[FOSS4G-Oceania] Forum on Diversity

[adam steer]

Hi all,

Cameron - low attendee at conference sessions happen all the time. Even
when the community votes for things.

Everyone - please read this thread, but not because it is a shining example
in OSgeo’s history of managing diversity:

There was an email thread "Diversity in FOSS4G" discussing some of these
> points: https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2018-August/thread.html
>
(direct: https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2018-August/037710.html)

The first few e-mails were great - then it went to both men explaining to
women what women want to do; and non-scientists explaining to scientists
how science works - all in one delicious e-mail thread. I responded to it -
in a very, very, very muted fashion. I was actually really fuming -  I
sometimes think about diving in again but just get too angry every time I
think about it - so the conversation is effectively shut down and I’m
hesitant to communicate with certain people involved because of their
communication style (I’m sure you all get that from me also from time to
time).


> Reference to this research:
> http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797617741719
>
> https://researchtheheadlines.org/2018/04/20/the-stem-gender-equality-paradox-from-fallacies-to-facts/
>

I’d be happy to do a journal club on this paper -  maybe it’d be a good
georabble? I’d love to see Sarah, or Martin, or Trisha weigh in  (or any
other academics in the community ). Actually, would someone who isn’t a
white bloke like to propose a co-presentation at georabble on it?

I certainly would not hold it up as an authoritative reference on why women
leave STEM careers.

Cheers

Adam
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