[OSGeo-Discuss] Gender bias in nominations

[Jeff McKenna]

Thank you everyone for responding (María, Jo, Anne, Madi, Andrea, mpg,
Cameron, and Regina).  I agree that the OSGeo community is always
welcoming, and thank you for confirming that there is no issue with the
election/nomination process.  It is sometimes hard when I receive direct
messages with concerns and thank you for helping me handle it.

-jeff



On 2014-07-24, 7:41 PM, Paragon Corporation wrote:
> I agree with Jo and Maria.  I've always felt welcome in OSGeo primarily
> because I share many interests and philosophies with many of you.  I
> think gender quotas will in long run do more damage than good. I'd hate
> to think people think I am where I am because of my gender or that
> people let me get away with stuff just because of my gender.
>  
> People should be judged on merit and interest primarily and we should
> focus more on global expansion, education, and activity funding and the
> rest will fall into place.
>  
> Thanks,
> Regina Obe
> 
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> *From:* discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Jo Cook
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:59 AM
> *To:* María Arias de Reyna
> *Cc:* osgeo
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gender bias in nominations
> 
> I totally agree with Maria. As a female member of OSGeo I don't really
> feel that my gender matters in the slightest. I'm far more concerned
> about a bias towards people from the US or Northern/Western Europe if we
> are trying to be truly global.
> 
> Jo
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:55 PM, María Arias de Reyna
> <delawen+osgeo at gmail.com <mailto:delawen+osgeo at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jeff McKenna
>     <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>     <mailto: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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