[SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-27 Thread Craig Warner

Mary,

We had a brief discussion on Friday night about a client of ComputerBank in 
Glebe which I believe should be handle better by such a group as LinuxChix.

The client is a Woman's and childrens Refuge in St Johns Road in Glebe. I 
have visited the house once to discuss their requirements. Due to the 
environment in which the refuge clients come from, it was very difficult for 
me to gain entry.

If Linuxchix would like to assist, ComputerBank would make available as much 
resources (limited such as they are) as possible.

Regards

Craig Warner
NSW Coordinator
ComputerBank NSW  


On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:17, Mary wrote:
 ]
 Hi SLUG,

 A LinuxChix chapter is about to form in Sydney, interested women might
 want to go to
 http://ps.pageseeder.com/ps/jg/linuxchix/default/2002/2002.html and sign
 up so that you can receive details of meetings and so on.

 People who don't know anything about LinuxChix might want to look here
 first:

 http://www.linuxchix.org/content/docs/faqs/

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-16 Thread Steve Kowalik

At 12:07 pm, Sunday, April 14 2002, Dane mumbled:
 I think its awfully presumptuous to think that the LinuxChix dont want to meet 
LinuxGuys.
 
Funnily enough, girls have an opinion too. If some girls are anything like
me (and I hope to $DEITY there *aren't*, as I think I'm seriously disturbed), 
they wouldn't want to be involved with anyone that works in computers.

 I'd turn up but Im pretty sexy so I fear that I would be singled out and ogled and 
drooled over.
 
Okaay, then.

 I do admit that it is a possibility that my mere presence would attract a greater 
female attendance to the LinuxChix meetings but I refuse to prostitute myself for the 
Linux cause like this.
 
My, aren't we confident.

Keep living in that dream. It must be good.

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-16 Thread Jon Biddell



  I'd turn up but Im pretty sexy so I fear that I would be singled out 
 and ogled and drooled over.
 
Okaay, then.

No, not drooled, so much as vomited over !!

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-16 Thread Dane

I struggle with the notion that so many people who theoretically have such great 
intellect fail miserably in understanding the notion of sarcasm or hyperbole.

For a bunch of smart people, you sure are pretty stupid.

So keen to twist issues based upon gender or maturity, you seem to lack any common 
sense.

Perhaps its not comments like mine (which are wholly indicative of exactly what sort 
of person I am, of course)  which necessitate groups like LC. Perhaps its an excessive 
inferiority complex.

Do you even remember what you are so incensed about?

Did I offend your sensibilities as a woman? I apologise. This was never my intent.

Do I regret my childish and immature comments? Not for a second.

Maybe, just maybe, it's not me who needs to grow up.

XO
Dane

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-16 Thread Mary

On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 12:16:52AM +1000, Dane wrote:
 Perhaps its not comments like mine (which are wholly indicative of
 exactly what sort of person I am, of course)  which necessitate groups
 like LC. Perhaps its an excessive inferiority complex.

Nono, it's simply a desire not to spend time that could be used learning
about Linux arguing with people who do any of the following:

 * Tell people to RTFM.

 * Hit on women at random.

 * Make idiotic jokes and claim that a failure to appreciate such jokes
   has something to do with us not having a sense of humour, as opposed
   to say, the joke being rude or really dumb.

Trust me, it would be really hard for me to be feeling excessively
inferior right about now.

 Maybe, just maybe, it's not me who needs to grow up.

But it's pretty unlikely, you have to admit.

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-16 Thread Andrew Bennetts

On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 12:16:52AM +1000, Dane wrote:
 I struggle with the notion that so many people who theoretically have such
 great intellect fail miserably in understanding the notion of sarcasm or
 hyperbole.

Except that it wasn't funny.

Incidentally, if you find something funny that offends others, does that
mean that they have no right to be offended?

 Perhaps its not comments like mine (which are wholly indicative of exactly
 what sort of person I am, of course)  which necessitate groups like LC.
 Perhaps its an excessive inferiority complex.
 
 Do you even remember what you are so incensed about?

Now that's definitely not funny.

Just because you don't feel threatened by male-dominated environments,
doesn't mean all women don't feel threatened either.  Stupid comments like
excessive inferiority complex only serve to reinforce that SLUG is not a
welcoming environment for women.  I can see that; why can't you?  Just
because you think it doesn't make sense doesn't mean it doesn't happen and
doesn't make sense to other people.

