Hi ladies, now that we have this mailing list, IRC channel (be prepared for my daily dose of feminist linkspam :)) and Telegram group set, I'd say it's time to think about some mission statement for us
i.e. why are we here, what is it that we want to do, what are our goals. I'd eventually like to have some article about LibreLadies on official TDF blog, but before that, we need at least some wiki page with $subject. At the end, someone else has to write it (because I can only write code ... okay, maybe also scathing code reviews :)), but let me at least provide some input. Some answers to "Why Question" are here: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Founding_a_women_geeks_group Some sample statement of purpose here: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Statement_of_purpose:_communities_including_men (presumably we don't want to exclude men, right?) But just as I'm strongly against copy'n'pasting the code ;) I'd oppose if we'd just copy'n'pasted the above w/o much thinking, so I'd suggest that those who feel like (also men! if there are any) can state their motivation, why they came here in the first place and we take it from there. Maybe some common patterns emerge I'm here, on LibreLadies ML, because: 1. After 15 years in FLOSS and some 10 years of being IT professional, I always felt lonely being frequently the only woman in a team, on an event, or simply in a group. Seeing other women around makes me feel less lonely, less exceptional and more included. 2. I'm old :) so I don't really search mentoring or need to see female role models anymore. However, I'm painfully aware of how much younger women need both of that, so I'd like to be there for them. By being part of LibreLadies I'm making myself more visible for that purpose. 3. Sometimes I just need to vent my frustration about some male hackers unaware of their privilege, or about sexism 2.0 and I believe this is the place where people (instead of slapping their foreheads and asking "Wtf are you talking about?") will relate and understand B. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: libreladies+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/libreladies/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
