Re: [gnome-women] Vote | Opening the Women's Dinner

[Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com>]

On 13 July 2017 at 14:31, Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com> wrote:
> On 29 June 2017 at 03:12, Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzis stanfordalumni org> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I know we talked about this last year, but I'd like to revisit the idea of
> > opening up the women's dinner to the larger GUADEC attendees based on the
> > experience we had last year.
> >
> > The idea is that we could make it a "Women's Celebration Dinner - a dinner
> > celebrating the contributions of women in open source and a chance to meet
> > and connect with other women." We could say that this event is especially
> > meant for women and people who identify as wome (cis and trans) and
> > genderqueer people, but that the event is open to anyone who wants to
> > attend.
> >
> > I'm including people who have already expressed interest in this year's
> > dinner.
> >
> > Can you please respond with a vote for:
> >
> >
> > Should we open the women's dinner?
> >
> > Yes, I have a strong preference to open it to anyone who would like to
> > attend
>
> +1

It looks like I'm the only person who voted publicly… what was the
result of this email? Did anything change for 2017? Will anything
change in 2018?

I was told by another attendee that the women's dinner was indeed open
to everyone (if this is the case, I don't feel that it was
communicated), but looking through some GUADEC pages, I just found
https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeWomen/Events/GUADEC/2017/WomensDinner
which says that it was not.

The poster which was up at the venue felt to me like it was purely for
women as there was no information about who could attend on there.

> If we want to celebrate womens' accomplishments, then they should be
> celebrated by all. If women isolate themselves, then it is more
> difficult for others to learn about the work that we do.
>
> If there is concern that there might be too many attendees and the
> event would be "diluted", then it could be possible to limit the
> number of open seats available, for example to the same number as
> women attending the event.
>
> > Yes, I have a slight preference to open it to anyone who would like to
> > attend
> > No, I have a slight preference to keep it Women (cis and trans) and
> > genderqueer people only
> > No, I have a strong preference to keep it Women (cis and trans) and
> > genderqueer people only
> >
> >
> > Feel free to message me privately if you'd prefer not to vote publicly and
> > also feel free to discuss. I'm including those who have already signed up to
> > attend, and also some women from Endless who have expressed interest in
> > attending the women's dinner this year.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Best,
> > Nuritzi
> >
> > .............................................................................
> >
> > Nuritzi Sanchez  |  +1.650.218.7388 |  Endless
> >
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