I wish that SLUG was completely newbie-friendly, and unintimidating to
everybody.  By everybody I mean women, curious Windows users, 72-year-old
grandmas, everybody.  Now I don't speak for the whole of SLUG or the
committe, but I think most people would agree that appealing to a broad
audience can only be a good thing.  I realise that degree of accessibility
is not easy, but there are some obvious things that don't help.  Telling
people that they are stupid, which you have essentially just done, doesn't
help.

 Did I offend your sensibilities as a woman? I apologise. This was never my
 intent.

What is your intent?

 Do I regret my childish and immature comments? Not for a second.
 
 Maybe, just maybe, it's not me who needs to grow up.

Saying that you never intended to offend someone, then telling them to grow
up and suggesting they have an excessive inferiority complex is a bit
contradictory.

And here's another contradiction for you: the more you insist that you are
right, the more likely it is that some women will not want to be part of
SLUG, even though if you are right, that shouldn't happen.  Can you see why?

This problem people have with LinuxChix seems as silly to me as if people
started talking about Seperatist Debians, just because there is a
Debian-SIG.

If you are merely trolling, please stop.  Posts like yours damage SLUG, by
scaring away potential members (in this case, women).  Some will choose to
be part of SLUG anyway, but I fear that the perceived attitude of SLUG
towards women is going to suffer long-term harm because of the posts of a
few individuals.

-Andrew.

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-16 Thread Tom Massey

On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 12:27:53AM +1000, Andrew Bennetts wrote:
 Just because you don't feel threatened by male-dominated environments,
 doesn't mean all women don't feel threatened either.  Stupid comments like
 excessive inferiority complex only serve to reinforce that SLUG is not a
 welcoming environment for women.  I can see that; why can't you?

I think perhaps Neal Stephenson summed it up rather well in
'Snow Crash':

It was, of course, nothing more than sexism, the especially
virulent type espoused by male techies who sincerely believe
that they are too smart to be sexists.

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-16 Thread Graeme Robinson

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Dane wrote:

 I struggle with the notion that so many people who theoretically have
 such great intellect fail miserably in understanding the notion of
 sarcasm or hyperbole.
 
 For a bunch of smart people, you sure are pretty stupid.
 
 So keen to twist issues based upon gender or maturity, you seem to
 lack any common sense.
 
 Perhaps its not comments like mine (which are wholly indicative of
 exactly what sort of person I am, of course)  which necessitate groups
 like LC. Perhaps its an excessive inferiority complex.
 
 Do you even remember what you are so incensed about?
 
 Did I offend your sensibilities as a woman? I apologise. This was
 never my intent.
 
 Do I regret my childish and immature comments? Not for a second.
 
 Maybe, just maybe, it's not me who needs to grow up.

Not having time or desire to play with
incendiary devices I've avoided every post on this thread but I wish 
people would take it elsewhere. thanks.

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-16 Thread grove

 I struggle with the notion that so many people who theoretically have such
great intellect
fail miserably in understanding the notion of sarcasm or hyperbole.
 
 For a bunch of smart people, you sure are pretty stupid.
 
 So keen to twist issues based upon gender or maturity, you seem to lack any
common sense.
 
 Perhaps its not comments like mine (which are wholly indicative of exactly
what sort of
person I am, of course)  which necessitate groups like LC. Perhaps its an
excessive
inferiority complex.
 
 Do you even remember what you are so incensed about?
 
 Did I offend your sensibilities as a woman? I apologise. This was never my
intent.
 
 Do I regret my childish and immature comments? Not for a second.
 
 Maybe, just maybe, it's not me who needs to grow up.


Hey,   I don't care one way or the other.  I've seen/heard  things that would
even make the most hedonistic or free thinking type shudder. 
I was just making an observation based on experience working in mostly male 
environments.  In general these things don't really worry me at all mostly
because I *don't* have an inferiority complex.

I, too, have quite a sense of humour and can identify true sarcasm, irony and
wit very quickly, some things your post was lacking.  


rachel 
 

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-13 Thread Dane

I think its awfully presumptuous to think that the LinuxChix dont want to meet 
LinuxGuys.

