FOGEA:: Does this mean I am a fogie?

[Spider(Lily)]

Last month I got appointed/invested/annointed as A Fellow of the Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects http://www.aogea.org/

I am not sure what the feminine of a fellow is. I always chose webdiva rather than a webmistress and NEVER webmaster so what do i do with the name "Fellow"?

Do I pretend it is not gendered? Like some gen Ys do with using GUYs as a peopled group noun?

I accepted the annointment, as I think I earned it, but does this mean I have sold out and am now acceptable as almost one of the boys? No longer a ball-breaking feminist? Not that I ever let those testerical thingies get close enough to me to break, I'm sure I could if I wanted.

Girl fellow could be gellow but no I am older and wider I think maybe jello is descriptive of more than my contribution t my professional field.

woman fellow could be wellow or womellow but it could be a long time before that word got accepted into the vernacular.

I like whoa mellow! as I can keep being a feminist but being a whoa mellow one I can reduce the agggro that my ideas seem to generate in some less than conscious listeners.

So I'm a [slightly stunned, somewhat disoreinted by the meaning but] whoa mellow Fellow. One of a very few women in the space.

Cheers
Spider

[Jenni B]

Either way its congratulations for you!