The Ubuntu Women website

[BinaryDigit]

Hello fellow ubuntu-ites,
I have received permission from trademarks@ubuntu to create ubuntuwomen.org! I volunteered because I wanted something to contribute to the linux and open source community I love the idea of promoting open source, and I'm loving ubuntu, and I like that Ubuntu has this sub forum. So I'm posting here to get everyone's input. Shall we make this a static site? Wiki? Blog? CMS? CMS with a wiki page? I'd want everyone to be able to contribute in one way or another. I'd also want everyone to contribute to the content of the site (which people do here in this forum anyway). I've worked on the logo, which is pretty much identical to this ubuntu forums logo.

Let me know what you all think!
~Bit (aka Lizzeh or Liz)

[az]

I am fond of the fridge. Although the style and content are different, I think the engine is appropriate. To contribute to the fridge, you need to go through various people, however Drupal allows the creation of accounts and anyone can add content, if that is what you wish.

There may even be a way to tie in the launchpad login to it, like as is planned here on these forums.

One login, wiki, forums, other sites, everything.

The fridge:
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/

[BinaryDigit]

Bump.

Anyone else want to give their opinion?

[psoleko]

A rather nice looking logo, very nice indeed. I would like to think for the aims of ubuntu women perhaps a blog would be best but also tied in with the other things; I will endeavor to explain. Perhaps you could start with a general blog to voice an opinion on current news issues about women in ubuntu and open source, with the usual comments, etc. Finding a good group of submitters to the news and current events is key I would think. In addition perhaps creating a wiki as well to tie off of the main site would help in encouraging involvement. One of the biggest things in dealing with a community driven site is getting the community involved. Participation helps one find a sense of belonging, or so I am told; so focusing your efforts on creating something a community could participate in is the direction I would head in.

[Aithnea]

First of all I'd like to say that I think this is a great idea.

I am new to Ubuntu and linux so I'm not really sure what to add to. May-be some beginner information to help people out.

[towsonu2003]

I'd say (adding) blogs and literature. i'm not too creative though

Oh, and, changing the round ubuntu logo to that logo with the

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(couldn't remember the name, sorry)

[n1gke]

If you can read this, please, thank a teacher.

Thank you for providing yet another outlet for women.

All it takes sometimes is for one place to exist in order to convince someone to convert from one operating system to another.

I highly encourage this type of activity, as well as the chat service via the freenode.net, #unbuntu-women in irc.

To learn and to enjoy using as well as sharing is much better than sitting about and say watching endless t.v., or some other non-learning activity.

Just having a working knowledge of many operating systems and related should make for encouragement to learn more, and use this information wisely.

To know only one system is to be stuck in one place, so to speak.

Imagine knowing how to cook only one dish ? We'd starve.

Imagine not knowing how to check the oil in your vehicle.

Simple things sometimes do not come easily, but only through trial and error.

Definition of failure ? Too wide to print here.

Definition of success, you !

Cheers.... .. And please keep up the good work.

Myrton - N1GKE -

[BinaryDigit]

If you can read this, please, thank a teacher.

Thank you for providing yet another outlet for women.

All it takes sometimes is for one place to exist in order to convince someone to convert from one operating system to another.

I highly encourage this type of activity, as well as the chat service via the freenode.net, #unbuntu-women in irc.

To learn and to enjoy using as well as sharing is much better than sitting about and say watching endless t.v., or some other non-learning activity.

Just having a working knowledge of many operating systems and related should make for encouragement to learn more, and use this information wisely.

To know only one system is to be stuck in one place, so to speak.

Imagine knowing how to cook only one dish ? We'd starve.

Imagine not knowing how to check the oil in your vehicle.

Simple things sometimes do not come easily, but only through trial and error.

Definition of failure ? Too wide to print here.

Definition of success, you !

Cheers.... .. And please keep up the good work.

Myrton - N1GKE -

Thank you for that lovely post