[LCA2019 Chat] Mr Non White Guy for the Open Hardware Miniconf

[Grant Byers]

Did I miss the "white guy registrations now open" announcement?

I did the right thing and waited for the 2nd announcement before attempting to enroll. I'm still waiting for that announcement, but apparently you're already way oversubscribed?

I lost the subsequent announcement in my inbox, didn't I?

Cheers
Grant

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On 11 Jan 2019, 15:12, at 15:12, Linux Australia President <president at linux.org.au> wrote:
>I'm probably pouring some fuel on the flames here, but with 10 days
>left
>in the chair, I'm going to take that risk.
>
>The Open Hardware Miniconf, with the full backing of Linux Australia,
>and LCA2019, is attempting to improve the diversity and inclusivity of
>open hardware hacking in Australia and New Zealand. Less than one in 5
>people in a technical role in Australia identifies as female /
>nonbinary
>and the statistics are even poorer for ethnic, especially Indigenous,
>diversity. Diversity and inclusion is hard. We don't always get it
>right. But as an organisation, a community, we are taking small steps
>to
>engender (pun intended) change.
>
>If this makes you uncomfortable, well, frankly, good. The fact that
>we're mostly lily-white and male *should* make us uncomfortable.
>Australia and New Zealand are multicultural, ethnically, socially and
>gender-diverse countries, and our membership - and, importantly -
>representation and participation - should be more reflective of that.
>
>If anyone has an issue with the way OHMC are handling this, they are
>welcome to take it up with me personally in Christchurch week after
>next.
>
>Right now, Andy, Jon and their invisible but incredibly valued team of
>helpers are doing Some Amazing Things to bring you a kick-ass 10th
>Anniversary OHMC. Let's give them the space they need to keep on
>delivering incredible, inspirational and aspirational experiences that
>are helping Australia and New Zealand become open source leaders.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Kathy
>
>
>On 10/1/19 8:28 pm, Jonathan Oxer wrote:
>> Sorry about the public message to one person!
>>
>> Someone registered for the Open Hardware Miniconf assembly session
>> with the name "Mr Non White", and an invalid email address. If you
>> were just testing the system, that's fine, thanks for your help :-)
>>
>> Unfortunately we don't have any contact details or an actual name for
>> Mr Non White, so if that was you and you really want to attend the
>> assembly session please get in touch with me right away. We need
>every
>> spot possible so unless you get in touch we'll need to reassign the
>> kit to another person.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jon
>>
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