Hey Martine et Mk.

Mk thanks for the props, sadly I think Videographe actually had their Linux Lab before XX but than again, saying that would mean I thought being first had any merit...;)

Martine, I will go and read your post tomorrow - my french muscle goes to sleep after 23h and gets ready for a new day :)

The chick/tech/list issue is a bitter bitter pill for me. On the one hand I wish that gender didn't count, I don't think it ought to count. In this I suppose I am a little libertarian. But after years of being part of this scene gender *does* make a difference. Especially in terms of tech. Even girls tend to know more about what the boys in their circle are up to than what we are each doing on our own dossiers and ideas. So the critique needs to get turned inward as well.

But I find that very difficult to admit publicly. I don't want the debate to turn into a boys vs girls issue, I want it to be about how people address their own privilege which means I cannot accuse anyone of anything. I can only point out what I see as discrepancies between poeple's(myself included )stated values and actual practices.

I think any person who purports to have progressive values needs to look at how they build their networks. That's about as far as I'll go to naming what I think contributes to the problem of the Montreal tech scene.

Then I ask myself what do I mean by progressive... That's probably a subject for a whole other post.

Which I will write just as soon as I wake up tomorrow and read your blog Martine.

Cheers to all , and to all a good night.

ps; yes I did more than just eat an apple and walk the dog today, if any of you cared.