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. 1. 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. 3. Are there other groups which are insulted because we explicitly invite women, but not $GROUP? I think Joe brought up this point.
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.
Regards, Carl-Daniel