Hearing people whine “what about the men” because, God forbid, men might not get *every single* grant this time (as they did in the pilot round of IEGs), is incredibly tiresome.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Peter Southwood < peter.southwood@telkomsa.net> wrote:
If you take it entirely at face value, I find it quite inoffensive. As I have no experience with reviewing grant proposals, I can't comment on its accuracy, but I am quite happy to take Fred's word for it. Offence is often available if you search for it hard enough. Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Fæ Sent: 08 January 2015 06:17 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision
On 8 Jan 2015 16:11, "FRED BAUDER" fredbaud@fairpoint.net wrote: ...
I've noticed that women are often quite motivated and good at writing
grant proposals.
Extending good faith I would presume this is irony. It does not transmit well by email. Please keep in mind how offensive this sort of thing appears.
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