[Foundation-l] Travel policy

[Michael Bimmler]

On 7/9/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

Correct, I tried not to discriminate care-giving men by only talking
about women. But I guess such a reimbursement policy could anyway be
gender-neutral and just apply to the respective partner who looks
after the children most of the time.

Michael