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

[Rashmica Gupta]

The first announcement did say "So this year we are asking that our valued,
keen, but highly over-represented male attendees patiently wait until
Thursday, 10th January 2019 before registering."

On Fri, Jan 11, 2019, 10:55 PM Greg <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 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> 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
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kathy Reid
> >> President
> >> Linux Australia
> >>
> >> 0418 130 636
> >>
> >> president at linux.org.au
> >> http://linux.org.au
> >>
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