Hi all I don't know the Debian community very well either, but since I am around here (let's say 3-4 years) I feel it welcoming, polite and quite inclusive (the D-W subproject already had some years, the Debian Diversity Statement was written and published, last months the OPW proposals...). I may be biased since as a person I tend to look at the positive side, and OTOH I mostly lurk the -l10n-es, i18n, publicity, www and d-w lists, not so much about development, package maintenance or sysadmins areas.
2013/5/27 Miriam Ruiz <mir...@debian.org>: > > I was just opening the debate for everyone to participate. The main > question would be: is technical capacity the only important thing in > the Debian Community, or should other things taken into account, like > the capacity to work with other people. I don't have the answer. I would say that other things should be taken into account (and in fact, they are taken, consciously or not). For example, social skills turn to be very important specially for leaders and people dealing with external collaboration, newbies, and people from other projects. Sometimes circumstances rule, for example if there is a due task and nobody steps ahead, and just one person say that he/she could handle it, but with advice of a senior member, this situation may be preferable than the one when the senior member gets in charge of that task again and again until burnout or whatever. But we cannot forget some other thoughts: * There are lots of ways to participate in Debian where there is no 'selection process', you just begin to contribute or ask for help or join a list and say hello. * We can complement each other, some people have some skills and play a role, other people have other skills and play other role, and Debian is a big project having place for everybody. * Projects (and people) are dynamic entities, capable to evolve in time depending on the steps that we take in one or other direction. So maybe it's not about selecting (or selfselecting) members, it's about growing together (the projects, the people, in quantity, in quality) towards some common goals. Regards Laura Arjona > Greetings, > Miry > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-women-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/cafotxvnm6s+tp3rz4sk5jsramjpf3bjitcd7ijwmdabww0y...@mail.gmail.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-women-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJr5pH2Kvo=1psHXQsy2Nmr8D5gwdvBbq7+wdz+jJ=46v8o...@mail.gmail.com
