On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Valorie Zimmerman wrote: > While at OSCON, one of the kindly fellows from the LFNW booth came over > to talk with me about speaking at LFNW, but ended up asking me to try to > put together a track about women in Linux. I told him that sounded a bit > dated, and how about a track about inclusiveness in general? However, I > don't know how popular that would be to the LFNW crowd.
I think a track specifically focusing on women in OSS would be a strong and much needed addition to LFNW. I have been to all but the first few LFNWs and have subjectively observed a steady increase in the female to male ratio in attendance. In the beginning it was apparent that women were only there because their significant others had dragged them along. In the last few years however, I have seen women engaging and contributing a lot more often. This appears to me to indicate that the time is right to encourage that trend to grow even faster. As for ideas on what to present in the track, I think it could be viewed in two ways: 1. Giving women something to specifically identify with. You might even attempt to focus on a few selected age bands such as teen, 20's, career, etc. I have observed all in attendance. 2. (gently!) pointing out to us well meaning men the mistakes we tend to make without even realizing it. Humor would really help get your point across here. ..Ch:W.. -- http://www.quantumlinux.com | "An idea does not gain Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. | truth as it gains ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology | followers." Amanda Bloom _______________________________________________ Fest-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.peakserv.com/mailman/listinfo/fest-list
