[Inpycon] diversity [was]Tutorials

[satyaakam goswami]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2011-04-20 at 07:59 +0530, satyaakam goswami wrote:
> > > and to dispel another myth, a lot of them were multitasking. But the
> > > long term effect in terms of joining the community is not happening.
> > >
> >
> > did you probe more to find why ?
>
> afaik it is a cultural thing - most people I know, join in communities
> because the enjoy it and have fun. Take T shirts - most girls from
> smaller places (who are usually more dedicated) cannot wear T shirts (or
> jeans), so one motivation to attend a conference is gone ;-) But as far
> as the Indian python community is concerned, we have not reached the
> stage of worrying about diversity - we still in the stage of building a
> viable community.
>

yes i am interested in the word "viable" :-) , i agree to your observations
,  will keep a note of it , i think this issue is  applicable to both
genders , about building community  yes i remember we started a thread on
ipss will follow up on that .

-Satya
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