<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Barry Rowlingson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk" target="_blank">b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:57 PM, Jeff McKenna<br>
<<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Thank you everyone for responding (María, Jo, Anne, Madi, Andrea, mpg,<br>
> Cameron, and Regina). I agree that the OSGeo community is always<br>
> welcoming, and thank you for confirming that there is no issue with the<br>
> election/nomination process. It is sometimes hard when I receive direct<br>
> messages with concerns and thank you for helping me handle it.<br>
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</div> With my statistician hat on here, I have to point out that this is<br>
what we call "a biased sample". Not that the individuals are biased<br>
themselves, but the group is necessarily going to be made up of, lets<br>
say, "satisfied customers".<br>
<br>
For every Jo there may be a dozen Janes who tried to contribute to<br>
OSGeo, found it an unwelcoming place, and quietly left with no<br>
complaint or fuss. Complaining about bullying and harrassment can be<br>
very difficult, and especially in a voluntary group many will just get<br>
on with their real jobs, not seeing any great loss to themselves in<br>
not being part of it. This contrasts with harrassment/bullying at<br>
work, where there is greater necessity to speak out, and, one would<br>
hope, there are established complaints procedures and a helpful union<br>
to argue for you.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You can't avoid stupid people bullying candidates. That said, at least from the Spanish side, I found no problem with being female in OsGeo. If there are not many more females on this side it is just because there are no candidates for it.</div>
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Personally I think the gender imbalance in tech springs from the day<br>
baby girls are first dressed in pink and given dolls and baby boys<br>
dressed in blue and given toy guns. I'm hopeful that society is<br>
getting better - although slowly. "Teach your children well" as Crosby<br>
Stills and Nash did sing...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Can't agree more.</div><div><br></div><div>You still can find (even young!) people that thinks it is not an education but a biological difference. But at least my experience says otherwise.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I am not sure society is getting better. In the '80, Lego made ads for girls using normal Lego toys:</div><div><a href="http://testdb.msmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Lego-ad.jpg">http://testdb.msmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Lego-ad.jpg</a></div>
<div>Now we have Lego princess:</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=legos+princess&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alegos+princess">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=legos+princess&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alegos+princess</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>But that is in our hands to change. In kids, not in OsGeo charter nominations.</div><div><br></div><div>Forgive my ignorance but, has OsGeo some kind of program or plan to go to schools? Because I am planning to go next year to Universities to give talks and I would like to go also to schools, so it would be helpful if I have some background here.</div>
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