Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Jul 28, 2006, at 7:49 AM, Jean T. Anderson wrote: > >> The [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail list was created in August 2005; the initial >> charter is at http://wiki.apache.org/Women/InitialCharter . >> >> We now want to take it to the next step and create a formal committee >> (see the forwarded post below). > > Sorry, -1. The foundation should not be building infrastructure around > an inherently sexist and discriminatory group. [This comment has nothing > to do with the participants -- it is the way the topic is defined.] > > If the discussion list has helped identify specific problems that can > be addressed, or non-discriminatory topics (such as "communication") > upon which meaningful work can be performed regardless of gender, > then that is what you should be making a proposal about.
I agree that there might be another way to better address the issues, which is why I wrote in that post: > I had originally thought in terms of women@ moving under the PRC, but > discussions earlier in the week suggested that some kind of committee > would be a more likely fit. In any event, the Board could determine the > best structure after we have assembled enough volunteers to approach > them with a proposal. So, suggestions that have been floated to date have included the prc (this idea was pretty much abandoned), a project, or a committee. The starts of discussion threads include [1], [2] and [3]. In fact, the Board might toss *all* of those out and suggest an entirely different way, which would be fine. I don't much care *how* it gets done. I just care that there be a mechanism to deal effectively with issues. My goal right now is to assemble a list of volunteers who will commit to actively help out. -jean [1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-women/200606.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] [2] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-women/200607.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] [3] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-women/200607.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
