[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo barriers to entry

[Anne Ghisla]

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Bruce Bannerman ha scritto:
> 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...

That's good news - but we should not miss that it's the experience of
only one person and that FOSS4G is not the perfect mirror of all OSGeo
activities.

Collecting other opinions on recent IRC chat on #osgeo, the issue is
potentially big. It's a cultural one. It is not OSGeo task to change
people's minds about women; but for sure raising awareness on known
gender discrimination in OSS is a good step forward. Looking forward for
more discussion and action on this specific topic, as well as on more
generic entry barriers.

all the best,
Anne

> Bruce
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>>> -----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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