Sandra and Fred,
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.
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's possible that was not a good option in this case for reasons I'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.
-Pete
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Sandra ordonez sandratordonez@gmail.comwrote:
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't fall on the members of the group. Because there is no way, that on a gender gap mailing list, that I'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'm fine. But i would be alot quieter if I got that reassurance.
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