Re: [issues] Something I've observed

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Deb Richardson wrote:

> I'm certainly not going to stop you from excluding men from your chapter
> meetings.  I will not exclude them from the online forums, but I can see
> situations in which face-to-face meetings may be improved by enforcing
> an all-women rolecall.

I wouldn't ask you to exclude them online; we haven't at baylinuxchix
either. However, I was bringing up a face-to-face analogy for what I saw
happening on the forum.

> So, if you wish to exclude men from your chapter meetings, I think
> that's fair.  It's unfortunate, but it would be
> unrealistic/idealistic/foolish of me to insist otherwise.

I agree that it's unfortunate. I think that IF we had a strong group
identity as a women's group, the presence of the occasional CMOTW wouldn't
derail us. But we're new, so it has a more profound effect.

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