[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo barriers to entry

[Bruce Bannerman]

Tyler,

Perhaps this 'issue' is not so big after all...

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.

She commented further that this was a good reason to get more involved...



Bruce





> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
> > Sent: Tuesday, 17 November 2009 9:07 AM
> > To: OSGeo Discussions
> > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo barriers to entry
> >
> > Thanks for the discussion Landon.  I'll leave Pandora well
> > enough alone :)
> >
> > Perhaps we can turn the thread to discussing what are the
> > real or perceived barriers people, in general, find to
> > getting involved with OSGeo.   I'm sure that any barriers
> > women would have might also affect others, so it might be
> > useful to broaden the discussion so more participate.
> >
> > 1 What barriers are there to joining OSGeo and its projects?
> > 2 How can we be more inviting?  Have you heard negative
> > comments from potential members?  Are there any reasons you
> > might not invite a colleague to join?
> > 3 How can we encourage more people to contribute to our
> > projects or join  with the OSGeo mission?
> > 4 What areas in OSGeo and its projects need more helpers?
> > 5 What are the most interesting/compelling aspects?
> >
> > I'm sure there are more pointed questions but these are just
> > off the top of my head.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Tyler
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com>
> > Date: Monday, November 16, 2009 1:01 pm
> > Subject: RE: RE: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] new: OSGeo women mailing list
> > To: tmitchell at osgeo.org
> > Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> >
> > > Tyler,
> > >
> > > I understand your wife's perspective completely. It seems
> > reasonable
> > > to conclude that there are fewer women involved in OSGeo projects
> > > because there are fewer women involved in open source computing to
> > > begin with.
> >
> > ....
> >
> >
> >
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