RFD: proposed new (likely virtual) category, education

[Pau Amma]

On 2020-07-18 18:35, Don Wilde wrote:
> On 7/18/20 11:16 AM, Pau Amma wrote:
>> On 2020-07-18 15:41, Don Wilde wrote:
>>> I, too, love the idea. I would suggest that a sub-category of
>>> "suggested learning path" programs might be an asset as well,
>>> including useful languages to examine.
>> 
>> Can you give me examples of which ports would go into that 4th 
>> subcategory?
> None, yet, that I've looked at. I haven't, and making the category
> itself is an inducement to examine the ports we have.

*nod*

>>> We might also consider
>>> resurrecting Knuth's code+language concepts and tools.
>> 
>> I'd wait until that category gets off the ground to consider that.
> 
> Yes, that is a longer-term goal.

*nod*

>>> Assuming this category is accepted, I would then suggest an
>>> announcement post to the FreeBSD-advocacy@ and FreeBSD-women@ lists,
>>> and perhaps notification to the KDE and EduBuntu core lists. :D
>> 
>> I'm not sure why FreeBSD-women. Can you elaborate?
> FreeBSD-women is the advocacy list that specifically targets
> "marketing" FreeBSD to women. Not to say that men _don't_ care about
> education -- I do -- but women are more inclined to view it as
> life-changing for themselves and their children and thus more of a
> priority.

We're getting off-topic here, so I'll just say that I'm unsure about 
doing that until and unless I know more about that list's culture and 
participants. I don't want to go into any women's space uninvited by a 
regular.