[Foundation-l] Travel policy

[Jimmy Wales]

On Jul 9, 2007, at 9:48 AM, Michael Bimmler wrote:
> Are you seriously comparing cats to children and other dependents?
> Focusing on children:
> In my opinion, a mature organisation recognises that there are persons
> (I don't say "women", I say "persons", incl. men) who have children to
> look after but nevertheless want to have a job / have a career / work
> in a NGO.
> You basically state "If you have children and can't pay a babysitter,
> you shouldn't be allowed to be a board member" and I consider this to
> be rather an affront and a quite out-of-time opinion.

And although I agree with you that this applies to both men and  
women, I think it is acceptable to acknowledge that across many  
societies, women are often the primary caregiver, and a failure to  
properly and thoughtfully reimburse expenses associated with board  
service will have a differential impact (on average) for men and women.