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Ongoing problems

We have a few problems we haven't yet found satisfactory solutions for. At a technological level, we haven't delegated responsibility as well as we have on the organizational level. Only three people have root access to the system hosting LinuxChix, so it's the weak point in the technological structure of LinuxChix. The community is always evolving, and as LinuxChix becomes more popular, the male-to-female ratio is rising, and the feel of the mailing lists is changing. Constantly defending our right to exist is exhausting and leads to volunteer burn-out much more quickly than average. We still haven't gotten enough critical mass to have a LinuxChix Linux kernel development community, although we keep trying.



2004-05-08