Women and TLUG - a personal rant

[William Park]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 08:39:26PM -0500, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:53 PM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > 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.

What I mean is, they no longer participate because they see no need to
come to the meeting (e.g. Linux distros are easy to install, tons of
info on Web, etc.), and not because there is heckling.  That is, they
are acting in their own self interest.

For example, if SAP were to present at TLUG and give free samples of
their software, I'd bet women would be more than happy to come in garter
belt and sucking on their favourite dildos.  I would attend, too, only
because I normally have to pay to see that.
-- 
William
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