Re: Diversity statement for the Debian Project
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> Datum: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:39:22 -0700
> Von: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
> An: debian-project@lists.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: Diversity statement for the Debian Project
> Francesca Ciceri <madamezou@debian.org> writes:
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> > The Debian Project welcomes and encourages participation by everyone.
> > It doesn't matter how you define yourself or how others define you: we
> > welcome you. We welcome contributions from everyone within their areas
> > of expertise, as long as they can be constructive members of our
> > community. While much of the work of the Project is technical in nature,
> > we will value and encourage contributions to the Project from those with
> > expertise in non-technical areas and welcome such contributors as part
> > of our community.
> > --------- >8 ----------------------------------- >8 -------------------
>
> Works for me, with or without the differences mentioned in other replies.
Yip, even though I would be tempted to leave out "within their areas of expertise". Something is constructive or not. Even a question to someone writing a documentation can be constructive.
> Thank you again, Francesca, for your work on this.
Indeed. This is a tantalizing improvement over the typical formulation of being an equal opportunity organisation.
Steffen
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