Remembering to reply-to-list this time...<br><br>Having followed the discussion here, I'm convinced that the Ada Initiative deserves LA's support.<br><br>I do think there has been a failure of process. Discussion before spending money would be better.<br>
<br>I'm keenly aware of the gender imbalance in ICT and F/OSS in particular. I would like links to studies/reports/statistics on the topic so that the next time it comes up elsewhere I have a better reply than - "man[0], have you seriously not noticed how few females turn up at {OSS_event}!" For me it's been CLUG, LCA, PyConAU and SFD, but I'll bet it's a similar story elsewhere.<br>
<br>Please, if anyone has some, either post them to the list or just send them to me directly.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Neill<br><br>[0] Somehow it always seems to be men failing to notice :-)<br>