Re: Proposal: Addressing the term “meritocracy” in the governance statement

2018-05-26 Thread recalcitrantowl via governance
Patrick, You admit this is just window dressing. This would not address the problem highlighted in the pull request study you cited. It is designed only to make people feel better about themselves while doing little. To conform word choice with popular political trends, nothing more. There is

Re: Proposal: Addressing the term “meritocracy” in the governance statement

2018-05-26 Thread recalcitrantowl via governance
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/think-open-source-is-a-meritocracy-it-is-but-only-if-no-one-knows-youre-a-woman/ > Study has been called into question. The paper concludes that “for insiders…we see little evidence of bias…for outsiders, we see evidence of gender bias: women’s acceptance rates