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size=2 face=Arial>I agree with Jo and Maria. I've always felt welcome in
OSGeo primarily because I share many interests and philosophies with many
of you. I think gender quotas will in long run do more damage than good.
I'd hate to think people think I am where I am because of my gender or that
people let me get away with stuff just because of my gender.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=303433222-24072014><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>People should be judged on merit and interest primarily and we
should focus more on global expansion, education, and activity funding and
the rest will fall into place.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=303433222-24072014><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=303433222-24072014><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Regina Obe</FONT></SPAN></DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jo
Cook<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:59 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Marķa Arias
de Reyna<BR><B>Cc:</B> osgeo<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gender bias
in nominations<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I totally agree with Maria. As a female member of OSGeo I don't
really feel that my gender matters in the slightest. I'm far more concerned
about a bias towards people from the US or Northern/Western Europe if we are
trying to be truly global.
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<DIV>Jo</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Marķa Arias de Reyna
<SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:delawen+osgeo@gmail.com"
target=_blank>delawen+osgeo@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jeff McKenna <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com"
target=_blank>jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">It
has been reported to me directly that there are not enough
female<BR>nominations for Charter members. I just want to bring this
to the<BR>attention of the whole community.<BR><BR>Thanks
all,<BR><BR>-jeff<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Agreed. </DIV>
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<DIV>On the other hand, no one should be nominated just because of their
gender. In the long run, it doesn't help increasing female numbers. (It won't
be the first time someone thinks I am where I am just because I am female and
not because I worked hard.)</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm sorry if I am bothering someone, but I am very picky with all this
stuff. It is the eternal discussion about not having enough female in tech
organizations. If we want to have more female on OsGeo, we should go to school
now to have them in OsGeo in a few years :)</DIV>
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<DIV>Until then, does it really matter? Are we doing things different? I know
it looks very cool to have half and half but, is it really
important?</DIV></DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra>Regards,</DIV>
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