[LRUG] Stealth Group!?

[Paul Hammond]

> On 10/27/06, Tom Medhurst <Tom.Medhurst at exony.com> wrote:
>> May I suggest getting some photos of some really hunky guys and girls
>> otherwise they'll find something else to dig us about! :p
>
> Quick! Someone post this on teh LRUG homepage!!
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pizzaonrails/243555779/
>

I know you're joking, but please don't.

I'm really disappointed in that photoset and how Pizza on Rails are  
choosing to market themselves.  There are lots of people working  
really hard to ensure that women are equals in our industry (eg: the  
recent discussion sparked by http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/09/15/ 
the-future-of-white-boy-clubs/).  A photoset like that does a huge  
amount of damage to that work, particularly when it doesn't actually  
reflect what happened at the event, and it makes the London Ruby  
scene look pretty poor by association.

I don't go to these events to gawp at (supposedly) attractive women,  
I go to meet interesting people and chat about technology and our  
industry.  If pizza on rail wants to be about the former, then I'm  
not interested in attending.

I hope that LRUG doesn't follow their example, particularly when it's  
so unnecessary. We don't need the glamour, there's already too much  
exciting stuff happening around here,

Paul