The special support for women thread on Linux Australia's discussion email list was a long email discussion in October and November 2013 about when and whether "special support for women" such as the Outreach Program for Women were helpful or otherwise. On October 27, Marina Zhurakhinskaya emailed the list promoting the Outreach Program. On October 29, David Newall began the thread with an email that read in part: A large number of messages followed. Many were critical of Newall's position, but defences of it, or of his right to express it, included: * Luke Martinez: [1] [2] * Noel Butler