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On 2/16/11 8:38 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTimKUZZQAtoy3NaPqHpL+fVZTuFBAKb_JUNv=rvn@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Reading some of the links (I'd only seen the NYT
article and a few other pages - thanks for providing all of it) I
do see your point, but it does seem like trying to resolve it
internally would have been a better first step (unless there <i>was</i>
some attempt to do so that went completely over my head. I have a
habit of missing things like that and then putting my foot in it).<br>
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I think the publicity has been part of resolving the problem, and an
important part at that. It's what got the discussion going
internally, and it is also what has raised awareness among those
outside the community who we want to bring into the fold. And since
part of what we are doing here is trying to recruit a larger female
editor base, I suspect that any community-driven discussion would
have eventually concluded that we needed to reach out to the public
by engaging the media about our problem.<br>
<br>
Dominic<br>
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