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[Ara Pulido <ara@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/10/13 16:03, Torsten Franz wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> and what are the next steps? Do we want to meet us in an irc channel? Do
> we have plans for a meeting?

Hello!

Sorry I have been absent, I have been on holidays with little access to
the Internet (yay!).

I think we should collect a list of people that want to actively
participate and their time zones, so we can coordinate tasks and pick a
meeting time that works for most of us.

So, I have created the simplest wiki page so we can put a list of people
and timezones:

   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuLGBT

Feel free to add your names there if interested, and we can start
planning a meeting and potential tasks.

This is going to be fun! (and hopefully useful)

Cheers,
Ara.

> 
> Regards,
> Torsten
> 
> 
> 2013/9/17 Ara Pulido <ara@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ara@xxxxxxxxxx>>
> 
> 
> 
>     On 17/09/13 04:19, Shannon Lucas wrote:
>     >> Shannon, do you know what the drupal group does? What kind of topics
>     > do they talk about at these informal discussions at conferences?
>     >
>     > A lot of the Drupal BoFs seem to be more social, allowing people
>     to meet
>     > the people they'd talked to on IRC or in the forums. They also
>     provided
>     > a safe place for people who aren't necessarily comfortable being
>     out yet
>     > to meet other LGBT people that share their line of work. We also
>     > benefited from the fact that a number of key figures in the Drupal
>     > community are either part of the LGBT community or allies. The online
>     > discussion forum hasn't been all that active lately. Most of the posts
>     > are either job postings or arranging get togethers at various
>     events. We
>     > were, unfortunately, a bit light on the deeper topics. Someone
>     recently
>     > setup a corresponding IRC channel, but it hasn't had many takers.
>     >
>     > Here are some thoughts I had about discussions in this group:
>     >
>     > - Interviews with LGBT people who contribute to Ubuntu or other open
>     > source projects.
> 
>     Interviews are a very good idea.
> 
>     A design/art/music/younameit blog I like reading (the fox is black) has
>     a series of posts about "creative" people in the LGBT community:
> 
>        http://www.thefoxisblack.com/category/lgbt-creatives-series/
> 
>     I find these posts are a great way to show the community.
> 
>     Cheers,
>     Ara.
> 
>     > - What are people's experiences being out or coming out in open
>     source?
>     > - What are some examples of LGBT organizations benefiting from using
>     > Ubuntu or open source in general?
>     > - How do we promote and recruit participation in open source projects
>     > from the LGBT community at large?
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Koen Glotzbach
>     > <koen.glotzbach@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:koen.glotzbach@xxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:koen.glotzbach@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:koen.glotzbach@xxxxxxxxx>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hi all,
>     >
>     >     Totally agree to revive this group; it's good to know that Ubuntu
>     >     has a rich community, including LGBT's! :)
>     >     Yet: what about the goals? Getting people from the USA or European
>     >     mainland for the london pride would be cool, but a bit difficult?
>     >     Basically it boils down to the question posted by Maia: what
>     are we
>     >     going to talk about here? And can we think of other goals, except
>     >     from the pride? More generally, indeed: making known that we
>     exist :P
>     >     Or am I going ahead of plan, here?
>     >     Shannon, do you know what the drupal group does? What kind of
>     topics
>     >     do they talk about at these informal discussions at conferences?
>     >
>     >     Love from The Netherlands!
>     >
>     >     PS. I'd love to help, but there's only so much I can do as I'll be
>     >     in preperation for the European elections
>     >
>     >
>     >     On 16 September 2013 22:30, Torsten Franz
>     <torsten.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:torsten.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >     <mailto:torsten.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:torsten.ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >         Ara Pulido:
>     >         > Hello all!
>     >
>     >         Hi all,
>     >
>     >
>     >         > This email is to see if there is anybody out there
>     willing to
>     >         start this
>     >         > again (I cannot do it alone!). I think that we could
>     even put
>     >         ourselves
>     >         > a nice goal, like participating in the London Pride 2014
>     with
>     >         a Ubuntu
>     >         > logo (several tech companies/communities participate,
>     yet not
>     >         that many
>     >         > open source ones).
>     >
>     >         okay, I don't think that I am at the London Pride 2014 but
>     maybe
>     >         we can
>     >         make a booth concept for not only the London Pride.
>     >
>     >         I think it is a good idea to show with an Ubuntu lgbt website
>     >         that Ubuntu is a place also for
>     >         queer life. :)
>     >
>     >         Regards,
>     >         Torsten
>     >
>     >
>     >         2013/9/16 Ara Pulido <ara@xxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:ara@xxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:ara@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ara@xxxxxxxxxx>>>
>     >
>     >             Hello all!
>     >
>     >             ~ubuntu-lgbt is dead, long life ~ubuntu-lgbt?
>     >
>     >             I would like to start the discussion about revamping this
>     >             group and
>     >             start doing something meaningful with it.
>     >
>     >             The latest and super sad news coming from Russia is a
>     waking
>     >             bell
>     >             telling us that homophobia is still well spread and
>     affecting
>     >             institutions that are supposed to be defending human
>     rights
>     >             (like the IOC).
>     >
>     >             I think that every little helps. The Ubuntu community is
>     >             huge, yet this
>     >             group only has 75 members (???). When young LGBT Ubuntu
>     >             users arrive to
>     >             the community, it would help them to see that Ubuntu
>     is not only
>     >             welcoming to the LGBT community, but also an active LGBT
>     >             community.
>     >
>     >             This email is to see if there is anybody out there willing
>     >             to start this
>     >             again (I cannot do it alone!). I think that we could even
>     >             put ourselves
>     >             a nice goal, like participating in the London Pride 2014
>     >             with a Ubuntu
>     >             logo (several tech companies/communities participate, yet
>     >             not that many
>     >             open source ones).
>     >
>     >             Thanks,
>     >             Ara.
>     >
>     >
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