Re: Q to all candidates: increase diversity with DDs outside Europe and USA
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On 2019/03/30 18:51, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana wrote:
> We have debated on the "debconf-discuss" mailing list about DebConf21
> and it was said about the huge number of DD in Europe.
>
> So, what the DPL can do to increase the number of DDs in other regions
> outside Europe and USA?
>
> It's important increase diversity in Debian with DD especially from
> southern hemisphere, right?
That's right, geographical diversity has some significance. There's been
some discussion all over about privilege lately and how it affects free
software contributions. Free software developers tend to come from
backgrounds where people have a better quality of life and along with
that, more free time. It's probably no surprise then that we have lots
of contributors from Europe.
I'll admit that geographical diversity won't be a high priority for me
if I get elected as DPL, while there are many diversity factors that we
can improve on, it's important to pick your battles and I think right
now promoting women in the project and getting more women involved is
the best place to focus energy on.
And, having said that, I think there's more we can do to support local
teams in different regions. For example, creating a local marketing kit
with posters, booklets, USB disks, t-shirts, other swag, etc that can be
distributed all over the world for local teams to use. As DPL I would be
very happy to approve funds for such a project, but if you look at the
areas I already intend to focus on, it would not be one of the projects
I want to drive personally. During DC16 someone did step up to run such
a project, but I think he got busy. I hope someone picks it up again in
the future.
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