Re: N91 Women mixer on Sunday?

[Thomas Scott <mr.thomas.scott () gmail com>]

> While the times are changing, women continue to remain primary caregivers
for families and this will require them to desert their families a day
early.  I find it offensive personally and feel like you may have missed
the mark.

The hackathon has for (as far as I’ve known about it) been on Sunday. I
don’t work on Sundays - it’s a day for my family (unless the almighty pager
goes off), so I’ve never gone - even though it’s one of the parts of NANOG
I’d enjoy, and would benefit from the most.

There are tradeoffs for everything - perhaps the idea was to keep the
women’s mixer separate from the other evening events, so that those who
wish to participate, can do all of the evening events, and not have to give
up anything, at the cost of the extra day. That being said, I agree, moving
more to Sunday is not an acceptable answer to me.

Best Regards,
-Thomas Scott

On Mar 28, 2024 at 1:45:07 PM, Ilissa Miller <ilissa () imillerpr com> wrote:

> For those that know me, I rarely provide constructive input about NANOG
> matters due to my past affiliation, however, I just saw that NANOG
> announced the Women mixer on Sunday before NANOG 91 and am outraged for all
> of the young professional women
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> For those that know me, I rarely provide constructive input about NANOG
> matters due to my past affiliation, however, I just saw that NANOG
> announced the Women mixer on Sunday before NANOG 91 and am outraged for all
> of the young professional women who would like to participate in NANOG.
> While the times are changing, women continue to remain primary caregivers
> for families and this will require them to desert their families a day
> early.  I find it offensive personally and feel like you may have missed
> the mark.
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> The amount of times I hear people complain about having to leave their
> families is one of the reasons this industry has a problem keeping young
> people - especially women.
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> Does anyone else feel the same?
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