On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:05:42 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net wrote:
On 26.06.2009 12:22, Urja Rannikko wrote:
Why not work on attracting more geeky people who like being close to hw?
Well, i think the point in this is that anybody (also women) can be "people who like being close to hw", so we should work on attracting anybody who likes to be close to hw :)
Basically, there are three points to consider AFAICS.
- If we mention women explicitly, it means we see and officially
acknowledge a deficit even if that is not our fault. 2. Is explicitly inviting women insulting to them? After all, treating them like everyone else would mean we'd not mention them explicitly. I actually got conflicting answers from women for this question.
Right, it maybe putting them in the spot light?
- Are there other groups which are insulted because we explicitly
invite women, but not $GROUP? I think Joe brought up this point.
Right. That's why the safe answer is EVERYONE.
I added a sentence to http://www.coreboot.org/User:Hailfinger/Drafts/Friendliness which hopefully is generic and broad enough. "We welcome participation from every human being, regardless of gender/ethnicity/views/..."
http://www.coreboot.org/User:Hailfinger/Drafts/Women will probably become a redirect to .../Friendliness soon.
Sounds good, fair to every human being.