Maria, Ivana, Oliva, Paulo, Serena, Obukov,
This initiative you have announced looks great. The goals and timeframe
align very closely with what we will be doing with OSGeo's involvement in
Google Season of Docs [1]. It would be great if you could help shape our
agenda by contributing to our
Hi Maria,
> People with more than 40 years can apply.
Yes but they suffer a 20% penalty, that's a very significant penalty and
is explicitly discriminatory against what is commonly considered a
"protected attribute" (age), hence my raising the issue.
> Moeover the scores will be
Thanks for your comment. I have a different opinion.
People with more than 40 years can apply.
Moeover the scores will be compensated by their experience, as there are also
scores for this:
1. Proposer’s documented experience in education and training: 20 (max)
And I believe that, for a
I've just taken a look at this and noticed this line as one of the
evaluation criteria:
> Proposer’s age (20 if <= 40 years old; 0 if >40 years old): 20 (max)
When did explicit age discrimination (i.e. ageism) become acceptable?
It seems to run counter to the OSGeo Goal of:
"be a welcoming
