Adam,
I do not care for Stoet and Geary's attempt to explain the correlation
they found, but their statistics are harder to dismiss. Anyone arguing
for quantitative measures such as equality of gender outcome will need
to address this quantitative evidence and explain how OSGeo might be
able
Vicky,
this recent article in The Economist discusses decreasing workforce
participation of women in India, very much in-line with your experience:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/07/05/why-india-needs-women-to-work
Kind regards,
Ben.
On 13/08/18 15:57, Vicky Vergara wrote:
But I am
I think I'm safe in assessing that all of us contributing to this
discussion (and probably many more lurking) believe in promoting
diversity. We might disagree on relevance of specific scientific papers,
but I feel we should not be distracted by our differences and rather
should focus on what
Hey folks,
It is great to see so much discussion about what our standard as a
community are for defining a successfully event.
I would suggest that we codify our goals towards diversity and inclusion
into the Code of Conduct (CoC). This would make it clearer about what
values we as a community
Thank you Adam. I believe listening and talking directly is even more
important in the case of events such as FOSS4G-Asia where part of the
culture is showing respect for each other. It takes much more of a
boots-on-the-ground approach, to talk directly and plan in those cases.
Looking
Hi all
I appreciate this topic arising. I appreciate the efforts of the FOSS4G Dar
committee; and the reasons for their decisions. I also appreciate that the
FOSS4G Asia LOC have a different operating environment and look forward to
hearing about their drivers. And I appreciate discussion about
Thank you for sharing these personal stories Vicky.
There are so many different cultural factors at our FOSS4G events around
the world.
How can we make sure that FOSS4G events are both diverse and inclusive?
I think the first step is always to try contacting the FOSS4G local
committee
I would agree with Jonathan's point of view. Yes, Asian's team put together
unfortunate list of keynoters (from one point of view). Dar team did the
same the opposite way around and apparently fully consciously (nothing
against any of the speakers, this is the LOC decision).
Leave it for now and
