[ubuntu-women] Happy Women's Day :)

[Clytie Siddall]

On 09/03/2006, at 12:53 AM, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> More to the point, I'll take the opportunity to introduce myself.

Evidently a multi-feature email. ;)

Welcome, Henrik! :)

> I manage TheOpenCD project [1], which is a sister project of Ubuntu  
> and is primarily focused on increasing awareness of open source  
> (via the Windows platform in that particular case).

I never really think of Windoze and open-source in the same freeze- 
frame. Is there a significant and/or growing use of open-source  
software on Windoze?

(N.B. I am actually avoiding having to input that little trademark  
symbol, not being disrespectful of that platform. Inconceivable! :D )

> I'm also president of Software Freedom International, organisers of  
> Software Freedom Day [2].

This has gained a lot of positive attention.

> We have seen a strong involvement of women FOSS activists in  
> organising events around the world, esp. successful were the Danish  
> and Australian teams headed up by Sidsel Jensen and Pia Waugh,  
> respectively.

:)

Great examples.
>
> For the Ubuntu project I design and maintain various websites and  
> assemble the Windows apps on the Live CD. I'm preparing a  
> collection of example content for the next release [3] (suggestions  
> are still welcome) and also lead the Accessibility Team.

Accessibility is one of my hats, too, but from the user POV, since  
I'm very ill/disabled. I find many of the issues are similar to those  
faced by women in OSS: simply a lack of inclusion. I've been  
impressed by some of the changes Accessibility teams and efforts have  
made in recent years.
>
> It seems I've also ended up being a co-moderator of this list,  
> though I think I will mostly be lurking. But feel free to contact  
> me with questions about any of the above.

I know how that happens. I ended up admin of a list I'd simply  
requested be created, on behalf of my team (Step 1: request a list  
for your team). What I'd like to know is how you _avoid_ that  
happening. :D

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN