During that discussion about how many women were using Linux/Open
Source, I had an idea which may or may not be a good one. I'd
appreciate your comments...
Basically, the idea is to set up a web page which lists women who work
in Open Source in various capacities, such as:
Open Source software development (coding)
Open Source software testing and other development-related activities
Training, education and documentation
Community (user groups, mailing lists, etc)
Open Source business (ie running a company, or working for one in a
capacity not listed elsewhere)
Advocacy, writing, etc
Using Open Source software on a day-to-day basis
I imagine the list could get quite large quite quickly. I'd probably
stick a database backend behind it. It should probably store name,
email (required, but choose whether to display it or not), URL (optional),
categories, and a short (1-para) description or bio. Each entry should
be verified by a human before being listed to prevent abuse.
The point of this would be that when people say "yeah, but where are
they?" you could point at it and say "There!"
Thoughts?
K.
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