I would submit that as well intentioned as this effort is, it would be one of the last things I would want the group to focus on if I were a woman attending an SDRuby meeting for the fist time. Just my two cents.
If Erik can pull it off without what my past experience of these things has been, than more power to him. Just as long as we don't have to sign any release forms from HR ;) Peter On Jun 4, 12:21 pm, Patrick Crowley <[email protected]> wrote: > > So I would suggest that if there are people who really want to still > > spend time on this topic, we should split up into groups at the > > beginning of the meeting. > > In general, I agree with you, Peter. We should mostly stick to > technical topics. > > But, given recent events, I think it's reasonable for us to have a > short discussion about these issues, and how we can be more inclusive > as a community. > > The rough schedule for tonight's meeting is: > > 7:30 - 8:00 HotRuby + jQuery: Ruby in the browser > 8:00 - 8:15 Happy Fridays demo > 8:15 - 8:30 Just a Joke? Sexism and the Ruby Community > 8:30 - 9:30 Hackfest > > So, if you want to skip something, you can always step out for a few > minutes. ;) > > I'm pretty excited about tonight's meeting, though. We're setting > aside an hour for hacking. So please bring your laptops and code! > > -- Patrick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
