[Womoz] Update on Project: where we're at, what still needs to be done

[Delphine]

Hi all,

For those who haven't seen, I wanted to send out the WoMoz Update that 
was published on the WoMoz Blog and on Planet Mozilla a few days ago.

This way, you can all follow the latest news and accomplishments that 
we've done in the Women & Mozilla project.

Here it is:

Time for a (long overdue) overview of what has been happening in the 
Women & Mozilla <http://www.womoz.org> project since our last update.

Mainly, we have been very busy with accomplishing the tasks from our 
2010 WoMoz Roadmap 
<http://womoz.org/wiki/doku.php?id=fosdem2010_daily_agenda#roadmap_2010>, just 
as we had planned and announced <http://www.womoz.org/blog/?p=287>. Here 
are some more details concerning this long-term task, as well as our 
other activities:

    * *2010 Roadmap*
          o *What has been done*

            We have successfully accomplished the first steps of our
            Roadmap and followed our predetermined milestones
            accordingly. Only the survey is taking us longer to create
            than we expected (especially concerning the elaboration of
            the survey questions), while some future tasks have been
            started in advance, such as working on creating a Newcomers
            Team and mentorship program.
            So what does this mean concretely?
            We have mainly worked internally, contacting leaders
            throughout the various -- and numerous -- Mozilla
            communities in order to find out who and where the Mozilla
            women contributors are. This first phase permits us now to
            have a general and more accurate idea of who these women
            are, what they work in, how long they have been
            contributing, as well as the proportion of women and men in
            these teams (list to be published soon).
            We know of course that it is difficult to find *all* the
            contributors, however this will help us gain a much better
            overview and perspective than we had before.
            Concerning the Newcomers Team and mentorship program, we are
            currently brainstorming on ways to integrate this idea
            within the general Mozilla project. You may find notes
            concerning these ideas and this projects on our Meeting
            Notes page here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WoMoz/StatusMeetings

          o *What still needs to be done*

            As mentioned above, we still need to finish elaborating the
            internal survey questions. This survey will be distributed
            amongst the women contributors in Mozilla that we have
            contacted and that have contacted us as well. We will also
            elaborate a specific survey for the Mozilla women employees.
            The main goal of this survey is to have an overview of the
            profile of the women working and contributing in Mozilla, as
            well as their activities and perceptions in the institution.
            The purpose of the survey will be to detect areas of
            improvement related to gender issues in Mozilla and FLOSS
            communities for further actions and to give more visibility
            to women's work.
            More info and notes about the survey can be found here.
            <http://womoz.org/wiki/doku.php?id=survey#internal_external_mozilla_surveys>

    * *WoMoz side-tasks
      *

      As you can notice, our blog has a new theme now. It still has some
      minor issues and bugs to fix, however the theme is practically
      ready to rock & roll! A big and special thanks to Béatrice Kreng
      and Julia Buchner for having dedicated so much of their time on
      this. :)
      Also, we are currently working on a fun Fortune package that we
      would like to integrate into Linux distributions. It will
      basically be like the Wanda Fortune Fish that already exists on
      Ubuntu for example, with quotations from famous women.
      A more detailed list of our side-tasks can be found here.
      <http://womoz.org/wiki/doku.php?id=todo_list>

    * *What we still need help with*

      The two main areas were we still need help and volunteers with
      are: writing articles on the blog and making videos. If you are
      interested in helping out, please don't hesitate to contact us or
      leave a comment below.

    * *Update on the number of community members & contributors*
          o Mailing List -> 80 people
          o Wiki Members -> 28 registered users
          o IRC -> around 15 online (during European Time Zone)
          o Facebook WoMoz Fan Page -> 140 fans

    * *More info and details about the WoMoz Project:*
          o Our Meeting Notes
            <https://wiki.mozilla.org/WoMoz/StatusMeetings>
          o Directly on our Website <http://www.womoz.org/>

As always, feel free to join us for our meetings 
<http://womoz.org/wiki/doku.php?id=calendar#womoz_meetings> if you're 
interested! They're open to *all* and any suggestions for the project 
are welcome.


-- 
Delphine

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