Flock Submission for Women in open source.
by Amita
Hello Everyone,
As promised, below is my submission for flock. Feel free to pitch in to
add more value.
women in open source
=========================
My paper will highlight different aspect of diversity and how fedora is
supporting diversity in all terms, but my paper is focused more on women.
It is wonderful to be a women. A powerful gender that supports the
rights and equality of women.
Be it social, political, economic, cultural or open source - women
should have equal rights.
But, If we look at the percentage of women participation in any filed,
be it open source or any other field, ratio is damn poor. We, being in
the eligible category to guide other women for open source culture,
should take steps forward to make this ratio better. I know, taking
initiative in this man dominant world, is not easy. But together, we can
and we will make the difference. Every tiny little step counts, like
educating poor female children, reaching out to college girls to spread
knowledge and opportunities about open source, educating them about Ada
Initiative, the GNOME Project’s Outreach Program for Women, OpenHatch
and Women in Drupal, pyladies, GSOC. There are so many nice outreach
programs for women in open source, we just need to spread the knowledge
and motivate every women out there to join the movement. There are lots
of things to do, it is not just coding in fact, you can do many
different plus exciting things in open source i.e. writing,
documentation, designing, translation, testing etc.
It is duty of every established women in open source to take a pledge
that she will educate/help/motivate atleast 2 other women in her life
span to join open source community and make this open source culture
more lovable and beautiful and little more feminist.
Thanks & Regards,
Amita(Ami)
8 years
Flock Proposal = "Diversity Panel: Building an inclusive community"
by María Leandro
Hello All!
I'm about to propose a Panel for Flock, where we can have representatives
from diverse minorities to speak up about their experience. The idea is to
let people know how diverse we are, how we come up with that and how we
keep doing great work within Fedora.
I would be interested on have at least 3 members to work out this with me,
but time is running out, we don't have much time.
Please, share this email with your friends and let them know what's going
up.
NOTE: It can be either people who will attend to Flock or people that is
willing to do video (hangout or recordings)
Thank you all!
--
tatica
Maria Gracia Leandro
http://www.tatica.org
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:tatica
LinuxUser= 440285 GPG Public Key: E1CDCC56
8 years
Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility!!!
by María Leandro
Hello!
Just dropping some lines to say happy day to all of you who work
everyday to inspire all trans and gender non-conforming people to realize a
world where we are safe, loved, and empowered.
We strive to create a diverse communities to unite everyone and let
everyone know that a diverse community is better than anything!
Keep bringing color to Fedora and Happy Day!
--
tatica
Maria Gracia Leandro
http://www.tatica.org
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:tatica
LinuxUser= 440285 GPG Public Key: E1CDCC56
8 years
Weekly Diversity Meeting, 2016-03-30
by Justin W. Flory
Meeting ended Wed Mar 30 14:27:38 2016 UTC.
Minutes:
https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-diversity/2016-03-30/fedora_dive...
Minutes (text):
https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-diversity/2016-03-30/fedora_dive...
Log:
https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-diversity/2016-03-30/fedora_dive...
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#fedora-diversity: Fedora Diversity Meeting
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Meeting started by tatica at 13:16:58 UTC. The full logs are available
at
https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-diversity/2016-03-30/fedora_dive...
.
Meeting summary
---------------
* roll call (tatica, 13:17:08)
* Fedora Women Day - July (tatica, 13:20:32)
* ACTION: add a wiki page for the activity (tatica, 13:21:02)
* Fedora Women Day - July (tatica, 13:21:37)
* LINK: https://thegnomejournal.wordpress.com/2009/11/ (tatica,
13:25:33)
* ACTION: Create article about female participans of GSoC (Mentors and
Students) (tatica, 13:27:36)
* Magazine Article (tatica, 13:32:41)
* ACTION: pull a list of females to interview for the GSoC experience
article (tatica, 13:35:08)
* LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Riecatnor (Amita,
13:37:08)
* ACTION: women to ask to write articles: mizmo, Amita, tatica,
labbott, reicatnor, emily (marinaz, 13:37:54)
* LINK:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Diversity_Adviser#Current_Activities
(tatica, 13:38:15)
* flock (tatica, 13:52:17)
* ACTION: Amita will lead the Fedora Women talk proposal for Flock and
email us her abstract to provide feedback (tatica, 13:59:38)
* ACTION: start a mail thread for discussing talk submission in flock
(Amita, 13:59:51)
* Survey (tatica, 14:05:40)
* LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Riecatnor is my favorite
(Amita, 14:08:55)
* ACTION: email the list to reach potential speakers for the diversity
panel (tatica, 14:10:07)
* Open Floor (tatica, 14:11:10)
* LINK:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2016/Student_Application_bee2502
(jflory7, 14:12:20)
* ACTION: tatica wrote an email to diversity list about Diversity
Panel, please share up! (tatica, 14:16:14)
* ACTION: decause create limesurvey account for OSAS with jzb
(decause, 14:20:11)
* AGREED: Amita and marinaz will start working on the Fedora Women
article of GSoC participation (jflory7, 14:22:08)
* AGREED: flock: amita send us the abstract for feedback - email about
panel is up, waiting for response and submit proposal (jflory7,
14:22:11)
* AGREED: leave Fedora Women Day planning for next week once we finish
flock tasks (jflory7, 14:22:18)
Meeting ended at 14:27:38 UTC.
