Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-09 Thread Myriam Schweingruber
Hi Valorie, On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Valorie Zimmerman valorie.zimmer...@gmail.com wrote: Woah. I never thought I would hear such things here. On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Pau Garcia i Quiles pgqui...@elpauer.org wrote: John, ... There are many reasons women don't submit talk

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-08 Thread Riccardo Iaconelli
On 7 December 2014 at 18:15, Carl Symons carlsym...@gmail.com wrote: * Get on with it. John's not attending and not bringing equipment that has been used in the expo space in past years. Who can pick up the slack? What would be needed? A WikiFM contributor is currently studying and living in

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-08 Thread Thomas Pfeiffer
On Saturday 06 December 2014 08:36:35 Carl Symons wrote: At least some of the FOSDEM organizers believe that it's important. They have a social conduct policy. It's published in the front of the program brochure. Apparently John doesn't think that it is proper (whatever that means): Social

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-08 Thread Eike Hein
On 12/08/2014 11:33 PM, Laszlo Papp wrote: On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Alex Merry alex.me...@kde.org wrote: As Valorie said, if you want more female talk submissions, I am afraid that I am personally not yet sure whether I wish that. I am not going to those places and events to see

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-08 Thread Carl Symons
On 12/08/2014 12:27 PM, Rick Timmis wrote: Bless you Sebastian You expanded my think with clarity and intelligence, thank you. Same here. Thank you, Sebas I am sorry i SHOUTED, that was not necessary Thank you Rick. And I apologize for the harsh tone of my message. I agree re

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-08 Thread Jens Reuterberg
The last decades Computer Sciences have lost women across the board, from being a steadily rising curve it is now lower than it was in the 80's (1) Women in STEM sciences are low but in many other areas this is slowly getting better because the age old excuse of well women don't really want to

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-07 Thread Carl Symons
On 12/06/2014 04:26 PM, Rick Timmis wrote: STOP, That is Enough !! This conversation does not belong here, it is devisive, confrontational and can not be resolved here.. WE - The KDE Community have a responsibility, and duty first and for most to protect the unity of our community PLEASE

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-06 Thread Jens Reuterberg
o.O Can I ask you, do you represent Fosdem at all? On Saturday 06 December 2014 18.22.45 Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: John, You couldn't be more wrong. I have been organizing the Desktops DevRoom for the last 4-5 years (cannot really remember), so I can speak from reality. There is no

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-06 Thread Valorie Zimmerman
Woah. I never thought I would hear such things here. On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Pau Garcia i Quiles pgqui...@elpauer.org wrote: John, You couldn't be more wrong. I have been organizing the Desktops DevRoom for the last 4-5 years (cannot really remember), so I can speak from reality.

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-06 Thread David Narvaez
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Valorie Zimmerman valorie.zimmer...@gmail.com wrote: Woah. I never thought I would hear such things here. On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Pau Garcia i Quiles pgqui...@elpauer.org wrote: John, You couldn't be more wrong. Can everybody just take a step

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-06 Thread Valorie Zimmerman
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Carl Symons carlsym...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/05/2014 09:11 PM, Valorie Zimmerman wrote: On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 5:21 PM, John Layt jl...@kde.org wrote: Hi, Just a heads-up that I will not be attending FOSDEM next year and will not be assisting in any way

Re: [kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-05 Thread Valorie Zimmerman
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 5:21 PM, John Layt jl...@kde.org wrote: Hi, Just a heads-up that I will not be attending FOSDEM next year and will not be assisting in any way with preparations for FOSDEM or providing any hardware. This is the result of the FOSDEM organisers refusing to institute a

[kde-community] FOSDEM Organisation

2014-12-03 Thread John Layt
Hi, Just a heads-up that I will not be attending FOSDEM next year and will not be assisting in any way with preparations for FOSDEM or providing any hardware. This is the result of the FOSDEM organisers refusing to institute a proper Code of Conduct for attendees or to take any other steps in