[UbuntuWomen] Check This : Defining sexism etc

[A. Mani]

On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
<lyz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Do you think you could work directly on the geek feminism wiki to
> improve this situation?

Yes I am looking into that.
As of now, the geek feminism wiki is not well developed w.r.t feminist standards

>
> Historically we've intentionally avoided writing our own guides to
> sexism and similar because of a couple key factors:
>
> 1. There are organizations of folks already doing this that not only
> serve tech folks in general, but those with geekier interests and the
> wider feminist community. We'd much rather work with them and
> contribute to their materials so it all can be improved rather than
> creating our own (this is why the "ChallengingSexisim" wiki is a
> collection of links). It's the feminist documentation version of
> "contributing to upstream" :)

I am looking towards a "lean functional guide" for most FOSS communities.
Basically
*  Definitions
* Links for How to handle specific situations/ Best Practices (Links)
* Guide to Literature

The "ChallengingSexisim" wiki can be easily worked upon towards this.

the links require some sorting/ updating... this is what I am trying to do.

Guides of other organizations like universities are optimized for their own use.

>
> 2. We are an international group with various backgrounds, experiences
> and more who come together with a single purpose: to support and
> encourage women to use and contribute to Ubuntu. When you get into
> specific definitions surrounding sexism and similar topics we have
> found that we end up with conversations that no longer serve this goal
> because we are such a widely diverse group with different feelings
> about how they should be approached. We'd much rather link to a
> variety of resources than backing a single resource that we wrote.
>
> So unless there are specific guides that are more Ubuntu-specific (ie
> - how to go about reporting poor behavior in the Ubuntu community,
> what the Ubuntu Code of Conduct means for me) I'd be very cautious
> about embarking on our own documentation writing project for the more
> basic topics.


If definitions are not ok, we will have problems in communication and
that happens.

You are missing the point that I intend to do very little on the wiki.

The Ubuntu code of conduct does not say how to be considerate,
respectful, collaborative etc... .

I may improve the situation marginally.



Best

A. Mani



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