Hello, Were some of you at AdaCamp San Francisco, about two weeks ago?
Many discussions revolved around those issues. Non-technical contributions are needed in the community, that's for sure, and they should be recognized if it is not already the case. That would be the rough consensual conclusion. I believe "everyone" (at least everyone at AdaCamp) would agree with this from the beginning, but I guess it feels good to remind it. :) Best, Marianne On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Laura Arjona <larjon...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- 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/CAOq8Wi-k=Pd_QQToiCzN=dnjqfRsBVxKXwPCW8Hc8fSZ=s5...@mail.gmail.com
