“The top leader of Linuxchix resigned yesterday in the midst of
a controversy over her leadership style. In a statement released to
all Linuxchix mailing lists, coordinator Mary Gardiner said her
decision was a difficult one, but because of a ‘mismatch in goals,
LinuxChix should be run by someone with a better relationship with
its current (implicit) goals.’“Earlier yesterday, a group of LinuxChix volunteers posted a
letter to the community. ‘We are a group of volunteers of
LinuxChix, some of whom have been active parts of this community
since 2000 or earlier. We have been disturbed and dismayed by a
series of events that took place around the issue of the Linuxchix
IRC server. These events have broad implications for the governance
and future of Linuxchix…'”
Linuxchix Coordinator Resigns Amidst Controversy
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