Re: Mentors

[Ana Guerrero <ana@debian.org>]

On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 04:35:44PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> I have just recommended the mentoring scheme here to two people.  One a woman, 
> the other, I think, a man.  (It is hard to be sure on the internet.)
> 
> Sadly, the woman says that she had a look at the list, but doesn't like any 
> differentiation shown, so doesn't like the name of the list.  She complains 
> of having been discriminated against, but is discriminating herself.
> 
> So although she wants to be a maintainer, and finds studying how to be one 
> from manuals difficult, she is not going to ask for a mentor.
> 
> So often, women are their own worst enemies. :-(
>

Sounds like somebody who doesn't understand what debian-women is?

A lot of people jump into quick conclusions like debian-women is:
- a debian subdistro only for women
- a only women allowed group
- a special entry point (and the only one) to allow women contribute in debian
- etc

Sounds like the woman you talk about thought it was the 3rd point :?


Ana