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Java Women Network proposal [DRAFT]
The Java™ Women Network promotes collaboration amongst women who
develop and use Java Technology to increase the visibility of women's
contribution, mentoring opportunities and professional networking.
The purpose of this wiki is to collaborate on a charter
for the group prior to proposing it as an OpenJDK™ Group.
- comments, corrections and additions welcome!
- Java and OpenJDK are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. or other countries.
Roadmap
Discuss the charter
- gather input, work towards consensus
- answer any outstanding questions
- NOTE: the name cannot be "Java Women" alone, but must include a noun to adhere to Sun's Trademark Policy
- NOTE: the URL (after the slash) can be just javawomen or java-women
Propose the "Java Women Network" OpenJDK group
- This group makes sense to be part of the OpenJDK community
- Follow the process on http://openjdk.java.net/groups/
- Need to recruit 3 Sun Java Women engineers
- Group Moderator: TBD
- Member 2: TBD
- Member 3: TBD
- Make proposal to the OpenJDK announce list
Next Steps
- Reach out to let women in Java Technology know about the group
- Add blogs to the aggregator
- Work on developing profiles
- Work on the mentoring program
Charter
Mission
Java Women Network promotes collaboration amongst women who develop and
use Java technology to increase the visibility of women's
contribution, mentoring opportunities and professional networking.
- Comments?
- opinion 1
- opinion 2
- opinion 3
Communication
- Website
- e-mail list
- IRC
- "Planet" style blog aggregation
Promoting visibility
- Profiles/bios
- T-shirts
- Perhaps Sun would allow using the Java and OpenJDK branding to be used in conjunction with a shirt design?
- Would anyone be interested in creating a logo out of from Duke -- which is now open sourced? Note that classically Duke has been notably not been gender identified.
- NOTE: using cup-and-steam inspired strokes is not allowed
- It would be great to make a positive statement while avoiding labels
Networking
- Events/public speaking
- Mentoring program
Outstanding Questions
- How does Debian Women avoid inauspicious situations on IRC? http://women.debian.org/faqs/irc
- to what degree should some/all facets of Java Women Network be women only?
- opinion 1
- opinion 2
- opinion 3
- to what degree should the emphasis be on engineers (hackers) vs. anyone connected with Java technology generally?
- NOTE: OpenJDK an "Group" requires that each official "Member" sign the Sun Contributor Agreement. Being a Member would not be required for joining the mailing list, however.
- opinion 1
- opinion 2
- opinion 3
Women in Computing resources
- Java Duchess http://www.jduchess.org/
Duchess is a networking group for female Java developers. We are based in the Netherlands, but every Java-coding girl can join.
- Debian Women http://women.debian.org/
We will promote women's involvement in Debian by increasing the visibility of active women, providing mentoring and role models, and creating opportunities for collaboration with new and current members of the Debian Project. We welcome the involvement of all people who are interested in increasing the participation of women in Debian.
- Ubuntu-Women http://ubuntu-women.org/
Ubuntu-Women is the first step in trying to usher in change by increasing the visibility and contribution of women by providing mentoring and role models, and creating opportunities for collaboration with new and existing Ubuntu volunteers.
- Linux Chix http://www.linuxchix.org/
LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux, and for anyone who wants to support women in computing and has two core rules: "be polite" and "be helpful".
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