Action Items
------------
* add a wiki page for the activity
* Create article about female participans of GSoC (Mentors and Students)
* pull a list of females to interview for the GSoC experience article
* women to ask to write articles: mizmo, Amita, tatica, labbott,
reicatnor, emily
* Amita will lead the Fedora Women talk proposal for Flock and email us
her abstract to provide feedback
* start a mail thread for discussing talk submission in flock
* email the list to reach potential speakers for the diversity panel
* tatica wrote an email to diversity list about Diversity Panel, please
share up!
* decause create limesurvey account for OSAS with jzb
Action Items, by person
-----------------------
* Amita
* women to ask to write articles: mizmo, Amita, tatica, labbott,
reicatnor, emily
* Amita will lead the Fedora Women talk proposal for Flock and email
us her abstract to provide feedback
* decause
* decause create limesurvey account for OSAS with jzb
* mizmo
* women to ask to write articles: mizmo, Amita, tatica, labbott,
reicatnor, emily
* tatica
* women to ask to write articles: mizmo, Amita, tatica, labbott,
reicatnor, emily
* tatica wrote an email to diversity list about Diversity Panel,
please share up!
* **UNASSIGNED**
* add a wiki page for the activity
* Create article about female participans of GSoC (Mentors and
Students)
* pull a list of females to interview for the GSoC experience article
* start a mail thread for discussing talk submission in flock
* email the list to reach potential speakers for the diversity panel
People Present (lines said)
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* tatica (139)
* Amita (114)
* marinaz (62)
* jflory7 (46)
* mizmo (26)
* decause (25)
* zodbot (22)
* meskarune (19)
* mieko (12)
* cialu (3)
* mailga (1)
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Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com
8 years
Re: Announcing Fedora's Diversity Adviser and Newest Council Member: María “tatica” Leandro!
by María Leandro
Thank you all!!!
Lets keep rocking fedora!
2016-03-24 3:27 GMT-04:30 Robert Mayr <robyduck(a)fedoraproject.org>:
> 2016-03-24 2:15 GMT+01:00 Remy DeCausemaker <decause(a)redhat.com>:
>
>> Fedorans,
>>
>> As some of you may recall, Fedora added a new seat to the Fedora
>> Council for a Diversity Adviser.
>>
>> It is with great pleasure that we do hereby announce, that this seat
>> has been filled by long-time Fedora contributor María “tatica”
>> Leandro!
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>
>
>> Congratulations Tatica, and please all join me in giving her a warm
>> welcome to the Council :)
>> --RemyD.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Remy DeCausemaker
>> Fedora Community Lead & Council
>> <decause(a)redhat.com>
>> https://whatcanidoforfedora.org
>
>
>
> Great!
> Marìa, I wish you good luck, your experience within the Fedora Project
> will help you a lot to make a good job also as Diversity Adviser. Welcome
> also to the Council and see you at the next meeting ;)
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Robert Mayr
> (robyduck)
>
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>
> The Fedora Project's mission is to lead the advancement of free and
> open source software and content as a collaborative community.
>
--
tatica
Maria Gracia Leandro
http://www.tatica.org
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:tatica
LinuxUser= 440285 GPG Public Key: E1CDCC56
8 years
Announcing Fedora's Diversity Adviser and Newest Council Member: María “tatica” Leandro!
by Remy DeCausemaker
Fedorans,
As some of you may recall, Fedora added a new seat to the Fedora
Council for a Diversity Adviser.
It is with great pleasure that we do hereby announce, that this seat
has been filled by long-time Fedora contributor María “tatica”
Leandro!
