Jimmy et al, (sorry to hear about your car, Jimmy!)
Interesting idea - I'm in two minds about this; on the one hand, clearly we need to encourage women to use and participate in FOSS and openSUSE specifically; on the other hand, 'tokenism' (ie being included just becuase of your gender) and being treated as a minority group is something I find embarrassing. I want to be included because, well, I'm cool and I know stuff and do a good job, you know. Gender is pretty much irrelevant to me most of the time. My experience so far of FOSS is one of unquestioning inclusiveness - "Oh you're starting a LUG? Cool, how can we help? We're having a chat on IRC, come join in...." Although someone on the marketing channel the other day mentioned some women even receiving threats for intruding on the 'boy's club'. So that was a surprise to me, and I was sorry to hear it. Having said all that, given that it is a very male-dominated community, it's probably a good idea to have an avenue where women's concerns can be aired and we can talk about specific ways to appeal to women and to facilitate their involvement. I think Izabel Valverde might have something to say about this too, I hope, we had a brief chat the other day. I think this ties in with the current interest in identifying our users and community. (I feel these two groups are distinct: users can become community....) I'd certainly be willing to be involved. Helen On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Jimmy Pierre <jimmypierre.rouen.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > My report on SFD 2010 will be delayed because my car was vandalized last > night. However, while waiting for the paperwork, I had this idea: > > Women in Free and Open Source > > Most distribution have a women group. How about an openSUSE women group? > Hence, women ambassadors? I know many women in France that I can approach on > this matter. > > Just my 2 cents :-) > > Cheers, > > Jimmy > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+h...@opensuse.org
