: > > The main problem I see here is that the announcements are off topic, > which I agree with. We will not post any further non-Ruby related > announcements on this mailing list. > > Wll, I would also ask you to close this topic, as I don't think that > any further discussion is necessary. > > Cheers > > Sam > www.manchestergirlgeeks.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nwrug-members%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > > -- Rob Hayward Freelance Digital Developer http://www.robhayward.co.uk 07595 453 949 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en.
