I started a list entitled Women-in-Mgmt in 1997 when I was working in a jr. mgmt. capacity at my last job. I was faced with new challenges I've never had to deal with before. I envision a forum to speak freely about these issues with other lesbians in management and draw from each other's expertise. Why is it solely lesbians in management? Easy answer, that's what I am. Whether you are out at work or not does not matter - you are welcome either way.
How this started was that I posted something on a local Bay Area lesbian list, ba-sappho, to see if anyone in management wanted to get together to have a small discussion group and some women responded. So, what started out as a local gathering, I would like to extend to lesbians everywhere.
This list was most definitely started for selfish reasons but I hope that it can provide an on-line community that serves a need for many. I foresee the list as being quite low-volume unless someone brings up a dilemma they are working through. Realistically, I don't see a number of women with very busy careers spending a lot of time chatting about Jodie Foster or whatever.