I totally agree with Maria. As a female member of OSGeo I don't really feel that my gender matters in the slightest. I'm far more concerned about a bias towards people from the US or Northern/Western Europe if we are trying to be truly global.
Jo On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:55 PM, María Arias de Reyna < delawen+os...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jeff McKenna < > jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > >> It has been reported to me directly that there are not enough female >> nominations for Charter members. I just want to bring this to the >> attention of the whole community. >> >> Thanks all, >> >> -jeff >> >> > Agreed. > > On the other hand, no one should be nominated just because of their > gender. In the long run, it doesn't help increasing female numbers. (It > won't be the first time someone thinks I am where I am just because I am > female and not because I worked hard.) > > I'm sorry if I am bothering someone, but I am very picky with all this > stuff. It is the eternal discussion about not having enough female in tech > organizations. If we want to have more female on OsGeo, we should go to > school now to have them in OsGeo in a few years :) > > Until then, does it really matter? Are we doing things different? I know > it looks very cool to have half and half but, is it really important? > > Regards, > María. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- *Jo Cook* Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK t:+44 7930 524 155 iShare - Data integration and publishing platform <http://www.isharemaps.com/> ***************************************** Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. 864201149.
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