Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Gretchen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 23 July 2004 10:39 pm, Jonathan Walther wrote: > That is blatant discrimination. Debian was founded as an inclusive, not > an exclusive group. I am starting to question whether your project is a > legitimate use of Debian resources. As a s

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Rob Taylor
This is ridiculously off topic, someone kick him, please Rob Taylor On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:15:45 -0700 Jonathan Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 02:00:01AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Ce jour Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Erinn Clark a dit: > >> [0] http://lists.debian.org

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:12:01PM -0400, Erinn Clark wrote: I have no idea why this happened, but it really doesn't matter. He's obviously not going on the page. That is blatant discrimination. Debian was founded as an inclusive, not an exclusive group. I am starting to question whether your

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 02:00:01AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ce jour Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Erinn Clark a dit: [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2004/03/msg00221.html (and go ahead and real the whole thread.) i'll wait, otherwise i'd probably want to tear his head off. oh wait a minu

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 11:55:13AM +0930, Romana Branden wrote: By political correctness I mean those who uncivilly ignore common courtesy in their quest to legitimize their anti-Christian worldview by forcing it down everyone elses throat. au contraire my droll and amusing friend, claiming a r

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Romana Branden
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 07:01:48PM -0700, Jonathan Walther imparted: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 11:19:18AM +0930, Romana Branden wrote: > >as for political correctness, if that means people wo adhere to common > >civility and courtesy, > > By political correctness I mean those who uncivilly ignore

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Erinn Clark
* Carla Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:23 18:36 -0700]: > Obviously you find yourself to be amusing. You are wrong. > I vote for banning both Amaya and Jonathan. Erinn didn't go to all the > trouble > of founding Debian-Women just to provide yet another forum where assholes get > free r

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread simon
Ce jour Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Jonathan Walther a dit: [...] > So, forward the revolution! Woman are important auxiliaries in our > struggle against anti-Torah software monopolism. > > Jonathan dude, are serious? if you are, i'd expect for you to get muzzled right about now. if not, it's in *really

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread simon
Ce jour Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Romana Branden a dit: > im sorry, i fail to see how the two goals are mutually exclusive. as for > political correctness, if that means people wo adhere to common civility > and courtesy, then im all for it. if political correctness is a convenient > label of denigratio

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 11:19:18AM +0930, Romana Branden wrote: as for political correctness, if that means people wo adhere to common civility and courtesy, By political correctness I mean those who uncivilly ignore common courtesy in their quest to legitimize their anti-Christian worldview by

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread simon
Ce jour Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Erinn Clark a dit: > * Jonathan Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:23 17:45 -0700]: > > > "I'd take a bullet for my wife, my mother, my sisters, but never for a > feminist."[0] - Jonathan Walther WTF?! *SIGHGRRR* > All I have to say is: What? > [0] http://lists.

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Romana Branden
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 05:45:13PM -0700, Jonathan Walther imparted: > Thank you for the email, Amaya. > > I am proud to be listed on the Supporters page of the Debian-Women > website. I hope to see my entry on it soon! What is the URL? > > Now, as to your questions: > > >1 - Why do you think

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 09:21:34PM -0400, Erinn Clark wrote: * Jonathan Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:23 17:45 -0700]: "I'd take a bullet for my wife, my mother, my sisters, but never for a feminist."[0] - Jonathan Walther All I have to say is: What? Can you be a bit clearer? I am h

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread nicole
At 17:45 on Jul 23, Jonathan Walther shook the earth with: > Thank you for the email, Amaya. > > I am proud to be listed on the Supporters page of the Debian-Women > website. I hope to see my entry on it soon! What is the URL? Perhaps this response from our "friend" Jonathan can be used as a

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Carla Schroder
On Friday 23 July 2004 5:45 pm, Jonathan Walther wrote: > Thank you for the email, Amaya. > > I am proud to be listed on the Supporters page of the Debian-Women > website.  I hope to see my entry on it soon!  What is the URL? Obviously you find yourself to be amusing. You are wrong. I vote for b

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Erinn Clark
* Jonathan Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:23 17:45 -0700]: "I'd take a bullet for my wife, my mother, my sisters, but never for a feminist."[0] - Jonathan Walther All I have to say is: What? [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2004/03/msg00221.html (and go ahead and real the whole

Re: Debian-women support?

