[UbuntuWomen] Meeting follow-up

[bapoumba]

On Jan 23, 2008 8:05 AM, Vid Ayer <svaksha at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> > 1.2 Communication
> > 1.2.2 Ubuntu Women will continue to monitor all forums and promote
> > participation especially by female participants.
> > Goal double the current volume of contributions by female participants
> > in the forums.
>
> The lower level of participation from the forums is worrisome (/me
> being more of a list/irc person) since UW was founded. I tried but
> found it difficult to identify most female nicks :-) so I hope the
> women active there can give us more information on participation
> levels vis-a-vis women, encourage them to use the existing setup and
> not remain isolated. Isabelle ?
>
> Also, IIRC Ubuntu-Women still carries the "unofficial" tag/label on
> the forums. I had discussed this with them earlier but it was not
> changed.  Correct me if its not so.
>
>
>
> > 1.2.3 UW will especially continue to monitor the Ubuntu Women Forums
> > with the goal of connecting with these women and helping them to become
> > part of the core Ubuntu community.
> > Goal convert all female participants in the UWF to participation in at
> > least one core Ubuntu project.
> >
>
> +1 :-)
>
Hello everyone :)
A quick answer, due to (work, life etc.), my time has been limited recently.
Regarding the forums, U-W is in the Third Party projects area:
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=46

I'm not sure what an "unofficial" tag would mean. There is a sub-forum
because the project does not have a forum of its own (that's the only
limitation I know).
Of course, it is not obvious to identify female forum members by their
nicknames. Based on the reported posts (where we spot most of the spam
and rude comments) there are very little inappropriate posts regarding
women, and all staff jump pretty quickly on these when they show up.
The forums being so huge, I cannot say we see all of them, but when
posts get reported as being rude or derogatory (regarding any
sub-group, not only women) they get much attention.

There was a poll set up long ago, showing about 6% female members:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=61048
I'm not sure it is still accurate, and how these women are involved in
the overall Ubuntu community and projects. May be it is time that we
think about another survey (and not only a forums poll)?
Unfortunately, I do not have any skill in this area..

Cheers,
Isabelle.
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bapoumba