[mnw.pm] Re: Booth Babe rant

[Lisa Nyman]

Hi,

On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:

> I wasn't thrilled by the PM endorsing this same sort of
> behaviour/marketing tactic, 

Me, too.

> but considering that the majority of people at
> YAPC & TPC are male and show no signs of there ever being an influx
> of women 

I think we need to address this issue.  I, for one, think that if the Perl
Community reached out more to the Web Community (in a non condescending,
non just-ranting-over-bad-code way), we might reach more women.

Any other ideas?

-lisa