Women and TLUG - a personal rant

[Scott Elcomb]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:53 PM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 02:13:43PM -0500, Peter King wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 01:07:19PM -0500, James Knott wrote:
>> > I stopped going because of all the heckling trashing the
>> > presentation.
>>
>> Ditto.
>
> Come on, guys.  This bitching about TLUG meeting is strange to me and
> counter productive as group.  People come to the meeting because they
> want to learning something, and people don't come to the meeting because
> they have nothing to learn.

People come for other reasons as well. They also come for the
community - I hate not making it out more often than I do.

> Heckling and harassment are side issues.

On the contrary, people are talking about why they no longer
participate in person.  If community is the heart of GTALUG then
meetings should be the lifeblood.  Such topics should not be dismissed
out of hand.

Best,
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