[UbuntuWomen] On becoming an Ubuntu Member

[Elizabeth Krumbach]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Jonathan Niehof <jtniehof at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wasn't thinking of a "loud discussion of bad behavior." "Open
> letter" was a poor choice of words since they've typically been
> written for specified complaints. The thought was a basic "why?"
> document, i.e.: there are certain barriers to entry for women, these
> are systematic although usually neither intentional nor formalized,
> they're both surmountable and removable (and we'll all benefit). Maybe
> a wiki page that can be linked?
>
> Perhaps my intention would be more clear if I actually hacked
> something out. Would preference be to stick it in a corner of the
> wiki, or discuss on the ML first to avoid the "this is reality"
> appearance that wiki pages tend to take on?

We already have a page of links that seeks to tackle this:

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

But it should be added to so it includes some of the more recently
links that have popped up (feminism101, geekfeminism, others that have
become popular this year). I encourage folks to go ahead and tackle
this :)

I don't see much benefit in "re-inventing the wheel" to handle this, a
lot has already been written on the subject of "why?" Plus, when it
comes to identifying and solving the problems this group has very
diverse opinions and it would be tricky to write a document that
everyone could agree upon. It's much safer for us to link to resources
that are available regarding sexism and let people make up their minds
and choose their paths themselves.

Cheers.

-- 
Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2
http://www.princessleia.com