Tyler,<br><br>Perhaps this 'issue' is not so big after all...<br><br>A comment that was made to me by a colleague after FOSS4G-2009 was that she thought that it was great to see such a high percentage of attendees were female; dramatically higher than she would have traditionally seen at a spatial / geoscience event in Australia.<br>
<br>She commented further that this was a good reason to get more involved...<br><br><br><br>Bruce<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
> [mailto:<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 9:07 AM<br>
> To: OSGeo Discussions<br>
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo barriers to entry<br>
><br>
> Thanks for the discussion Landon. I'll leave Pandora well<br>
> enough alone :)<br>
><br>
> Perhaps we can turn the thread to discussing what are the<br>
> real or perceived barriers people, in general, find to<br>
> getting involved with OSGeo. I'm sure that any barriers<br>
> women would have might also affect others, so it might be<br>
> useful to broaden the discussion so more participate.<br>
><br>
> 1 What barriers are there to joining OSGeo and its projects?<br>
> 2 How can we be more inviting? Have you heard negative<br>
> comments from potential members? Are there any reasons you<br>
> might not invite a colleague to join?<br>
> 3 How can we encourage more people to contribute to our<br>
> projects or join with the OSGeo mission?<br>
> 4 What areas in OSGeo and its projects need more helpers?<br>
> 5 What are the most interesting/compelling aspects?<br>
><br>
> I'm sure there are more pointed questions but these are just<br>
> off the top of my head.<br>
><br>
> Best wishes,<br>
> Tyler<br>
><br>
><br>
> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> From: Landon Blake <<a href="mailto:lblake@ksninc.com">lblake@ksninc.com</a>><br>
> Date: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:01 pm<br>
> Subject: RE: RE: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] new: OSGeo women mailing list<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:tmitchell@osgeo.org">tmitchell@osgeo.org</a><br>
> Cc: OSGeo Discussions <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>
><br>
> > Tyler,<br>
> ><br>
> > I understand your wife's perspective completely. It seems<br>
> reasonable<br>
> > to conclude that there are fewer women involved in OSGeo projects<br>
> > because there are fewer women involved in open source computing to<br>
> > begin with.<br>
><br>
> ....<br>
><br>
><br>
> </blockquote></div><br>