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GNOME Women Bug Day!

Submitted by mizmo on Wed, 2006-01-18 19:15. Bugs
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The GNOME Women group is holding its first Bug Day! All are welcome to join in the fun:

Date: Saturday, January 28th
Time: 9 AM - 9 PM EST
Location: #bugs on irc.gnome.org
Bug Topic: TBD

Bugday Masters: Christian Kirbach (nazgul), Luis Villa (luis)
Deputies: Olav Vitters (bkor), Guilherme Pastore (fatalerror)
Gnome Women Hosts: Máirín Duffy (mizmo), Christine Spang (christine)

(For more details about bug days, see: http://live.gnome.org/Bugsquad/BugDays)

You've missed the point

Submitted by Anonymous George on Sat, 2006-01-21 12:45.

I don't understand how seperating women from men is somehow good!

That's not what this day is. It's not just for women!

Gnome Women bug-day is good because it provides a forum for women to participate in Gnome, in an environment where their discouragement (be it anti-social behaviour, sexism, or whatever) is actively discouraged.

You're right, ideally, we wouldn't need this. But ask yourself this - if we don't need it, why aren't women currently participating in Gnome to the same extent as men? I can promise you that it's not because "woman aren't interested in Gnome/free software/development/IT".

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