[OSGeo-Discuss] new: OSGeo women mailing list

[Schlagel, Joel D IWR]

In the past I've worked with students from the Women in Science Program
(WISP) at Dartmouth.   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wisp   As programs such as
WISP become aware of OSGEO there are benefits for students who participate,
and an opportunity for the OSGEO community to become more widely known.

-joel


On 11/17/09 12:23 PM, "Frank Warmerdam" <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:

> Brian Russo wrote:
>> I find the underlying bias of this discussion itself fascinating.
>> Landon is right that surveying/engineering is male-dominated; yet nobody
>> complains that nursing is female-dominated. I have to wonder what really
>> is the problem? 
> 
> Brian,
> 
> For me the issue is that there may be a substantial under-utilized
> set of women (or generalize the accessability issue also to other
> underrepresented groups) who could be users and more importantly
> contributors to my project, and other OSGeo projects!  A goal of OSGeo
> is to promote our projects to users and to encourage additional
> contributors.
> 
>> That said, I don't know how this really is specific to osgeo in
>> particular. It may be better served under a broader focus of GIS for
>> Women, Open Source for Women.. etc. I guess I'm curious what sort of
>> goals are set. University recruitment? Encouraging female OS developers
>> in general to engage in OSGeo? I'm a bit lost on the intent.
> 
> The issue may not be specific to OSGeo and OSGeo projects, but if there
> are concrete steps that we could take to encourage more involvement
> then it behooves us to take them.  I would claim part of the role of
> OSGeo is to help our projects grow by developing and inculcating better
> community practices that encourage involvement and contribution.
> 
> Best regards,


-joel

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Joel D. Schlagel
U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources
http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil