[gnome-women] Welcome to G-W (was: Re: DW)

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

A friendly Hello to all Gnome-Women out there! :)

Chào bạn

in my language.

On 11/08/2005, at 6:20 PM, Runa B wrote:

> Thanks Clytie, this is a very neatly collated-list of the basic  
> problems  that most of us face in countries where women are new to  
> the tech-world and thats the reason we tend to yearn for forums  
> where we are not made to look silly and can be comparitively  
> comfortable. Same goes for newbies.

Thankyou for appreciating it. It's always hard to summarize such a  
big topic. It really helps to hear what you say. :)
> Forums like DW or GW  stretch beyond geographical boundaries and  
> can perhaps help set the precedent for the other existing or new  
> forums like regional lugs etc. :)

Oh, I hope so. I know a lot of the regional LUGs can be quite  
unpleasant for us, really "men-only" areas where you get the worst  
kind of reception. :(  Unfortunately, there are plenty of places  
online which are the same. D-W and G-W have the opportunity to hold  
out a hand of encouragement to all the women who are struggling to  
improve their cultural situation through the tech. explosion. I  
really want to see more Asian women here and on D-W. We can help each  
other so much. :)  (I want to see women from all areas and occupations!)

Then Mary said:

> Thanks for these suggestions. I hope both we and you can put them into
> practice on the GNOME Women lists. (You get to be as "old hand" as any
> of us, on such a new list ;) )

Thankyou very much for appreciating them. I also hope we can  
encourage people here. I do like the idea of a new list making it  
easier for people to take the plunge. ;)

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN