1. [Fedora-women-list] What can the Fedora Women
program do for
you? (Patrick W. Barnes)
Now that this new program has been announced and the
mailing list has gathered
a few members, it's time to kick off some
discussion.
First, I'll introduce myself and the reasons I'm
here. (I invite each of you
to do the same.)
My name is Patrick W. Barnes, and I'm a community
contributor to the Fedora
Project. I've been working with the project since
2004. I've got a larger
profile on the Fedora Project wiki:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PatrickBarnes
I handle many of the mailing lists and IRC channels,
I'm one of the primary
editors of the wiki, and I work with Fedora's
infrastructure. After I heard
that there was some interest in a program like this,
I picked up the torch in
getting the infrastructure for it set up and making
the world aware of the
program. I will continue to handle the
infrastructure needs of this program,
and will be happy to assist wherever else I can. I
will handle many of the
management duties until some of the members of the
program are ready to take
over. If you have any questions about me or my
involvement in this program,
don't hesitate to ask.
To the subject of this message, I'd like to know
what each of you feels that
this program can do to benefit the women in the
Fedora Community. I'd also
like to hear how you vision this program working and
what you see it
providing. This program is here for you, and you
can decide what it will do
and where it will go. The Fedora Project will
pledge its support in every
way possible.
I plan to further advertise the existence of this
program in the near future,
so you can count on more members showing up soon.
As the size of the program
grows, the group can take on specific tasks and
could begin holding meetings.
In the meantime, if there's something you'd like to
see happen, you don't
need to wait or get approval. You can get started
immediately and let the
community do what it will with your work. If you
need anything, let me know.
--
Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes
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I am Jeanette Russo, I am a Fedora Core 5 user and I
have been using Linux since RedHat 5.0 back in 97 or
so I believe.
Anyway Linux is mostly a hobby and my preferred OS. I
work as a Novell and Windows Lan Admin but I prefer
Linux on my own systems.
I have been watching the distribution and the Linux
community grow over the last 9 years and it has come a
long way.
Anyway what I would like to see is a growth in the use
of Linux among women. I would like to see us
stratagize how to make this possible.
Thanks
Jeanette A. Russo
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