On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Paul Wilkins wrote:
The need for a Code of Conduct has been raised and it's a good point.
While we're at it though, there needs to be female representation on the
Ausnog board. I see where there's 5 directors been appointed, and they're
all men. I'm wondering who is doing the appointing.
That they couldn't find a woman up to the required standard gives rise to
an unfortunate impression of the board acting as a boy's club.
I strongly recommend against appointing someone on the basis of gender, or
other physical characteristics. Similarly, in the case of an election, I
recommend against reserving seats on the basis of gender or other physical
characteristics.
The most promising candidates should be considered regardless of their
gender or other physical characteristics.
I stand by merit based promotion, election and appointment. There are a
growing number of people in our society who are arguing against
meritocracy. The site below refers specifically to open source software
(or, as I prefer to call it, FOSS) but the movement against merit is
broader than that.
https://postmeritocracy.org/
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