[melbourne-pug] Meetup venues

[Andrew Thornton]

Worth mentioning as well that it's not just women who are driven away 
from the IT sector because of this culture. It's this sort of macho bro 
nonsense that puts me off IT, engineering and other fields. I'm sticking 
to graphics design  with IT as an add on.

It is beyond exaggeration how much damage such a tweet does to the 
entire IT/engineering industry.

Andrew




On 26/04/2012 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
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> Forwarded message:
>
>> *From:* Anthony Briggs <anthony.briggs at gmail.com>
>> *To:* Ed Schofield <ed at pythoncharmers.com>, Richard Jones 
>> <r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com>, Tennessee Leeuwenburg <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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