[UbuntuWomen] Diversity Page On uds.ubuntu.com

Elizabeth Krumbach lyz at ubuntu.com
Mon Jan 31 21:07:25 UTC 2011


On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach <lyz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Jono Bacon <jono at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I wanted to ask the team for some help.
>>
>> I would like to add a page on uds.ubuntu.com/diversity that provides
>> details about how UDS is a safe, welcoming and productive environment,
>> and one that puts diversity at the center of how it operates. I think a
>> page that outlines this, and provides some warm images of this
>> environment, this will be a great tool in making UDS more attractive.
>>
>> Would you folks be happy to work together on some content for this page
>> - I am sure you can produce something better than I could. :-)
>>
>> One thing I would like to ask is that the page takes into account all
>> types of diversity: gender, race, disability etc. I think a clear
>> statement about how UDS welcomes and optimizes it's environment for
>> diversity would be a powerful message. :-)
>>
>> Is this something you could help me with?
>
> I'd be happy to help, we should also reach out to
> ubuntu-accessibility, -lgbt and -youth (I'm Cc:ing the
> ubuntu-for-all at lists.ubuntu.com list).
>
> Is the diversity statement you mentioned a couple weeks ago available
> so we don't re-write what is already in it? I don't know if anyone on
> the team has seen it, even privately (I haven't).

Actually, I guess this is the *anti-harassment policy* you mentioned
here [0] but it still would be useful to avoid duplication.

[0] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2011-January/003102.html

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