Mentors for the Ubuntu-Women team

[|| Vid Ayer ||]

Hello Everybody :-)

Mark suggested I post this on the devel-announce list so here goes !

We all are aware that the presence of women in programming, developing
software and other technical arenas is abysmally low. Hence the
Ubuntu-Women team [0], which aims to mitigate this problem somewhat.
Earlier when I had suggested this to Mark, he suggested forming a
core-team of mentors for this project which is the main purpose of
this email.

Why this mentor-mentee process instead of the existing IRC or devel lists ?

Each one-teach one : As a mentor you will be the role model who will
be interacting with the new entrant/s along technical lines like bug
triaging, writing patches, coding or packaging and testing, depending
on their area of interest and yours.
Example : Christian Perrier (@ Debian) had helped me write a locale
for the Sanskrit language. The mentor-mentee process makes it easier
to ask questions specific to your area of expertise. This will enable
women to contribute to Ubuntu in a meaningful and structured manner
with a dedicated team of professionals supporting and sharing their
knowledge and expertise.

By participating in this project you can help diversify the Ubuntu
Community. Once the core-team of mentors is in place, it will be
announced on other mailing-lists, the Fridge, etc...

Please help make this project a success by listing yourself on the
Mentor wiki page[1] for any technical task of your choice.  I
personally thank (in advance) each mentor and other individuals
willing to volunteer their time to help start this project take off
and of course Mark.

Thanks,
Vid

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[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWomen
[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWomenMentors