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For those interested in gender bias, you might want to look at this
"Like a girl" campaign, which questions the meaning that "Like a
girl" has in our language, and suggests redefining it.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/07/2014 12:59 am, Jo Cook wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:55 PM, María
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<div class="">On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jeff
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has been reported to me directly that there are
not enough female<br>
nominations for Charter members. I just want to
bring this to the<br>
attention of the whole community.<br>
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Thanks all,<br>
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-jeff<br>
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<div>Agreed. </div>
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<div>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.)</div>
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<div>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 :)</div>
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<div>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?</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Regards,</div>
<div class="gmail_extra">María.</div>
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