Re: Updates on the site and a proposal ;)

2012-03-22 Thread Marianne C.
Hello, I am reading the online version. I agree that "anyone" is the most neutral option but, IMHO, something more explicit should be preferred. Something like "individuals of any gender", yielding "The goal of the Mentoring Program is to support and guide individuals of any gender who want to c

Re: debcamp + reorganize Debian women wiki + newbie tasks

2012-06-25 Thread Marianne C.
Hi Mònica, As a newbie myself, I think this is a great idea! I can tell now that I will not be joining in person. I may be available virtually though. Is there a dedicated IRC channel or should we just use #debian-women? Cheers, Marianne On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Mònica Ramírez wrote

Re: Spam cleaning effort: November/December 2012

2013-01-03 Thread Marianne C.
Dear Christian, I have been on the DW mailing list for a while but this is my first contribution to the spam cleaning effort. I read the wiki and it seemed doable. ;) I simply clicked "Report as spam" on the upper right corner of the one spam message from November 2012. Is that all?... Review by

Re: Spam cleaning effort: November/December 2012

2013-01-03 Thread Marianne C.
e_or_nick > > Save that edition and then, you're done!! (DDs will remove the spam > reported by at least 5 reviewers). > > Best regards > Laura Arjona > > "Marianne C." escribió: > > >Dear Christian, > > > >I have been on the DW mailing li

Re: Translating "Debian Women"

2013-05-17 Thread Marianne C.
Hola, On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Christian PERRIER wrote: > But, of course, this is likely to vary depending on different social > conventions (for Spanish, don't forget to take into account possible > differences in social conventions between Spain and latin America). Indeed. But as Jord

Re: Debian and Politeness

2013-06-25 Thread Marianne C.
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 conclusi

Re: Interesting article about women in science

2013-10-13 Thread Marianne C.
Hi, Yes, Margarita, I agree. I haven't even finished reading the article yet, it's so long! It is US-centric, and blames the American culture as part of the problem, but unfortunately it's not that simple. I was trained as a physicist and I would be one of these French or Italian women wearing