Re: Diversity statement for the Debian Project
* Stefano Zacchiroli <leader@debian.org> [2012-04-09 14:02:02 CEST]:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 02:28:58PM +0100, Francesca Ciceri wrote:
> > So, I wrote a draft - mainly based on the one [4] created for Ubuntu
> > by Matt Zimmerman with the help of Mary Gardiner, Valerie Aurora
> > and Benjamin Mako Hill - and I'd like to propose it to the DPL to be
> > official published.
> > But I'd also like to have some inputs from you all, on it.
>
> Dear all,
> here is a wrap-up (of the wrap-up (of the...)) that Francesca has just
> shared with me based on the last feedback on list.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The Debian Project welcomes and encourages participation by everyone.
>
> It doesn't 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.
>
> 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.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shouldn't there be a "too" added after "in other areas", my first
thought was "we don't value contributions in the technical area?" when
reading this.
Maybe I'm too picky, and you can base it on me not being a native
speaker - but then, most people that will read it might be non-native
speakers.
Thanks for a very good aproach and great statement. :)
Rhonda
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