I'd rather the ratio wasn't 7-2 either, and many others feel the same, we discuss this plenty, IT has a way to go, but if you look back to events even a year ago, its clearly getting better, and I think the focus should be on where we want to get to and what we can do to get there - a well balanced community.
All events are cool but I'm really not into gender specific events, I personally have no interest in hanging out at a guys only event, couldn't think of anything worse actually, which is why we're trying to make these events less geeky and more just what they are, smart interesting people making it happen.
What I'd like to see is people genuinely work on getting more of a balance to the community. Promoting the gap only widens it. We're young, we'd all rather hang out with a balance of people, so lets work on getting past it for the good of all : )
I'd rather the ratio wasn't 7-2 either, and many others feel the same, we discuss this plenty, IT has a way to go, but if you look back to events even a year ago, its clearly getting better, and I think the focus should be on where we want to get to and what we can do to get there - a well balanced community.
All events are cool but I'm really not into gender specific events, I personally have no interest in hanging out at a guys only event, couldn't think of anything worse actually, which is why we're trying to make these events less geeky and more just what they are, smart interesting people making it happen.
What I'd like to see is people genuinely work on getting more of a balance to the community. Promoting the gap only widens it. We're young, we'd all rather hang out with a balance of people, so lets work on getting past it for the good of all : )