If this was intended as a response to my post I'm afraid I don’t get the 
relevance.
I was also not aware that the grants were awarded to men. I thought they were 
awarded to projects on merit.
Cheers,
Peter

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From: [email protected] 
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap 
project-related decision

Hearing people whine “what about the men” because, God forbid, men might not 
get *every single* grant this time (as they did in the pilot round of IEGs), is 
incredibly tiresome.

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Peter Southwood < 
[email protected]> wrote:

> If you take it entirely at face value, I find it quite inoffensive.  
> As I have no experience with reviewing grant proposals, I can't 
> comment on its accuracy, but I am quite happy to take Fred's word for it.
> Offence is often available if you search for it hard enough.
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Fæ
> Sent: 08 January 2015 06:17 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month 
> gender gap project-related decision
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> On 8 Jan 2015 16:11, "FRED BAUDER" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> >  I've noticed that women are often quite motivated and good at 
> > writing
> grant proposals.
>
> Extending good faith I would presume this is irony. It does not 
> transmit well by email. Please keep in mind how offensive this sort of thing 
> appears.
>
> Fae
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