Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Who: Jennifer Davidson What: Diversity in Open Source: What We Can Do Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level) When: Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live/
If you're involved in tech and/or open source, you know the community suffers from a lack of diversity. The big question is: Why? Even more powerful is: What can each of us do to build a community that is welcoming of contributors from all backgrounds? Jennifer Davidson will shed light on these issues and discuss what ChickTech is doing locally in Portland. Expect actionable steps we can take as a community to increase diversity in tech. Jennifer Davidson is a User Experience Researcher and Designer at Intel. She received a PhD in Computer Science with an emphasis in Human-Computer Interaction from Oregon State University in June 2014. She is the Interim Board President for ChickTech (http://chicktech.org). Her passions include studying open source communities, designing software that works for humans, and doing outreach to build women in tech communities. Jennifer has given talks at OSCON, Open Source Bridge, Open Source Systems, Code n' Splode, and many academic conferences. Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250466762 Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 1945 NW Quimby St. after the meeting. Rideshares Available PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/ Follow PLUG on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pdxlinux See you there! Michael Dexter PLUG Volunteer _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug