I watched it (for the content!) and didn't find it in bad taste.. Ruby isn't a religion and people are allowed to have varying opinions on a range of things without offending each other (by simply having different ones). Plus we're all adults, and, mind you, ones that are bombarded with similar images / innuendo all day long.. my only real observation abt the issue was that all the chatter it raised seemed to signal that there's a lot of people with a lot of time on their hands.. just an opinion tho
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Erik, > > If I'm already being labeled as derisive for simply saying there is > something I do not enjoy doing in my free time, then yes, that would > be the one thing I would be afraid of. > > I also said the same thing about godaddy commercials, but you are not > questioning me about being "derisive" in that area. > > Peter > > > On Jun 4, 1:19 pm, Erik Pukinskis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > > > Thanks for speaking up. I appreciate you being straightforward about > > what you are interested and not interested in. > > > > If you have time, I'd be interested to hear what in specific you're > > afraid I'm going to talk about? You said something derisive about > > "corporate sensitivity training", but that doesn't mean much to me. > > If there's stuff you've experienced in the past that went badly I'd > > love to hear about it so I can avoid repeating those mistakes! > > > > A minute or two now could save you 15 minutes of pain tonight. :) > > > > Best, > > Erik > > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
