<div dir="ltr">Pardon the tangent, but if I could just throw in my two cents about this.<br><br>The Haskell community has always been helpful, kind, and inclusive of me. This was true before I came out of the closet as gay, and remained true afterwards as well. At a time when I was unable to turn to people in my personal life, I was able to turn to contacts in the Haskell community. I would not have done so if I did not explicitly know that those particular people would be safe to turn to.<br><br>Messages of explicit inclusion need not be interpreted as divisive; they do not imply exclusion of those not explicitly listed. I am grateful that minorities are explicitly called out and strongly encouraged to apply in this announcement. I am confident that <a href="http://haskell.org">haskell.org</a> will make every effort to support and empower all applicants.<input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"expires":false,"isManaged":false},"attachments":{},"compose-window":{"secure":false}}"><div class="gmail_extra" style=""><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">-- Dan Burton</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 4:06 AM, Tillmann Vogt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Tillmann.Vogt@rwth-aachen.de" target="_blank">Tillmann.Vogt@rwth-aachen.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">Am 16.03.2018 um 00:49 schrieb Jasper Van der Jeugt:<br>
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Lastly, we recognize that inclusion is an important part of our mission<br>
to promote Haskell. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from<br>
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Why "strongly" encourage? Why not just encourage?<br>
This sounds like you are in a war. I would also be very careful about being "on a mission". This by itself would be OK if its just about being enthusiastic. But in combination with the other text. Hm. People generally don't like missionaries.<br>
Also: Why are minorities explicitly named? To me this has a dividing and discriminating effect.<br>
I know I know. I am supposed to just ignore this. You most likely just copied it from a template. The people with the money want control over our minds. And we should better not complain or there will be no GSOC next year. SCNR.<span class="im HOEnZb"><br>
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people in communities that are underrepresented in functional<br>
programming, including but not limited to women; people of color; people<br>
in gender, sexual and romantic minorities; people with disabilities;<br>
people residing in Asia, Africa, or Latin America; and people who have<br>
never taken part in similar programs before.<br>
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Kind regards, Jasper Van der Jeugt & George Wilson on behalf of the<br>
Haskell.org Committee<br>
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