[TriLUG] More data [Was: Palmer for another SC term; proposed amendment to the bylaws]

Brandon Van Every bvanevery at gmail.com
Wed May 1 11:18:57 EDT 2013


On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:48:00 -0400
> Cristóbal Palmer <cmp at cmpalmer.org> wrote:
>
> >
> http://www.flosspols.org/deliverables/FLOSSPOLS-D16-Gender_Integrated_Report_of_Findings.pdf
>
> Throughout this article is the implication "Bad Men!", even going so
> far as to place blame our having beards, and even going so far as to
> blame the bazaar method of software development that's been working so
> well for a couple decades.
>
>
You mean you're gonna make me read the article in detail, to see if there's
any reason why I should believe your appraisal of it?


> Personally, I don't think it's the responsibility of any LUG to cure the
> underrepresentation of women in tech, open source or Linux.


Whose is it then?  If there is something wrong in open source, where is
that supposed to be addressed?


Cheers,
Brandon



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