[UbuntuWomen] article in the Dutch Linux Magazine

[akke hoekstra]

Well, it was very difficult to wrote a positive story about women in open
source and the Ubuntu-women.
But, I survived. And the good thing is: the story got accepted bij the
editor and is due to be published either december or februari in the Dutch
Linux Magazine.

And there is one thing that I ve been wondering about:
Do we have a kind of community database where people from different
countries can put the stories they've published in the local press?
Is that a good idea? Or terrible.
I would like to have something like that eventhough I 'm not English I am
interested in the things that are written in Germany , France, Belgium etc.
Or hmmm, maybe we already have something like that?

Akke (laacque)


2008/8/25 Vid_A <vid at svaksha.com>

> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:10, Elizabeth Bevilacqua <lyz at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I think the difference here between Debian Women and Ubuntu Women
> > comes from the general culture of each project. The Debian community
> > as a whole is more focused on technical contributions - indeed, the
> > only way to get a @debian.org email address is by becoming a
>
> absolutely, ...and every one has to go through a similar NM and DM
> process which takes years and its more rigorous than any other
> project, because they value quality a lot (which does not mean others
> dont) ... ubuntu rocks because debian rocks :)
>
>
> > developer. Ubuntu is a much vaster community, where everything from
> > outreach to artwork to code development are highly valued within the
>
> True, each project differs but for the most part the common ingredient
> for all is the commitment (read persistent, patient and focussed) one
> brings to the table and those abstract qualities are not gender
> related at all imo.
>
>
> > community. I think they both have their place, but it's easy to see
> > how the culture of each -Women group was born from the culture of the
> > project it developed within. I suspect this is also true for other
> > -Women groups, we have similar goals (boost female involvement) but
> > we're products of our f/oss project culture.
>
> Also UW, DW and LC would not be what they are without the women in the
> team, who make all the difference.
>
>
> > LinuxChix is also about socializing. While all F/OSS groups have a
> [snip]
> > success. I wouldn't be here without LinuxChix :)
>
> oh yeah, how could i have forgotten that :-P its all about having FUN,
> another reason why formal committees,  meetings and filing reports  in
> libre software communities dont make much sense to me ...rather they
> go against the spirit of freedom and seem restrictive to me. I prefer
> the "just do it" to the "lets talk about doing it" approach.
>
> Since different (*-women) communities have different approaches to the
> same goal, it helps to spend some time observing how things work when
> one enters any libre software community for the first time. For the
> most part it works on the premise that if you want something or
> suggest an idea, you'd be motivated enough to work on it (atleast
> partly) and soon you'll find others willing to back you on it. That is
> the easiest way to recruit people to work on your dream :: freewill
> and tons of effort from the bottomup. Another skill i've personally
> honed and sharpened by volunteering is people skills. No management
> book can teach you that :)
>
> btw, do listen to Stormy Peters "would you do it for free?" talk. Worth it.
>
> best,
> Vid
> || http://www.svaksha.com ||
>
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