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Tim Donohue <[log in to unmask]> > However, I think some/many are taking offense to the implication that > 'libtechwomen' is discriminatory or prejudice against men or minority > groups just because its name includes "women". [...] > To call a group discriminatory just because they initially planned to > concentrate on specific gender issues is just wrong (in my opinion). Whoa! Hang on a minute! I don't think the name is great and I feel that we could do better for a first support group, but I'm not objecting to either of those. It's not "just because" either of those and it's rather frustrating if anyone still thinks it is. (Similarly in the other email from Steve, I never meant to suggest the "completely spurious" thing.) My objection arose because the opening post in this thread suggested it would be discriminatory: https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1212&L=CODE4LIB&F=&S=&P=166649 described it as a "group for just women". There are later emails which claim otherwise. twitter.com/libtechwomen and http://libtechwomen.tumblr.com/ don't say either way, as far as I can see (if you'll excuse the pun). I don't really want to hop on IRC and ask because of past bad experiences with a previous group. Is there clarity that deliberately-discriminatory groups should have no platform in code4lib? And is it sure that libtechwomen is not the aforementioned women-only group? Thanks -- MJ Ray <[log in to unmask]> Setchey, Norfolk, England