Hi there,
I can't help to notice that the gender balance among R developers and
ordinary members is extremely skewed (as it is with open source software
in general).
Have a look at http://www.r-project.org/foundation/memberlist.html - at
most a handful of women are listed among the 'supporting members', and
none at all among the 29 'ordinary members'.
On the other hand I personally know many happy R users of both genders.
My questions are thus: Should R developers (and users) be worried that
the 'other half' is excluded? If so, how could female R users/developers
be persuaded to become more visible (e.g. added as supporting or
ordinary members)?
Thanks,
Maarten
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| Dr. Maarten Blaauw
| Lecturer in Chronology
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| School of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology
| Queen's University Belfast, UK
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