I'd turn up but Im pretty sexy so I fear that I would be singled out and ogled and 
drooled over.

I do admit that it is a possibility that my mere presence would attract a greater 
female attendance to the LinuxChix meetings but I refuse to prostitute myself for the 
Linux cause like this.

D



On  0, Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 The utterly stupid thing that we have here is that
 a bunch of males are the ones who have an opion on this topic
 So far I have no seen any thing from the ladies side.
 Does this mean that men have to stick their nose on other peoples
 business? Or is it that they want to control what happens? 
 Reguardless of your position.
 
 :)
  I am a guys - but would love to meet linux chix.
  
  And comments like that are why LinuxChix exists, I suspect.
  
  Computer groups are anti social enough, without having a seperate
  groups
  for gals.
  
  It's like the Debian-SIG in my mind.  If you're not interested in
  Debian, it
  doesn't matter.  Don't go.  If you have a special interest that you'd
  like
  to have get-togethers for, then go and organise one.  Other peoples
  hobbies
  and interests aren't your concern.  Women that go to SLUG are allowed
  to
  meet each other while you're not looking.  It's not a crime, or even in
  any
  way unreasonable.
  
  You could always try to start a LinuxGuys, but I suspect most people
  don't
  see any point in doing so.  I certainly don't see any.  There's plenty
  of
  men using Linux that a special support group and general social
  get-together
  would be totally redundant.  I can however see plenty of merit in
  LinuxChix.
  
  If there's a problem, then it's not with LinuxChix.  Calling LinuxChix
  anti-social is, in my opinion, a symptom of the problem that causes it
  to
  exist.  Comments like would love to meet linux chix are hardly likely
  to
  make women feel welcome and feel equally respected in the community,
  and
  that is great shame.
  
  If everytime I went to a LUG meeting or posted to a list I felt that
  everyone was checking me out or thinking he uses linux!  And he's a
  guy!
  Phwoar! or otherwise making my gender by the major issue in every thing
  I
  do in the community, I would be extremely uncomfortable.  There's far
  more
  to me than the fact that I'm a man, and I suspect most women have a
  similar
  opinion of themselves.
  
  Put yourself in women's shoes; don't you think there's a reasonable
  chance
  you might be offended by people that posted what you just did?  Doesn't
  that
  alone justify the existence of LinuxChix?
  
  I hope I'm not being too presumptuous in defending LinuxChix like
  this,
  seeing as I'm not a member and know relatively little about it and its
  motivations (heck, I don't even know if I'm capitalising its name
  correctly
  :).  What I have heard about them has been quite positive, though.
  
  And finally, apologies for the length.  I fear this has grown into a
  little
  bit of a rant :(
  
  Regards,
  
  -Andrew.
  
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[SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-11 Thread sfarrell

I am a guys - but would love to meet linux chix.

Computer groups are anti social enough, without having a seperate groups for gals.

Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-11 Thread Kevin Saenz

The utterly stupid thing that we have here is that
a bunch of males are the ones who have an opion on this topic
So far I have no seen any thing from the ladies side.
Does this mean that men have to stick their nose on other peoples
business? Or is it that they want to control what happens? 
Reguardless of your position.

:)
 I am a guys - but would love to meet linux chix.
 
 And comments like that are why LinuxChix exists, I suspect.
 
 Computer groups are anti social enough, without having a seperate
 groups
 for gals.
 
 It's like the Debian-SIG in my mind.  If you're not interested in
 Debian, it
 doesn't matter.  Don't go.  If you have a special interest that you'd
 like
 to have get-togethers for, then go and organise one.  Other peoples
 hobbies
 and interests aren't your concern.  Women that go to SLUG are allowed
 to
 meet each other while you're not looking.  It's not a crime, or even in
 any
 way unreasonable.
 
 You could always try to start a LinuxGuys, but I suspect most people
 don't
 see any point in doing so.  I certainly don't see any.  There's plenty
 of
 men using Linux that a special support group and general social
 get-together
 would be totally redundant.  I can however see plenty of merit in
 LinuxChix.
 
 If there's a problem, then it's not with LinuxChix.  Calling LinuxChix
 anti-social is, in my opinion, a symptom of the problem that causes it
 to
 exist.  Comments like would love to meet linux chix are hardly likely
 to
 make women feel welcome and feel equally respected in the community,
 and
 that is great shame.
 
