[UbuntuWomen] Just an idea

Danny Piccirillo danny.piccirillo at gmail.com
Sun Jan 13 00:32:23 UTC 2008


The first two sentences of my last email says it all: "Okay so you guys are
missing my main idea here :) I think we can conclude
that Ubuntu Women is a fine name and it's not worth changing."

On Jan 12, 2008 7:20 PM, t u <towsonu2003 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Danny Piccirillo wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this has already been thought of but what about a
> > starting project encouraging guys to get the females in their life
> > (girlfriends, mothers, etc) to use Ubuntu. I'm not sure what you could
> > call this project but i'm sure you could think of a creative name.
> >
> > Also, the name "Ubuntu-Women" makes the group sound exclusive to women.
> > I think it should be just as open to guys who want to help out in
> > getting women to get involved with or use ubuntu. Two idea for this one:
> > "Ubuntu-fe" which is short for Ubuntu Females but doesn't quite sound
> > like this is a group for women only. You could even use the symbol for
> > female with the ubuntu logo as the top part for your team logo. I also
> > think that "Ubuntu-fe" sounds sort of cool :) There's also the option of
> > a name that instead of focusing on women, focuses on just the idea of
> > ubuntu not being gender specific. A name like "ubuntu-sex" is sure to
> > get some attention ;) I realize a name change is a big decision but if
> > it will help the goals of the team than i think it's worth some serious
> > consideration.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > .Danny
> >
>
> Danny,
>
> The name change you are suggesting is actually hurtful for the purposes
> of this group. The group aims at solving issues related to women.
> Changing its name to something that takes women out of the equation is
> the opposite of the group's aims...
>
> I'm a male and I've been a [passive] member of the group now for about a
> year (I believe?) - I would suggest to any interested men just to
> subscribe and listen. It helps a lot.
>
> Thanks.
>
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