[Techtalk] [OT] HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux (fwd)

[Dave North]

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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 15:46:54 -0600
From: Val Henson <val at nmt.edu>
To: Dave North <dave at timocharis.com>, Dan Richter <daniel.richter at wimba.com>
Subject: Re: [Techtalk] [OT] HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux

Dave, could you maybe forward this to techtalk for me?  I just
unsubscribed - too busy. :)

On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 02:39:53PM -0700, Dave North wrote:
>
> > A general question: I want to define very clearly who my intended
> > audience is, but several people have said that they think people will
> > stop reading once they discover they aren't part of that intended
> > audience, or don't fit exactly into my discription.  I don't know
> > about you, but I wouldn't stop reading.  Do y'all really think people
> > would stop reading in the middle of the "Audience" section?
>
> Yes, I do. In fact, I almost did myself (any excuse to skip a task is
> quite good enough for me...)

I've been convinced.  I'll rewrite the "Audience" and the "Sexism is
dead!" sections.

-VAL