2004-07-23 Thread Jonathan Walther
Thank you for the email, Amaya. I am proud to be listed on the Supporters page of the Debian-Women website. I hope to see my entry on it soon! What is the URL? Now, as to your questions: 1 - Why do you think the Debian Women Project is important or useful? It provides a place where politic

Re: Profiles/contributors (was:Re: Website beta trial)

2004-07-23 Thread nicole
At 23:26 on Jul 23, Amaya shook the earth with: > If you want a supporters (male supporters) web page, speak-up or I'll > just choose another field of work. I won't waste time with something > which is not interesting to the debian-women project. Well, that's not just up to me to decide, it's up

Re: Profiles/contributors (was:Re: Website beta trial)

2004-07-23 Thread Gretchen
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 11:04:02PM +0200 or thereabouts, Jutta Wrage wrote: > > >Maybe I'm just a cranky old bat, but I don't think we need an > >endorsement > >page from men. > > Hmm, is it really the age? Do young women think different at all? > Coming from a young woman, I don't think we nee

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Romana Branden
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 09:55:05PM +0200, Amaya imparted: > > IMHO I'd love to see a bunch of supporting, pro-equality men. I'm sure > there are many of them lurking here. Men that are not merely trying to > score, but legitimately interested in Debian being more women-friendly > than it is now (i

Re: Profiles/contributors (was:Re: Website beta trial)

2004-07-23 Thread simon
Ce jour Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Raquel Rice a dit: [...] > I agree with Nicole that we don't need validation. I do think > though that some sort of recognition for *everyone* who contributes > is necessary. i would tend to agree, but not stupidly :). > I AM a "cranky old bat". Dipping back into the

Re: Profiles/contributors (was:Re: Website beta trial)

2004-07-23 Thread Carla Schroder
On Friday 23 July 2004 2:04 pm, Jutta Wrage wrote: > > Maybe I'm just a cranky old bat, but I don't think we need an > > endorsement > > page from men. > > Hmm, is it really the age? Do young women think different at all? > I don't know. I just like it as an excuse for being cranky. :) -- ~~

Re: Profiles/contributors (was:Re: Website beta trial)

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
nicole wrote: > I agree. After looking at the KDE page, it just seemed silly and > awkward to me. It's nice that these men support women devs in the KDE > project, but do they need to be publically acknowledged? I do believe > the point is to support women (and the project), not to support the > su

Re: Profiles/contributors (was:Re: Website beta trial)

2004-07-23 Thread nicole
At 13:11 on Jul 23, Carla Schroder shook the earth with: > Ok, good, I think you summed it up very well. But shouldn't all contributors > to Debian-Women receive recognition? I'm just not comfortable with the idea > of a separate "these guys think D-W is cool" page, it doesn't make sense to > me.

Re: Profiles/contributors (was:Re: Website beta trial)

2004-07-23 Thread Jutta Wrage
Am Freitag, 23.07.04 um 22:11 Uhr schrieb Carla Schroder: Ok, good, I think you summed it up very well. But shouldn't all contributors to Debian-Women receive recognition? No problem with that. I like the idea of how men could get involved or helpful in the FAQ. And I think, male contribut

Profiles/contributors (was:Re: Website beta trial)

2004-07-23 Thread Carla Schroder
On Friday 23 July 2004 12:33 pm, nicole wrote: > > At 12:25 on Jul 23, Carla Schroder shook the earth with: > > > On Friday 23 July 2004 11:39 am, Amaya wrote: > > > Jutta Wrage wrote: > > > > Why basically men? What is the intention of the supporters page? > > > > > > As seen at: http://women.kd

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
Carla Schroder wrote: > Hmmm... honestly, that makes me feel a bit queasy. I'm sure they're > great guys, but I don't see the point. It's not like there's a > shortage of platforms for men to get recognition in tech. And I don't > quite see how it fits the goals of Debian-Women... ?? IMHO I'd lo

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread nicole
At 12:25 on Jul 23, Carla Schroder shook the earth with: > On Friday 23 July 2004 11:39 am, Amaya wrote: > > Jutta Wrage wrote: > > > Why basically men? What is the intention of the supporters page? > > > > As seen at: http://women.kde.org/aboutus/supporters.php > > > Hmmm... honestly, that makes

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Carla Schroder
On Friday 23 July 2004 11:39 am, Amaya wrote: > Jutta Wrage wrote: > > Why basically men? What is the intention of the supporters page? > > As seen at: http://women.kde.org/aboutus/supporters.php Hmmm... honestly, that makes me feel a bit queasy. I'm sure they're great guys, but I don't see the

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
Jutta Wrage wrote: > Why basically men? What is the intention of the supporters page? As seen at: http://women.kde.org/aboutus/supporters.php -- .''`. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable : :' : - The Wizard of Oz - `. `'

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Jutta Wrage
Hi! Am Freitag, 23.07.04 um 18:28 Uhr schrieb Erinn Clark: 1) The supporters page. The only issue with this one is that we'd basically need men to volunteer to be on it Why basically men? What is the intention of the supporters page? As far as my design, I've got a rough draft of the

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Erinn Clark
* Evilpig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:23 12:27 -0500]: > I would be happy to work on either of these. Is IRC a good place to > chat about this, or should stuff like this be discussed on the list or > in private email? I think it's nice for everyone to be able to help > out if they want, so if o

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Erinn Clark
* Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:23 19:04 +0200]: > Erinn Clark wrote: > > 1) The supporters page. > > Again, I'm willing to. It's all yours. I will not be surprised if we have more men on the supporters page than we do on the profiles page. So let's get started on changing that ASAP, ladie

