Re: Women in GNOME (Was: Code Of Conduct)

[Anne Østergaard <anne oestergaard nu>]

tor, 01 06 2006 kl. 18:57 +0200, skrev Murray Cumming:
> On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 14:57 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Iau, 2006-06-01 at 14:33 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > > Hmm, how about people working together? It just seems that the person who
> > > most most obviously wants this should be the person trying to make it
> > > happen.
> > 
> > I'd be wary of pursuing just the "women in GNOME" issue, because many of
> > the same things put off far more than just women.

Yes. 

> Yes, that's why the gender issue is only one (possible) part of the code
> of conduct, though it's the reason that I got around to finally pushing
> it.
> 
> But Anne is asking specifically for a gender policy/plan, apparently
> separate to that. I'd just like her to make a suggestion.

I think it is a natural step to take after the EU and FLOSSPOLS report
has shown that women are being excluded from the community.- 

If we want to se some change in attitudes and behavior in GNOME and
FLOSS, and se more women involved in the future in all parts and
capacities of our projects, we need to find out why only a little more
than 1% of are women.

> >  Running around
> > shouting "pants off" is not, for example, very compatible with the
> > Japanese cultural expectations.

I don't expect it either.

> > Also if "Code of Conduct" is too strong then "Expected Behaviour"
> > perhaps. Personally I don't see a problem with "Code of Conduct" in that
> > it deals with acting for, speaking for, representing or being part of
> > Gnome, or when using its facilities.

I fully agree.

Anne