Hi Judy, Thanks for your comments. I'm going to push back a little bit, because we need good reasons for adding language here, and I'd like to hear more from you about why you think the changes should be made. I think that "empower...to connect" in the vision statement implies accessibility, though I think I could be convinced that explicitly stating the word would be good. I think that gender and age are implicitly not our concern in #3, and listing "gender" and "age" will get us all kinds of requests to add "race", "creed", "sexual orientation", etc. Let's keep it shorter and simpler unless there's a pressing reason to address a particular type of inequality there. Regards, Matt Judy Okite wrote: [Thu Mar 08 2007, 10:30:21AM EST]
This is good! would like to just add a few words,if possible: In vision..... I would like to add: Accessible and in objectives,(3)would like to add : regardless of gender and age
Kind Regards,
On 3/8/07, William Davies <gbztraining@yahoo.com> wrote:
I like it and encourage adoption as is.
Good to see one of the successful accomplishments of the board from the week-end meeting! I am sure there are many more to come.
William G Davies Local Coordinator Susquehanna County Software Freedom Day 2007
----- Original Message ---- From: "sfd-discuss-request@sf-day.org" < sfd-discuss-request@sf-day.org ... Vision: "Our vision is to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent, accesible and sustainable."
Objectives: 1: ...to celebrate software freedom and the people behind it 2: ...to foster a general understanding of software freedom, and encourage adoption of free software and open standards 3: ...to create more equal access to opportunities through the use of participatory technologies regardless of gender and age 4: ...to promote constructive dialogue on responsibilities and rights in the information society 5: ...to be inclusive of organizations and individuals that share our Vision 6: ...to be pragmatic, transparent, and responsible as an organization
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