[UbuntuWomen] UW article for Fullcircle mag

[Elizabeth Bevilacqua]

On 1/12/08, Emma Jane Hogbin <emmajane at xtrinsic.com> wrote:
> Elizabeth Bevilacqua wrote:
> > I've spoken with Canonical folks on this issue (a call with Jono Bacon
> > several months back was especially helpful) and they will lend support
> > to female based initiatives launched by the Ubuntu Women project one
> > we have a RoadMap for the project, which hasn't come to fruition yet.
>
> What does a RoadMap look like? Are there other projects who have written
> especially good ones that we can use as a model? Does Ubuntu have a set
> of guidelines on how to prepare a good RoadMap?

Most Ubuntu projects have them - I'm not sure if there are a set of
guidelines per se (and there are sooo many on the wiki so if there are
instructions I'm having trouble finding them).

But since there are so many here are some examples that I quickly snagged:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Roadmap
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Documentation/HardyRoadMap

So pretty much list where you want to get with current projects, new
initiatives to undertake and slap a timeframe on it.

Our ToDo page is something like this actually, but it's not been
updated and is a bit vague:

http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/ToDo

I think having an actual RoadMap page would be very good.

> > ladies" logo vs the normal "linux for human beings" logo. I'm a very
> > proud owner of a woman's t-shirt from the canonical store with the
> > proper logo!
>
> I keep meaning to do that! Thanks for the reminder.

Shipping from the Canonical UK store Is killer. I went in on a group
order with our LoCo team which cut it down a bit, but I still ended up
paying about $25 for a ~$16.50 t-shirt. It was worth it though :)

> OOo-ooh! Encouragement Toolkits. Love. It. I personally find the HOWTO
> Encourage Women in Linux limiting. I would *love* to have a solid set of
> what you can REALLY do to get women involved in Linux. Is the Wiki the
> best place to store this kind of information? Wouldn't it be amazing if
> we could get to the point where we had polished marketing materials that
> could be used by any person to get all kinds of people involved in Linux?

Yeah, the wiki is the place for this stuff. I think maybe we can try
to build on our Resources page:

http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Resources

Or create an EncouragementToolkit page as its own initiative and link
to Resources... Feel free to just jump in and start something, I
haven't put much thought into it but I think it's a fantastic idea.

> Do people write for other pubs? Can we use these ideas elsewhere as
> well? I know that political/advocacy groups often have template letters
> that can be used to send to members of parliament and that sort of thing
> as well. Magazines won't like it if the same articles get exactly
> recycled each time, but maybe a list of topics with names attached and
> the magazine it was submitted to could be interesting for up and coming
> journalists?

Interesting point. I know some women on this list write for other
online publications. It's worth exploring :)

- Lyz/pleia2

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Elizabeth Bevilacqua
http://www.princessleia.com