Re: What we need to do

Agree with Lætitia,
It doesn't matter what sex you are or feel that you belong to, everyone
should feel welcomed in our group and activities. In my opinion, excluding
men in any way would be contra-productive. As if to say, "you are not a
woman - you can't contribute" or "you will be too pushy". Those are the
exact assumptions we are striving to break, no?

another ++ to: Anyone (men or women) that want to force their vision to our
group should be explained that it's not the way we work.

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Lætitia Avrot <laetitia(dot)avrot(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi Boriss
>
>
>> I think excluding men from certain activities can be positive in the goal
>> of making women feel welcomed. For instance: Women-only IRC/Slack channels
>> can be a good thing. Women-only Hackathon can also help in making women
>> feel welcomed.
>>
>>
> I strongly disagree. I want everyone to feel welcome, whatever their
> gender is. If you start creating little worlds without men, first you
> exclude people and that's a negative message to give and then it's totally
> artificial as our world is populated with both men and women. So if we feel
> there is a problem with with women representation in our community, we need
> to find a solution together. Men and women both have brain, so they can
> both come with creative ideas.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Lætitia
>