[OSGeo-Discuss] Gender bias in nominations

[María Arias de Reyna]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
> wrote:

> It has been reported to me directly that there are not enough female
> nominations for Charter members.  I just want to bring this to the
> attention of the whole community.
>
> Thanks all,
>
> -jeff
>
>
Agreed.

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.)

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 :)

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?

Regards,
María.
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