Re: Q&A at Postgres Women talk at pgconf.eu

Thank you, Renee,

I appreciate that.

Valeria

On Fri, 18 Oct 2019, 18:04 Renee, <renee(dot)phillips(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Thank you! This was me interrupting the question asked and I had some good
> conversations with community members and reflect. I have requested the
> conference Terence to connect me to the asker so that I may apologize to
> him. In my head, I had a story that was based on my feelings and I was not
> a good listener.
>
> I really appreciate everyone’s attention to this and the opportunity to be
> accountable and continue to stand in my values. My behavior in this
> instance was not a good reflection of our community and I have a mentor
> back at home who will help me actively review and role play such situations
> so that I can remain calm during them.
>
> Thank you again,
> Renee
>
> On Oct 18, 2019, at 5:48 PM, Valeria Kaplan <vk(at)dataegret(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> In light of openness and acceptance within our community I just wanted to
> raise an issue that I've seen happen during a Q&A session at the conference
> and hear your thoughts.
>
> During a Postgres Women Q&A session at pgconf.eu there was a question
> from one of the attendees that I don't think was handled very well. The
> question was from a guy who raised, in my opinion, a very valid point about
> increasing the number of female speakers at events. He wasn't able to
> finish his question as the microphone has been taken from him and as he
> wanted to comment further he wasn't given a microphone back.
>
> This actually made me feel a bit uneasy since I feel if we want equality
> in the community we must treat any questions people have with respect and
> snatching a microphone from them is a lack of basic courtesy that one
> expects regardless to the gender, believe etc.
>
> Postgres Women is a fantastic initiative and I think the key is not to act
> towards the majority in a way that we wouldn't tolerate as their behaviour
> towards minority. This might send a wrong message and actually have an
> opposite effect than what we are trying to achieve in the community.
>
> Sincerely,
> Valeria
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 6:37 PM Lætitia Avrot <laetitia(dot)avrot(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As I'm still learning and not so good at organizing things, I didn't
>> think to take people's e-mail to contact them, so I have no other way than
>> sending this invitation here to everyone. We'll get better next time.
>>
>> Some quick information here :
>> - the dinner is sponsor, you just need to take care of your drinks
>> - the dinner time is 7:30 PM
>> - the restaurant is Ristorante Tagiura (please, find map enclosed)
>> - before the dinner, we'll find a place to have a drink only with women
>> (we're actively looking for a place)
>>
>> Have a nice day,
>>
>> Lætitia
>>
>> --
>> *Paper doesn’t grow on trees. Please print responsibly.*
>>
>