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0:29 We played a Prank on all of you 🙂

Apparently we were too real that we weren’t funny

Or we were trolling and did not crack up in making the show

April First show was planned for quite some time

Walton wavers on being for Capitalism…..No, we are still Post Capitalists

3:26 Working with local union branches

Walton did a wordpress install for a local branch and saw the local learn and create very quickly

Stephen suggests we do a segment on branch websites, but need to take into account legal concerns

Walton is on or on to something to provide resources for local branches

5:14 Walton is Moving!

Close to where John Maclean a famous socialist Dives out of the show early.

Stephen keeps the competition going, he might move closer to Trotsky’s house

7:15 Women and Floss/Labor

We are joined with Deb Nicholson Free Software Activist

Active in Open Invention Network, OpenHatch Board responsible for Boston Python workshops for Women and their Friends to increase women in free software development

ADA initiative is formed to look at the gender gap in open tech and open culture communities to fix the gender gap, through events and consulting

9:30 The challenge of a male dominated world

The percentage of women in the tech fields has gone down

Free Software movement is a bit behind on the gender balance

When working toward freedom and empowerment you can’t focus on one type of person

The hours and work style are a challenge to many that are not familiar or able to meet the expectations

17:15 The challenge of a minority in the workplace

Studies have shown that until a minority of any sort is above 15% the minority worker is seen as a representative of that community

In the case of women, when working together becomes gossip more than observing collaboration

Community need to have a self critical community that is conscious of being human and making mistakes, but correcting those mistakes

23:00 Working with other groups and focus on terminology

Free Software project to work with the Girl Scouts on teaching the use of free software graphics software

The culture was much different with developers if you don’t interrupt you don’t get heard

At the GirlScouts meetings and discussions included using “and””building on” instead of “but”

25:40 What can others do to assist in changing the culture and dynamics of the work place?

In projects/usergroup/workplace if you want it to be more welcoming is setup an a code of conduct or diversity statement…etc setting a standard of the type of language and to enforce it

Important to when unacceptable comments are made that the policy is enforced as it is not constructive to building the community

Preventing a hostile environment

31:45 Productivity with less insane hours

When Deb worked at the FSF she was a member of the UAW 2324

Stephen was also a UAW member while in graduate school

Deb and Stephen discuss the UAW and different aspects of the contract

40:00 Life in the Union