Yes, folks, It's always good to be care-full and considerate in this matter.
On 3 February 2013 17:33, Jon Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: > I made this mistake too with "Chaps", it seems harmless but it's part of > the inbuilt casual sexism in tech. We should make a more conscious effort > to avoid such terms. > > The one which was suggested to me which I've adopted was just to use > "Rubyists" :P > > Jon Rowe > ----------------------------- > [email protected] > jonrowe.co.uk > > On Sunday, 3 February 2013 at 17:21, Chris Berkhout wrote: > > I don't know about Rohan, but I say 'guys' to groups of people regardless > of what genders make up the group. I think it's pretty common. > > On Sunday, February 3, 2013, Alex Bayley wrote: > > On Saturday, 2 February 2013 15:32:48 UTC+11, Rohan wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > Not a guy. > > > I'm thinking about giving a talk at the next meeting, doing a roundup of > Rails projects with a community benefit, particularly ones in Melbourne. I > know of a few projects in the local food space (ie. dibble.com.au and > ceresfairfood.org.au), but not much beyond that. Is anyone working on > something or know someone who's working on something awesome (not just > local food but anything awesome for the community)? > > > My project, Growstuff (http://growstuff.org/) is building an open > source/open data platform for home food gardeners. Based in Melbourne, > commercial/startup business (or soon to be, at any rate) but with open > source underlying it. Sorry to offer yet another food-related one, but > that's all I've got. Do you know Eaterprises (http://eaterprises.com.au)? > I thought I'd heard them refer to a Rohan but not sure if that is you or > someone else? > > A. > > > -- > Alex "Skud" Bayley > [email protected] > http://growstuff.org/ > For personal stuff, please use [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- *Mark Ratjens* *Co-founder, Habanero Software* * * * * Sydney, Australia [email protected] @MarkRatjens <[email protected]> www.habanerohq.com <http://habanerohq.com> +61 414 159 357 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