 If everytime I went to a LUG meeting or posted to a list I felt that
 everyone was checking me out or thinking he uses linux!  And he's a
 guy!
 Phwoar! or otherwise making my gender by the major issue in every thing
 I
 do in the community, I would be extremely uncomfortable.  There's far
 more
 to me than the fact that I'm a man, and I suspect most women have a
 similar
 opinion of themselves.
 
 Put yourself in women's shoes; don't you think there's a reasonable
 chance
 you might be offended by people that posted what you just did?  Doesn't
 that
 alone justify the existence of LinuxChix?
 
 I hope I'm not being too presumptuous in defending LinuxChix like
 this,
 seeing as I'm not a member and know relatively little about it and its
 motivations (heck, I don't even know if I'm capitalising its name
 correctly
 :).  What I have heard about them has been quite positive, though.
 
 And finally, apologies for the length.  I fear this has grown into a
 little
 bit of a rant :(
 
 Regards,
 
 -Andrew.
 
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RE: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-11 Thread Kennedy, Adam

Wouldn't the ladies just be talking in the LinuxChix lists?
They don't need to contribute to this thread...

Adam

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Kevin Saenz
Sent: Friday, 12 April 2002 10:22 AM
To: Andrew Bennetts
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney


The utterly stupid thing that we have here is that
a bunch of males are the ones who have an opion on this topic
So far I have no seen any thing from the ladies side.
Does this mean that men have to stick their nose on other peoples
business? Or is it that they want to control what happens? 
Reguardless of your position.

:)
 I am a guys - but would love to meet linux chix.
 
 And comments like that are why LinuxChix exists, I suspect.
 
 Computer groups are anti social enough, without having a seperate
 groups
 for gals.
 
 It's like the Debian-SIG in my mind.  If you're not interested in
 Debian, it
 doesn't matter.  Don't go.  If you have a special interest that you'd
 like
 to have get-togethers for, then go and organise one.  Other peoples
 hobbies
 and interests aren't your concern.  Women that go to SLUG are allowed
 to
 meet each other while you're not looking.  It's not a crime, or even
in
 any
 way unreasonable.
 
 You could always try to start a LinuxGuys, but I suspect most people
 don't
 see any point in doing so.  I certainly don't see any.  There's plenty
 of
 men using Linux that a special support group and general social
 get-together
 would be totally redundant.  I can however see plenty of merit in
 LinuxChix.
 
 If there's a problem, then it's not with LinuxChix.  Calling LinuxChix
 anti-social is, in my opinion, a symptom of the problem that causes it
 to
 exist.  Comments like would love to meet linux chix are hardly
likely
 to
 make women feel welcome and feel equally respected in the community,
 and
 that is great shame.
 
 If everytime I went to a LUG meeting or posted to a list I felt that
 everyone was checking me out or thinking he uses linux!  And he's a
 guy!
 Phwoar! or otherwise making my gender by the major issue in every
thing
 I
 do in the community, I would be extremely uncomfortable.  There's far
 more
 to me than the fact that I'm a man, and I suspect most women have a
 similar
 opinion of themselves.
 
 Put yourself in women's shoes; don't you think there's a reasonable
 chance
 you might be offended by people that posted what you just did?
Doesn't
 that
 alone justify the existence of LinuxChix?
 
 I hope I'm not being too presumptuous in defending LinuxChix like
 this,
 seeing as I'm not a member and know relatively little about it and its
 motivations (heck, I don't even know if I'm capitalising its name
 correctly
 :).  What I have heard about them has been quite positive, though.
 
 And finally, apologies for the length.  I fear this has grown into a
 little
 bit of a rant :(
 
 Regards,
 
 -Andrew.
 
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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-11 Thread Andrew Bennetts

On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 11:22:25AM +1000, Kennedy, Adam wrote:
 Wouldn't the ladies just be talking in the LinuxChix lists?
 They don't need to contribute to this thread...

The ladies are welcome to do whatever they like, just like the guys and
the three-legged gerbils.

Over-analysing everyone's actions and motivations is just going to spark
pointless flamewars... basically, I don't see this discussion heading
anywhere productive.

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-11 Thread Andrew Bennetts

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 11:05:16PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am a guys - but would love to meet linux chix.

