>Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:02:34 -0400 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [MaineNPTechNet] WIN-TAP: Women in Nonprofits / Technology >Assistance Providers > >Dear Colleagues, > >There's a new email list for women in nonprofit technology, and its name is >WIN-TAP! To subscribe, just go to >http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/win-tap. > >This new list came out of some discussions at the Circuit Rider meeting in >Denver last week. I am appending explanatory emails* from Linda Wong (who >has gallantly stepped forward to create and administer the list) and from >Rachel Daniell (who was taking notes at the lunch meeting). Please note >that though it was started by circuit riders, ALL women who are concerned >with nonprofit technology are welcome. > >Best regards from Deborah > >* Since these emails were publically posted to the Circuit Rider community, >I am taking the liberty of circulating them a little more widely. > >Deborah Elizabeth Finn >Nonprofit Liaison Officer >TCN/TechFoundation >20 University Road >Cambridge, MA 02138 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.techfoundation.org >www.tcn.org > >To add my v-card to your address book, please go to >http://peoplestreet.com/sv/Livecard?key=finn7122 > > > >============================= > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linda Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 1:27 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Riders] what's up with tech women > > >Hi Everyone- > >I am sitting at the autoshop waiting for my car to be fixed. Apparently I >have a computer chip inside that is not informing the mechanic what the >problem is. Since I have all this time will summarize the discussion at the >second breakout session on women in technology. > >Basically we decided to start another email list. Most of the women, maybe >all of the women, agreed that we need a place for women in, interested, >working or dabbling in technology in the non-profit sector to commiserate, >talk, network and share ideas. > >How the email list is defined will take place on the email list. The name >of the list is WIN-TAP otherwise known as Women in Non profits, Technology >Assistance Providers. > >The list will be up by the end of this day and I will have a site for >everyone to sign up. We will hope that only women and girls will sign up. >We are not discouraging men but are not strongly encouraging them to sign >up. > >As for the other women who attended the breakout session, please chime in. > >Thanks > >Linda Wong >MAP Circuit Rider > > >============================= > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rachel Daniell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 11:40 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Riders] what's up with tech women > > >Hi to everyone, > >I thought I would post some notes about what happened with the group of >women who met to discuss women in the circuit rider community during the >conference last weekend. > >Because of some scheduling conflicts, there ended up being two separate >meetings. The first one was over lunch: about 15 or 20 women divided into 3 >different tables and had an informal discussion of our interests. The second >one was later that afternoon in a conference room in one large group. > >I attended the lunch discussion, but could not attend the second meeting >because another meeting of circuit riders working with nonprofits involved >in social justice work took place at the same time. I so much wished that I >could be in two places at >once. I heard that it was a great meeting! And, I believe someone who was >there will be posting the notes from that >second meeting to the Riders list serve. > >I want to go ahead an post some notes from my particular table from the >lunch meeting because I thought people might be interested in that, even >though the discussions in the second meeting may have been able to go into >greater depth. > >Issues & ideas that came up at our table's discussion: > >1. Interest in regional meetings of women circuit riders. > >2. Hooking into non-circuit rider/non-nonprofit women tech communities (such >as groups like http://www.dcwebwomen.org/ and http://www.digitaleve.org/). > >3. Communicating with women doing technology work as staff members of >particular nonprofit organizations who might not consider themselves circuit >riders (e.g., the default techie at a nonprofit organization) and offering >them support in some way. > >4. Working with educating young girls about the possibility of becoming >techies in the nonprofit sector; and/or the possibility of developing women >circuit rider mentoring programs. Also supporting women of any age who have >interest in entering >this field. > >5. Letting male circuit riders know about ways they can help engender >clients' respect for their female circuit rider colleagues. > >6. Ensuring that, when training female staff at nonprofit organizations in >software or other technology, circuit riders are aware of issues around >cultural stereotypes of women and technology so that their training methods >can take this into account (i.e., build confidence of trainees/trust >relationship with trainees). > >7. The possibility of creating a separate list serve or online group of >women circuit riders; or the possibility of creating strong >voices/communities of women circuit riders within the Riders list serve and >perhaps some of the women techie groups (see >examples above) that do not specifically focus on nonprofits. > >8. The possibility of creating regional meetings and/or list serves or >online communities of women techies working in nonprofits whether they be >circuit riders or default techies on staff; helping these women connect with >each other and share knowledge and resources. > >I must say that I am extremely interested in how we might be able to develop >support systems for women staff at nonprofits doing technology work. >Actually, I'm really interested in every single idea that came up, so I'm >excited to hear about what happened in the second meeting to see if there >were particular things people are most interested in focusing on. > >It was such a great great pleasure to meet all the women I spoke with at the >conference; can't wait to work with you and the women who couldn't make it >to Denver on all this and more. > >rock on Divas! >Rach > >------------------------------------------- >Rachel Daniell >Media Jumpstart >a nonprofit technology resource for NYC nonprofits >39 Broadway, 10th Floor, NY, NY 10006 >www.mediajumpstart.org >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >ph: 212-894-3386 >fax: 212-616-4994 > >============================= > > > > >Community email addresses: > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/MaineNPTechNet >Current Nonprofit Technology Survey > http://www.onelist.com/surveys/MaineNPTechNet > >Your use of Yahoo! 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