[melbourne-pug] Meetup venues

[Ed Schofield]

Hi everyone,

I have talked to Stuart at York Butter Factory; as Javier says, they are taking full responsibility for this event. It does seem that YBF is genuinely trying to foster a supportive culture and (apart from this one tweet) doing a very good job of this. My last email was rash; I apologise to YBF if I appeared to undermine them; this wasn't my intention.

I would like to add that I am a member of YBF; I work there occasionally and I find it an inspiring environment to work in, with many great people, and I would recommend it to both men and women interested in a tech-focussed coworking space.

By way of counterbalance, at our next meeting I will talk about my (positive) experiences there. We could have an open discussion of whether it would be appropriate to host a one-off meeting there later in the year to introduce people to the space first-hand.

Best wishes,
    Ed




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On Thursday, 26 April 2012 at 9:16 AM, Ed Schofield wrote:

> Hi everyone, 
> 
> Anthony has drawn our attention to this article about York Butter Factory:
> 
> > http://www.startupsmart.com.au/technology/york-butter-factory-slammed-over-sexist-tweet/201204186030.html 
> 
> On the basis of this, I would definitely like for us to remain with Inspire9 as our venue for future Python meetups. Women should absolutely feel respected and valued in our community. The culture of Inspire9 definitely fosters this. Unless anyone objects, I will contact YBF and decline their offer to host our meetings there.
> 
> Best wishes,
>     Ed
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Edward Schofield
> Python Charmers
> +61 (0)405 676 229
> http://pythoncharmers.com
> 
> 
> Forwarded message:
> 
> > From: Anthony Briggs <anthony.briggs at gmail.com (mailto:anthony.briggs at gmail.com)>
> > To: Ed Schofield <ed at pythoncharmers.com (mailto:ed at pythoncharmers.com)>, Richard Jones <r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com (mailto:r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com)>, Tennessee Leeuwenburg <tleeuwenburg at gmail.com (mailto:tleeuwenburg at gmail.com)>
> > Date: Thursday, 26 April 2012 8:50:24 AM
> > Subject: Re: [melbourne-pug] Meetup venues: May @ Inspire9; August @ YBF
> > 
> > So are we still going to YBF, given their "unfortunate" tweet?
> > 
> > http://www.startupsmart.com.au/technology/york-butter-factory-slammed-over-sexist-tweet/201204186030.html
> > 
> > Ant
> 

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