Re: Statistics about the IRC channel
Hi All
I still don't participate too much in this lists or the IRC channel,
sometimes because I'm still learning and I prefer to read first ;)
but I'll try to participate more from now on.
c.u.
On 4/25/06, Helen Faulkner <helen@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am curious to know how the total amount of conversation by men and women has
> varied with time. Specifically, are women contributing more or less total
> conversation, even as their relative contribution has dropped.
>
> I am inclined to think that it is neither good nor bad that the participation of
> women has decreased, as long as the IRC channel is meeting the needs of the
> women who do participate in it and helping to meet the goals of the DW project,
> ie to get more women more involved in contributing to Debian. (Note that I am
> not saying that the channel should not also meet the needs of the men who use
> it, not at all. However that has a less direct effect on the overall project
> goals.)
>
> I would be interested to hear from anyone who has tried the IRC channel and
> found that it did not meet their needs and why. Should we be aiming to change
> it and, if so, how? Is it working as it is and requiring little or no changes?
>
> What do you think?
>
> Helen
>
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