And comments like that are why LinuxChix exists, I suspect.

Computer groups are anti social enough, without having a seperate groups
for gals.

It's like the Debian-SIG in my mind.  If you're not interested in Debian, it
doesn't matter.  Don't go.  If you have a special interest that you'd like
to have get-togethers for, then go and organise one.  Other peoples hobbies
and interests aren't your concern.  Women that go to SLUG are allowed to
meet each other while you're not looking.  It's not a crime, or even in any
way unreasonable.

You could always try to start a LinuxGuys, but I suspect most people don't
see any point in doing so.  I certainly don't see any.  There's plenty of
men using Linux that a special support group and general social get-together
would be totally redundant.  I can however see plenty of merit in LinuxChix.

If there's a problem, then it's not with LinuxChix.  Calling LinuxChix
anti-social is, in my opinion, a symptom of the problem that causes it to
exist.  Comments like would love to meet linux chix are hardly likely to
make women feel welcome and feel equally respected in the community, and
that is great shame.

If everytime I went to a LUG meeting or posted to a list I felt that
everyone was checking me out or thinking he uses linux!  And he's a guy!
Phwoar! or otherwise making my gender by the major issue in every thing I
do in the community, I would be extremely uncomfortable.  There's far more
to me than the fact that I'm a man, and I suspect most women have a similar
opinion of themselves.

Put yourself in women's shoes; don't you think there's a reasonable chance
you might be offended by people that posted what you just did?  Doesn't that
alone justify the existence of LinuxChix?

I hope I'm not being too presumptuous in defending LinuxChix like this,
seeing as I'm not a member and know relatively little about it and its
motivations (heck, I don't even know if I'm capitalising its name correctly
:).  What I have heard about them has been quite positive, though.

And finally, apologies for the length.  I fear this has grown into a little
bit of a rant :(

Regards,

-Andrew.

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-11 Thread Daniel Stone

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:52:29PM +1000, Andrew Bennetts wrote:
 On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 11:05:16PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I am a guys - but would love to meet linux chix.
 
 And comments like that are why LinuxChix exists, I suspect.
 
 Computer groups are anti social enough, without having a seperate groups
 for gals.
 
 It's like the Debian-SIG in my mind.  If you're not interested in Debian, it
 doesn't matter.  Don't go.  If you have a special interest that you'd like
 to have get-togethers for, then go and organise one.  Other peoples hobbies
 and interests aren't your concern.  Women that go to SLUG are allowed to
 meet each other while you're not looking.  It's not a crime, or even in any
 way unreasonable.

I'd also like to point out that, unless it's any different from the
Melbourne chapter, guys are welcome. As long as they're not just there
to check out all the LinuxChix. Somehow, I doubt they appreciate being
rounded up just to be drooled at.

 If there's a problem, then it's not with LinuxChix.  Calling LinuxChix
 anti-social is, in my opinion, a symptom of the problem that causes it to
 exist.  Comments like would love to meet linux chix are hardly likely to
 make women feel welcome and feel equally respected in the community, and
 that is great shame.

Yea, and that's part of the reason why LinuxChix exists. Feel free to go
there if you can keep your eyes and tongue in check.

 And finally, apologies for the length.  I fear this has grown into a little
 bit of a rant :(

'Sall good. :)

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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-11 Thread Michael Lake

Andrew Bennetts wrote:
 On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 11:22:25AM +1000, Kennedy, Adam wrote:
  Wouldn't the ladies just be talking in the LinuxChix lists?
  They don't need to contribute to this thread...
 The ladies are welcome to do whatever they like, just like the guys and
 the three-legged gerbils.

I wondered how many groups there are for Linux to do with
minority/disciminated etc groups and came up with 

We have received many emails from people asking if there was also a
Linux-users group for gay people. We didn't know of any. So we tried to
do a ...
http://www.linuxforlesbians.org/

There are many groups for physicaly impaired people.
 
There does not seem to be any chapter for Vampires who use Linux late at
night or use their laptops under the coffin lid.

Mike
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Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] LinuxChix chapter in Sydney

2002-04-11 Thread Anand Kumria

On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 12:36:00PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote:
  
 There does not seem to be any chapter for Vampires who use Linux late at
 night or use their laptops under the coffin lid.

They are called ``coders''. Instead of blood they suck caffine.

Anand

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