Women and TLUG - a personal rant

[Colin McGregor]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:15 PM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 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,

Sigh, the above sort of comment is part of the problem, not part of the
solution...


Colin.


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