Sandra and Fred,<br><br>Considering how quickly you guys resolved this after I sent my message, I regret that I said anything -- I would have done better to sit back and let you guys sort it out. 20/20 hindsight. Sorry.<br>
<br>I do think that an often-overlooked option is to send a message privately, and make sure you understand what somebody was trying to say, before making public assumptions/accusations. It&#39;s possible that was not a good option in this case for reasons I&#39;m not aware of. But it might be a good thing for us all to keep in mind, on a list where misunderstandings and disagreements are likely to be fairly common.<br>
<br>-Pete<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Sandra ordonez <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:sandratordonez@gmail.com">sandratordonez@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Well, maybe someone can be nominated as a person responsible for calling out things that can be interpreted as sexist in nature or inappropriate, that way that pressure doesn&#39;t fall on the members of the group. Because there is no way, that on a gender gap mailing list, that I&#39;m going to sit back and let those things slide. Maybe someone from the foundation can volunteer. As long as I know that those comments are being addressed, whether on the mailing list or off the mailing list, I&#39;m fine. But i would be alot quieter if I got that reassurance. <br>

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