Pardon the tangent, but if I could just throw in my two cents about this.
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.
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 haskell.org will make every effort to support and empower all applicants.
Am 16.03.2018 um 00:49 schrieb Jasper Van der Jeugt:
Lastly, we recognize that inclusion is an important part of our mission
to promote Haskell. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from
Why "strongly" encourage? Why not just encourage?
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.
Also: Why are minorities explicitly named? To me this has a dividing and discriminating effect.
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.
people in communities that are underrepresented in functional
programming, including but not limited to women; people of color; people
in gender, sexual and romantic minorities; people with disabilities;
people residing in Asia, Africa, or Latin America; and people who have
never taken part in similar programs before.
Kind regards, Jasper Van der Jeugt & George Wilson on behalf of the
Haskell.org Committee