Editing LinuxChix (section)

== Leadership and structure ==
Deb Richardson oversaw the activities of LinuxChix until 2001, when she handed over global coordination and hosting to Melbourne programmer and writer [[Jenn Vesperman]].<ref name="theage">{{cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/03/29/1017206149200.html | title = Linux grrls break free | work = [[The Age]] | author = Adam Turner | date = April 2, 2002 | access-date = 2007-07-15 | archive-date = 2016-11-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161101032638/https://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/03/29/1017206149200.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Jenn Vesperman led the community in a mostly hands-off fashion, delegating almost all tasks, including mailing list administration and website maintenance, to a group of volunteers.<ref>{{cite journal | url = http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/tech/sigs/full_papers/vesperman/vesperman_html/index.html | title = Building and Maintaining an International Volunteer Linux Community | author = Jenn Vesperman, Val Henson | publisher = Proceedings of the 2004 [[USENIX]] Annual Technical Conference, FREENIX Track | date = June 27 – July 2, 2004 | access-date = 2007-04-09 }}</ref> During Jenn Vesperman's tenure, the number of mailing lists tripled with the ''newchix'' mailing list for those new to Linux, the ''courses'' mailing list used by LinuxChix to teach each other specific topics, and the ''grrls-only'' mailing list (the only list closed to male subscribers) founded by Val Henson in 2002. At around the same time, a LinuxChix IRC server was created.

The term ''LinuxChix'' refers to the organisation centered on the official website, the mailing lists and the [[IRC]] channels. The organisation has no official status, and the name is used by other loosely affiliated groups, including several local, continental, and national chapters which operate independently.

In March 2007, Jenn Vesperman announced that she was retiring as the coordinator and invited nominations for a new leader.<ref>[http://mailman.linuxchix.org/pipermail/announce/2007-March/000536.html Time for a new LinuxChix coordinator]</ref> Mary Gardiner was announced as the new coordinator In April 2007, planning to serve as coordinator until 2009,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;153046089 |title=LinuxChix announces new international coordinator |author=Liz Tay (LinuxWorld) |work=[[Computerworld]] |date=April 4, 2007 |access-date=2007-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418194917/http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id%3B153046089 |archive-date=April 18, 2007 }}</ref> however she resigned in June 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2291471/girl-trouble-forces-top-linuxchix-to-quit.html|title=Girl trouble forces top LinuxChix to quit|date=June 19, 2007|author=Naomi Hamilton|work=Computerworld|access-date=2021-04-28}}</ref>  Currently the organization is led by three lead volunteers known as the "Tres Chix" who are elected by popular vote.  In August 2007, Sulamita Garcia, Akkana Peck and Carla Schroder were elected to these positions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://linuxchix.org/linuxchix-coordinators.html|title=LinuxChix coordinators|work=LinuxChix homepage|access-date=2021-04-28|archive-date=2021-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428023115/https://www.linuxchix.org/linuxchix-coordinators.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>