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Tatica
The Fedora Diversity Adviser acts as a source of support and
information for all contributors and users, especially those from
underrepresented populations, so that issues of inclusion and equity
can be discussed and addressed with planning and strategy.
The Fedora Diversity Adviser will lead initiatives to assess and
promote equality and inclusion within the Fedora contributor and user
communities, and will develop project strategy on diversity issues.
The Diversity Adviser will also be the point of contact for Fedora’s
participation in third-party outreach programs and events.
Full description here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Diversity_Adviser
To help communicate the responsibilities of the position, we asked
María a few questions about being the Diversity Adviser and any goals
she had as she begins her new position on the Fedora Community Blog.
Here is an excerpt:
---Snip---
Q: How would you describe your position as Diversity Adviser in
relation to the current situation in Fedora?
A: “Since this is the first time Fedora set a position like this, I
see my role more as an informative one. Fedora is a quite diverse
community despite what most people think. We have contributors all
around the world who gather every day to create fantastic software and
spread knowledge; breaking gender, language and distance barriers on a
daily basis.
I also want to serve as a mediator, and let our contributors know that
Fedora has ears for everyone. It’s no secret that being different is
great, but sometimes that puts you on a vulnerable position (as a
Latin American, Spanish Speaker and Female contributor, I can relate
to some), and we want to make sure everyone feels comfortable with the
Fedora family.”
Q: What are some of your goals or vision as Fedora’s Diversity Adviser?
A: “I will start kicking a small survey to know how diverse our
community is, as it’s important to me to understand the reach of our
contributors, their experiences, needs and culture prior to start any
project. It is no secret that to know our future actions we need to
know our numbers, and because we are such a worldwide community,
sometimes we have a huge lack of information about those who
constantly help us be what we are. These actions will allow us to have
a yearly report that will show us more in detail how our progress on
diversity have worked out. This is not a life-time position, so my
main goal is to leave all the needed information ready and available
for those who will follow. Everything in Fedora is a team work, and
the Diversity Adviser position is no different from others.
As we start to learn more from our contributors we will also be able
to create programs to help each minority group. I would like this to
be the second stage of the diversity action plan for 2016. Either
gather once a week to practice English for about half an hour with
some volunteers, to make monthly meetings where one of our
contributors enlighten us with something about their culture; the idea
is to spread knowledge beyond just technology.
Also having a monthly short meeting to discuss those topics that might
need help (revisions on our politics, codes of conduct, an
anti-harassment paper, etc.) or just someone that wants to tell their
experiences. I’m interested into people knowing that Fedora has an
insane cultural background and maybe in a near future, this will open
the eyes of those who think that everything in Fedora is plain blue.”
---Snip---
This interview originally appeared as part of a larger article on the
Fedora Community Blog, titled "Women in Computing and Fedora". You're
encouraged to give it a read and share it with others in and out of
the community!
https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/women-in-computing-and-fedora/
María is available weekly on Tuesdays at 12:30pm UTC in
#fedora-diversity on Freenode, where you are invited to stop by and
join the conversation.
Congratulations Tatica, and please all join me in giving her a warm
welcome to the Council :)
--RemyD.
--
Remy DeCausemaker
Fedora Community Lead & Council
<decause(a)redhat.com>
https://whatcanidoforfedora.org
8 years
Today's meeting.
by Amita
Hi All,
So we were supposed to meet at --> Regular meeting time :: Every
wed/12:30UTC.
Did I miss some communication, I don't see meeting happening right now
at #fedora-diversity.
Thanks & Regards,
Ami
8 years
Re: [Fedora Women] Rethinking Pooling Strategies
by Justin W. Flory
On 03/13/2016 02:08 PM, A. Mani wrote:
> We had a joint meeting on #archlinux-women yesterday and did discuss a
> few plans.
>
> But we really need to plan more sustainable models in the face of
> competing projects and address gaps in our targeting.
>
>
>
> Best
>
> A. Mani
Think you could share some of the links from the discussions at the
meeting here on the list too? Just so they're in a place we can refer
back to. :) Thanks!
--
Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com
8 years, 1 month
Re: [commops] Re: [Ambassadors] Diversity Meeting Minutes
by Justin W. Flory
On 03/10/2016 10:20 AM, Corey Sheldon wrote:
> Next weeks mtg is ON WEDNESDAY @ 1230UTC not thursday
Unfortunately, I'm still unable to make this time, but I will do my best
to keep current on meeting minutes and discussions on
diversity(a)lists.fedoraproject.org.
--
Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com
8 years, 1 month