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Erinn Clark
* Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:23 13:12 -0400]: > wasn't one of the things that i recall erinn asking for a set of short > bios of women in tech? by that, erinn, did you mean users like us, or > high-powered women in tech, or ... ? I decided that it would be better to highlight wo

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Jutta Wrage
Am Freitag, 23.07.04 um 03:53 Uhr schrieb Amaya: What browser are you using? I see that on black... It's white on purple here, too, with Safari on Mac. Just unreadable. And the page does not validate. That makes the page look different on different browsers. http://validator.w3.org/check?u

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
Nori Heikkinen wrote: > wasn't one of the things that i recall erinn asking for a set of short > bios of women in tech? by that, erinn, did you mean users like us, or > high-powered women in tech, or ... ? Yes, but I would want to make a difference between Profiles and Success Histories. "How fre

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Evilpig
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:28:46 -0400, Erinn Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure, I want content. I asked a few weeks ago, but not many people > volunteered to take responsibility for the sections, so I figured I wasn't > clear enough or that maybe I needed to put out a skeleton website so people

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Fri, 23 Jul 2004 06:59:18PM +0200, Amaya insinuated: > Are you out there? Want to share your success stories on free > software? Wouldn't that be great content for our site? wasn't one of the things that i recall erinn asking for a set of short bios of women in tech? by that, erinn, did you m

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
Erinn Clark wrote: > 1) The supporters page. Again, I'm willing to. > As far as my design, I've got a rough draft of the general FAQ here: > http://cytosine.org/~helix/dw/faqs/ .. the main page is just random > text to check the basic design. I've not quite figured out what to do > with the fron

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
Hi there, long email ahead, be warned! Almut Behrens wrote: > hmm, I think, if we're going to have more than one design proposal for > the site (which isn't necessarily bad per se, IMHO), I'd suggest we > also have a somewhat formalised way of coordinating efforts and > choosing upon the final des

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Erinn Clark
* Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:23 17:31 +0200]: > Please, please, please!!! > Can I help you on that? Do you want content? Just ask! Sure, I want content. I asked a few weeks ago, but not many people volunteered to take responsibility for the sections, so I figured I wasn't clear enough or

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Evilpig
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:47:58 +0200, Almut Behrens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hmm, I think, if we're going to have more than one design proposal > for the site (which isn't necessarily bad per se, IMHO), I'd suggest > we also have a somewhat formalised way of coordinating efforts and > choosing up

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Almut Behrens
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 09:29:33PM -0700, Carla Schroder wrote: > On Thursday 22 July 2004 6:28 pm, Amaya wrote: > > Zazu is working on a beta look for our "corporate" site. > > > > http://www.opensource-knowhow.com/amaya/ > > > > Please send us feedback :-) > > > > Ok, I'm confused. Erinn is a

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
Erinn Clark wrote: > I'll "unveil" my design soon, once I have more content up. Please, please, please!!! Can I help you on that? Do you want content? Just ask! -- .''`. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable : :' : - The

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Erinn Clark
* Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:07:23 14:32 +0200]: > Erinn, please don't be angry. Zazu submitted this to me privately and I > just act as a proxy and want to share it with you. This doesn't have to > be the website look or anything, but rather proof of concept that there > are far more women o

Re: News: women.alioth.debian.org

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
Erinn Clark wrote: > Supporters page: > - Anyone want to take care of this? If this is not taken, I'd love to -- .''`. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable : :' : - The Wizard of Oz - `. `' Proudly running Debian

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
Miriam Ruiz wrote: > some comments: 1) why "debian womAn" instead of "debian > womEn"? Zazu doesn't speak English :-) She wouldn't know the difference! > 2) I agree with what has been said about the size of the fonts, a bit > small but it's readable here It may not be readable to every single

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
Erinn Clark wrote: > I've already begun working on the site. This is a duplicated effort, > for no apparent reason. Why didn't you (or Zazu) reply to my original > mail(s) about the website design? The one where I said I was going to > work on it? Erinn, please don't be angry. Zazu submitted this

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Amaya
nicole wrote: > The banner is nice and all, but what about the ones we already had > designed by our lovely dana? I thought we had decided on those. The problem is that Zazu doesn't speak English. She didn't know about the other logos. She's not suscribed to this list. She just spontaneously set

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread Miriam Ruiz
--- Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Zazu is working on a beta look for our "corporate" > site. > > http://www.opensource-knowhow.com/amaya/ > > Please send us feedback :-) I like it very much, I asked another girl here and she does too (I'm at Euskal, a LAN Party, right now). Just some

Re: Website beta trial

2004-07-23 Thread gaba
I would like to help. Perhaps we can coordinate for this. Did I lost which software are we will use for the website? Anyway i understand this like trying to move forward :) I think is great to impulse the discussion about this. About the design, i like pink but i like to put the logo we agree.