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FOSDEM organisers saw inclusive plans fall apart

Original: We had an inclusive coalition of organisations willing to sponsor speakers, we were designing cool "not a techbro" stick

A contributor to a FOSDEM-adjacent community event describes how an inclusive coalition of organisations had lined up to sponsor speakers, with plans for 'not a techbro' stickers and ideas to platform underrepresented free and open source software voices. The comments come amid renewed frustration about low female representation in open source, with organisers expressing disappointment that these diversity efforts did not come together.

Why now: Frustration over stalled diversity and inclusion efforts in the open source community around FOSDEM.

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• We had an inclusive coalition of organisations willing to sponsor speakers, we were designing cool "not a techbro" stickers, and just lots of cool ideas to platform # FOSS people we generally don't see at # FOSDEM . At a time where female representation in # opensource is at… · Gina@fosstodon.org · 16

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