N91 Women mixer on Sunday?

Fri Mar 29 05:33:40 UTC 2024

On 3/29/24 07:03, Eric Parsonage wrote:

> It's easily fixed by having a mixer at the same time for the other 
> half of the gathering population thus showing all the population 
> gathering matters equally.

My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think I recall one of the early WiT 
lunches hosted at NANOG that was women-only, where some men were upset 
for being "left out". Whether that was good or bad is less important 
than understanding what the outcome of a women-only activity is for 
women, especially for those for whom it may not be immediately obvious.

While equal access to opportunity between the genders is the most 
effective policy, I think there is utility in women having their own 
session, given that they face unique challenges in an industry where 
they are the minority operators.

Mark.