I beg to differ here and second Ilissa’s comments. I miss WiT. Lunch during the meeting worked. Giving up more of the weekend to travel does not show half the population gathering matters.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 15:16 Morris, Tina via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > Illissa, > The mixer is at 5pm Sunday, this allows people to network and prepare for > the week. Sunday also has a hackathon, registration, and often a welcome > social. NANOG has a very compressed schedule and another time would > actually mean that the women participating would have to pick between this > event and another event or talk that may be critical to their job > function, which is also unfair. > > We are advertising this mixer to make sure all are aware and can attend, > and the mixers will be on the schedule at the same approximate time at > each meeting going forward. > > I hope we will see you there. > > Tina Morris > > > On Mar 28, 2024, at 14:12, Thomas Scott <mr.thomas.sc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > *CAUTION*: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and know > the content is safe. > > > While the times are changing, women continue to remain primary > caregivers for families and this will require them to desert their families > a day early. I find it offensive personally and feel like you may have > missed the mark. > > The hackathon has for (as far as I’ve known about it) been on Sunday. I > don’t work on Sundays - it’s a day for my family (unless the almighty pager > goes off), so I’ve never gone - even though it’s one of the parts of NANOG > I’d enjoy, and would benefit from the most. > > There are tradeoffs for everything - perhaps the idea was to keep the > women’s mixer separate from the other evening events, so that those who > wish to participate, can do all of the evening events, and not have to give > up anything, at the cost of the extra day. That being said, I agree, moving > more to Sunday is not an acceptable answer to me. > > Best Regards, > -Thomas Scott > > On Mar 28, 2024 at 1:45:07 PM, Ilissa Miller <ili...@imillerpr.com> wrote: > >> For those that know me, I rarely provide constructive input about NANOG >> matters due to my past affiliation, however, I just saw that NANOG >> announced the Women mixer on Sunday before NANOG 91 and am outraged for all >> of the young professional women >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart >> This Message Is From an Untrusted Sender >> You have not previously corresponded with this sender. >> >> ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd >> > For those that know me, I rarely provide constructive input about NANOG >> matters due to my past affiliation, however, I just saw that NANOG >> announced the Women mixer on Sunday before NANOG 91 and am outraged for all >> of the young professional women who would like to participate in NANOG. >> While the times are changing, women continue to remain primary caregivers >> for families and this will require them to desert their families a day >> early. I find it offensive personally and feel like you may have missed >> the mark. >> >> The amount of times I hear people complain about having to leave their >> families is one of the reasons this industry has a problem keeping young >> people - especially women. >> >> Does anyone else feel the same? >> >> >> >> -- >> *Ilissa Miller* >> *CEO, iMiller Public Relations >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.imillerpr.com__;!!I6uDfDBXfA!181DBJ-FtVXbxl2Cf3GD05kg0qsfnD4gdtQI9hJ64xq3Q6B0MHGT1XNwKAr9Vv-qdyTXEvwN7JrbIVyu$>* >> >> >> >>