[ubuntu-women] Happy Women's Day :)
Clytie Siddall
clytie at riverland.net.au
Thu Mar 9 07:47:43 UTC 2006
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
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