Hi Peter, This won't be my first time attending an SDRuby meeting. Well, ok, it _will_ be the first time in a long time but that's beside the point... It doesn't sound like Erik will be taking an HR approach to the topic, but more of an academic approach. An HR approach would indeed be dreadful, but I think you'd have had to have spent some time in HR to pull off such a boring presentation. Anyway, a little controversy might liven up the meeting a little (yes!). I applaud Erik for offering to give the talk, no matter what it turns out to be.
Cheri On Jun 4, 12:48 pm, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
