Re: N91 Women mixer on Sunday?

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

> My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think I recall one of the early WiT
> lunches hosted at NANOG that was women-only, where some men were upset
> for being "left out". Whether that was good or bad is less important
> than understanding what the outcome of a women-only activity is for
> women, especially for those for whom it may not be immediately obvious.

My recollection is that every WiT lunch was always open to all. Happy to be
corrected if any were that I don't recall.

There were definitely a few meetings during my PC years that someone
complained that men were not allowed to attend. If my memory serves me
correctly, we at one point were asking session moderators to remind people
of this in general session for a while too. For some meetings, a few of us
were standing at the doors telling people who asked that men were allowed
to attend that if they would like.




On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 1:34 AM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:

> On 3/29/24 07:03, Eric Parsonage wrote:
>
> > It's easily fixed by having a mixer at the same time for the other
> > half of the gathering population thus showing all the population
> > gathering matters equally.
>
> My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think I recall one of the early WiT
> lunches hosted at NANOG that was women-only, where some men were upset
> for being "left out". Whether that was good or bad is less important
> than understanding what the outcome of a women-only activity is for
> women, especially for those for whom it may not be immediately obvious.
>
> While equal access to opportunity between the genders is the most
> effective policy, I think there is utility in women having their own
> session, given that they face unique challenges in an industry where
> they are the minority operators.
>
> Mark.