On 17/09/13 04:19, Shannon Lucas wrote: >> Shannon, do you know what the drupal group does? What kind of topics > do they talk about at these informal discussions at conferences? > > A lot of the Drupal BoFs seem to be more social, allowing people to meet > the people they'd talked to on IRC or in the forums. They also provided > a safe place for people who aren't necessarily comfortable being out yet > to meet other LGBT people that share their line of work. We also > benefited from the fact that a number of key figures in the Drupal > community are either part of the LGBT community or allies. The online > discussion forum hasn't been all that active lately. Most of the posts > are either job postings or arranging get togethers at various events. We > were, unfortunately, a bit light on the deeper topics. Someone recently > setup a corresponding IRC channel, but it hasn't had many takers. > > Here are some thoughts I had about discussions in this group: > > - Interviews with LGBT people who contribute to Ubuntu or other open > source projects.
Interviews are a very good idea. A design/art/music/younameit blog I like reading (the fox is black) has a series of posts about "creative" people in the LGBT community: http://www.thefoxisblack.com/category/lgbt-creatives-series/ I find these posts are a great way to show the community. Cheers, Ara. > - What are people's experiences being out or coming out in open source? > - What are some examples of LGBT organizations benefiting from using > Ubuntu or open source in general? > - How do we promote and recruit participation in open source projects > from the LGBT community at large? > > > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Koen Glotzbach > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Totally agree to revive this group; it's good to know that Ubuntu > has a rich community, including LGBT's! :) > Yet: what about the goals? Getting people from the USA or European > mainland for the london pride would be cool, but a bit difficult? > Basically it boils down to the question posted by Maia: what are we > going to talk about here? And can we think of other goals, except > from the pride? More generally, indeed: making known that we exist :P > Or am I going ahead of plan, here? > Shannon, do you know what the drupal group does? What kind of topics > do they talk about at these informal discussions at conferences? > > Love from The Netherlands! > > PS. I'd love to help, but there's only so much I can do as I'll be > in preperation for the European elections > > > On 16 September 2013 22:30, Torsten Franz <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Ara Pulido: > > Hello all! > > Hi all, > > > > This email is to see if there is anybody out there willing to > start this > > again (I cannot do it alone!). I think that we could even put > ourselves > > a nice goal, like participating in the London Pride 2014 with > a Ubuntu > > logo (several tech companies/communities participate, yet not > that many > > open source ones). > > okay, I don't think that I am at the London Pride 2014 but maybe > we can > make a booth concept for not only the London Pride. > > I think it is a good idea to show with an Ubuntu lgbt website > that Ubuntu is a place also for > queer life. :) > > Regards, > Torsten > > > 2013/9/16 Ara Pulido <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Hello all! > > ~ubuntu-lgbt is dead, long life ~ubuntu-lgbt? > > I would like to start the discussion about revamping this > group and > start doing something meaningful with it. > > The latest and super sad news coming from Russia is a waking > bell > telling us that homophobia is still well spread and affecting > institutions that are supposed to be defending human rights > (like the IOC). > > I think that every little helps. The Ubuntu community is > huge, yet this > group only has 75 members (???). When young LGBT Ubuntu > users arrive to > the community, it would help them to see that Ubuntu is not only > welcoming to the LGBT community, but also an active LGBT > community. > > This email is to see if there is anybody out there willing > to start this > again (I cannot do it alone!). I think that we could even > put ourselves > a nice goal, like participating in the London Pride 2014 > with a Ubuntu > logo (several tech companies/communities participate, yet > not that many > open source ones). > > Thanks, > Ara. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
