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
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keilana Sent: 08 January 2015 06:36 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List 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----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Fæ > Sent: 08 January 2015 06:17 PM > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month > gender gap project-related decision > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5577 / Virus Database: 4257/8890 - Release Date: > 01/08/15 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5577 / Virus Database: 4257/8890 - Release Date: 01/08/15 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
