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

[Tim Serong]

I didn't see a second announce email either -- maybe it was
oversubscribed on the first day already with "non white guys"?  And if
that happened, then that's an excellent outcome.

Attempting to improve diversity and inclusivity is important.  Could
this have been wrangled better?  Maybe.  But it is *not* political nonsense.

Tim

On 01/11/2019 06:41 PM, Grant Byers wrote:
> Yeah. Seems to me that the only people to miss out are those that are
> already mindful of the imbalance and respected the campaign. Not my cup
> of tea, but i'm not going to lose any sleep over it either.
> 
> I'll just call it for what it is. Political nonsense.
> 
> Cheers,
> Grant
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 at 17:34, Greg <greguu at null.net
> <mailto:greguu at null.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Same here mate,
> 
>     showed respect for the diversity campaign, waited...never got any
>     second announcement. This morning I registered and now its
>     oversubscribed.
> 
>     Of course I understand that there are limited seats and that is fine.
>     I will not loose sleep over it, but the way this was handled seemed to
>     be a bit too political correct for my taste.
> 
>     Instead, give really _anyone_ a chance, set a deadline and then
> 
>     shuf -n 32 registered-users.txt
> 
>     Invite the lucky ones and reshuffle the remaining seats if not claimed.
> 
> 
> 
>     On Fri, 11 Jan 2019, 6:36 PM Grant Byers <grant.byers at gmail.com
>     <mailto:grant.byers at gmail.com> wrote:
>     >
>     > 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
>     >
>     > Sent from TypeApp
>     > On 11 Jan 2019, at 15:12, Linux Australia President
>     <president at linux.org.au <mailto: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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>     >> President
>     >> Linux Australia
>     >>
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>     >>
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