I wanted to pass along a cool new program we're trying out at Rocky Mountain Ruby. We've been in discussion the past couple months about diversity in our programming communities. A small community around RailsBridge has formed and they're beginning to bring in new women programmers. We wanted to build on that by creating the 'Opportunity Scholarship'. It's a free pass for the conference and workshop for beginner programmers that are primarily women, minorities or other under-represented groups. We're going to also match these folks up with experienced programmers to be their guide during the conference. This way the whole process isn't as intimidating. If you or someone you know fits into this description, encourage them to read more and apply: http://rockymtnruby.com/scholarship
Deadline is September 7th but we strongly encourage those interested to apply immediately. We have limited spots available and will be rewarding them as they come in. Also the conference twitter account, @rockymtnruby, tweeted the announcement earlier and we'd appreciate you all spreading the word. Many of these people aren't on these sort of mailing lists so outreach is very important. Cheers, Marty _______________________________________________ Bdrg-members mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/bdrg-members
