Hi press team, publicity and l10n-english CC, We already prepared and reviewed over a month ago an announcement about the diversity statement, I just refreshed it with a new date, and a mention and link to the vote. Unless someone vetoes or is willing to prepare another announcement, it would be nice to send it quickly (e.g. tomorrow, Tuesday 5 June). I'm ready to commit the attached files to www.d.o and coordinate with whoever from the press team, so please, just ping me if you need help! Regards David
## Mark the status of this text in the following line. ## * Use "open-for-edit" if it's too early for anyone to translate anything ## * Use "content-frozen" if the content has been stabilized, but is being ## reviewd by native speakers; translators can start their work now ## * Use "sent" if the issue has been sent our; furhter changes should now ## be done in Debian's webwml repository # Status: [content-frozen] # $Id: 2012-06-05-diversity.wml 3842 2012-06-04 21:20:06Z taffit $ # $Rev: 3842 $ <define-tag pagetitle>Debian welcomes diversity</define-tag> <define-tag release_date>2012-06-05</define-tag> #use wml::debian::news ## Translators should uncomment the following line and add their name ## Leaving translation at 1.1 is okay; that's the first version which will ## be added to Debian's webwml repository ## # #use wml::debian::translation-check translation="1.1" maintainer="" <p> The Debian Project is pleased to announce the availability of its <a href="$(HOME)/intro/diversity">diversity statement</a>, approved by a <a href="$(HOME)/vote/2012/vote_002">large majority of the project members</a>. </p> <p> The <strong>technical</strong> part of Debian Project is already committed to diversity: we don't accept discrimination against persons, groups or fields of endeavor in our software (<a href="$(HOME)/social_contract#guidelines">Debian Free Software Guidelines, points 5 and 6</a>). Now, the <strong>community</strong> part of Debian Project explicitly welcomes and encourages participation by everyone. </p> <p> <q>The constructive and fruitful discussion that led to the current version of this statement was really encouraging</q> said Francesca Ciceri who proposed the initial draft and took a lot of other opinions into account. <q>I'd like to thank all the people who participated in the drafting process proposing changes and fixes, explaining different points of view and approving this initiative</q>, Francesca added. </p> <p> <q>This statement marks a new stage in the process of welcoming contributors to our project</q> said Stefano Zacchiroli, Debian Project Leader. <q>Community diversity goes hand in hand with community richness.</q> </p> <h2>About Debian</h2> <p> The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the <q>universal operating system</q>. </p> <h2>Contact Information</h2> <p>For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at <a href="$(HOME)/">http://www.debian.org/</a> or send mail to <press@debian.org>.</p>
#use wml::debian::template title="Diversity Statement" BARETITLE="true" <p> The Debian Project welcomes and encourages participation by everyone. </p> <p> No matter how you identify yourself or how others perceive you: we welcome you. We welcome contributions from everyone as long as they interact constructively with our community. </p> <p> While much of the work for our project is technical in nature, we value and encourage contributions from those with expertise in other areas, and welcome them into our community. </p> <hr /> <h2>Useful contacts</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/AntiHarassment";>Debian Anti-Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DAManager";>Debian Account Managers</a></li> <li><a href="http://women.debian.org";>Debian Women Project</a></li> <li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianProjectLeader";>Debian Project Leader</a></li> </ul> <hr /> <p><small><em>This document was drafted by Francesca Ciceri, <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2012/03/msg00048.html";>refined by other Debian contributors</a> and then <a href="$(HOME)/vote/2012/vote_002">accepted</a> as the diversity statement of the Debian Project. </em></small></p>
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