Re: List membership - more women

Hi Dominic,

I only joined the list a few months ago, so my observations might be 
inaccurate, but

- Overall, most discussions on the list seem to be rather philosophical 
(What is Linked Data? Does Linked Data require RDF?), which are not the 
kind of discussions I was hoping for when I joined the list in the first 
place
- My guess would be that the ratio between subscribers and people 
posting on the list is rather low in general in addition to few women 
being subscribed to the list (But I bet we can get some statistics for 
that?)

Isabelle

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On 24/06/2013 08:50, Dominic Oldman wrote:
>
> Just a quick aside - I have noticed that I haven't seen any posts from 
> women members.
>
> Is this because there aren't any, or very few?
>
> I was just wondering why that was and how we could individually, and 
> as a group, encourage more women to contribute. I think that the list 
> would benefit greatly from this.
>
> Dominic
>
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>