[UbuntuWomen] Event naming concern

Christina Eater christina.eater at gmail.com
Sat Jul 26 02:22:53 UTC 2008


On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Elizabeth Bevilacqua
<lyz at princessleia.com> wrote:
> The organizers backed off the name after both Christina and I spoke up
> about it (and Christina spoke to them privately). We had one person on
> the list who didn't feel that he wanted to "hang out with people who
> were so sensitive" to which I replied here:
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-nj/2008-July/000451.html
>
> Aside from this fellow, the guys on the team were very supportive of
> our perspective and it was quite refreshing to be able to speak up and
> be supported :)

Speaking of which, thanks for that. I wish I had the confidence to
state my objections publicly.. well, maybe someday.

-- 
Christina




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