Tyler, Perhaps this 'issue' is not so big after all...
A comment that was made to me by a colleague after FOSS4G-2009 was that she thought that it was great to see such a high percentage of attendees were female; dramatically higher than she would have traditionally seen at a spatial / geoscience event in Australia. She commented further that this was a good reason to get more involved... Bruce > > -----Original Message----- > > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell > > Sent: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 9:07 AM > > To: OSGeo Discussions > > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo barriers to entry > > > > Thanks for the discussion Landon. I'll leave Pandora well > > enough alone :) > > > > Perhaps we can turn the thread to discussing what are the > > real or perceived barriers people, in general, find to > > getting involved with OSGeo. I'm sure that any barriers > > women would have might also affect others, so it might be > > useful to broaden the discussion so more participate. > > > > 1 What barriers are there to joining OSGeo and its projects? > > 2 How can we be more inviting? Have you heard negative > > comments from potential members? Are there any reasons you > > might not invite a colleague to join? > > 3 How can we encourage more people to contribute to our > > projects or join with the OSGeo mission? > > 4 What areas in OSGeo and its projects need more helpers? > > 5 What are the most interesting/compelling aspects? > > > > I'm sure there are more pointed questions but these are just > > off the top of my head. > > > > Best wishes, > > Tyler > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Landon Blake <lbl...@ksninc.com> > > Date: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:01 pm > > Subject: RE: RE: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] new: OSGeo women mailing list > > To: tmitch...@osgeo.org > > Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > > > > > Tyler, > > > > > > I understand your wife's perspective completely. It seems > > reasonable > > > to conclude that there are fewer women involved in OSGeo projects > > > because there are fewer women involved in open source computing to > > > begin with. > > > > .... > > > > > >
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