[OSGeo-Discuss] Gender bias in nominations

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi María, I agree with you fully.

-jeff



On 2014-07-24, 11:55 AM, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
> 
> 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.