Re: [ubuntu-uk] FLOSS Talent — Women’s Career Taster

2012-10-15 Thread Paula Graham 
Thanks Phill - really, we just need a reasonable-sized room with
moveable tables, power outlets, and to be able to cable onto the
internet - doing Ubuntu laptop installations without cable often results
in having to send people home without wifi drivers installed which is
not good for beginners. I've got portable projector and stuff so can
bring anything else that's needed for sessions with a demo aspect.

At the last space we had, we could make tea and coffee, chat, mill about
etc so it could be very informal.  We avoid pubs - no wifi and also we
try to make everything women-friendly as well as man-friendly and
milling about drinking tea in a low-key environment is less intimidating
- probably for beginners of all sorts and sizes ;) Helps if convenient
for transport and reasonably central too.

Paula


On 15/10/12 17:31, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> Hi Paula,
>
> if you let me know what you need for your Ubuntu sessions, I'll see if
> I can sort something out for you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
> On 15 October 2012 17:12, Paula Graham  > wrote:
>
>
> On 15/10/12 15:20, Alan Bell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> There is an event coming up which might be of interest to a
>> number of people on the list, 3 days at Bletchley Park focused on
>> career options for women in the Free and Open Source industry:
>> http://www.flossie.org/?page_id=596
>> The event is being run for the startlingly low price of £15 for
>> three days and would be of interest to any women seeking a career
>> in this fast growing sector.
>>
>> Anyone seeking to fill posts might want to contact the organisers
>> to find out how best to proceed. Anyone of any gender looking for
>> a job in the Surrey area might want to give me a shout off list :)
>>
>> Alan.
>>
> Thanks Alan - didn't post to this list before as was afraid it
> would be off-topic. Women can book on Eventbrite, there's a link
> on the URL you gave or direct to Eventbrite here:
> http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/4474780188 - the workshops are
> really amazing, we've got women from IBM and prestigious creative
> technology companies, participants will be making a simple android
> app, getting to grips with BASH shell and GitHub and Drupal -
> there's a women's tour of the National Museum of Computing thrown
> in along with lunch etc and talks from successful open source
> career women. Full programme here:
> 
> http://www.flossie.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/course_outline_and_plan_LIVE.pdf
>
> There seems to be a bit of a problem recruiting people with decent
> open source skills so we're trying to do something about that as
> well as supporting women to take the plunge and start coding.
> We're piloting a short taster course with women as Flossie - if it
> goes well, we'll talk to some of the Universities we already work
> with about developing a regular summer school - we'll run some for
> women-only (confidence building) as Flossie and some for mixed
> participants as Floss Talent (which has the OSC as a partner).
>
> Happy to give more info - email i...@flossie.org
>   :)
>
> When we develop the longer summer school, it'd be good to include
> something about how to get started contributing to Ubuntu
> specifically so we can talk when the time comes?
>
> Fossbox has lost our free space, by the way, which kiboshes our
> Ubuntu sessions for the time being. We're looking at finding an
> alternative host for them though.
>
> We're also toying with the idea of adding a women's Ubuntu session
> - but not sure if there'd be enough interest to make it worthwhile
> - so hands up if you'd like one ;) 
>
> Paula
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] FLOSS Talent — Women’s Career Taster

2012-10-15 Thread Phill Whiteside 
Hi Paula,

if you let me know what you need for your Ubuntu sessions, I'll see if I
can sort something out for you.

Regards,

Phill.

On 15 October 2012 17:12, Paula Graham  wrote:

>
> On 15/10/12 15:20, Alan Bell wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> There is an event coming up which might be of interest to a number of
> people on the list, 3 days at Bletchley Park focused on career options for
> women in the Free and Open Source industry:
> http://www.flossie.org/?page_id=596
> The event is being run for the startlingly low price of £15 for three days
> and would be of interest to any women seeking a career in this fast growing
> sector.
>
> Anyone seeking to fill posts might want to contact the organisers to find
> out how best to proceed. Anyone of any gender looking for a job in the
> Surrey area might want to give me a shout off list :)
>
> Alan.
>
>  Thanks Alan - didn't post to this list before as was afraid it would be
> off-topic. Women can book on Eventbrite, there's a link on the URL you gave
> or direct to Eventbrite here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/4474780188- 
> the workshops are really amazing, we've got women from IBM and
> prestigious creative technology companies, participants will be making a
> simple android app, getting to grips with BASH shell and GitHub and Drupal
> - there's a women's tour of the National Museum of Computing thrown in
> along with lunch etc and talks from successful open source career women.
> Full programme here:
> http://www.flossie.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/course_outline_and_plan_LIVE.pdf
>
> There seems to be a bit of a problem recruiting people with decent open
> source skills so we're trying to do something about that as well as
> supporting women to take the plunge and start coding. We're piloting a
> short taster course with women as Flossie - if it goes well, we'll talk to
> some of the Universities we already work with about developing a regular
> summer school - we'll run some for women-only (confidence building) as
> Flossie and some for mixed participants as Floss Talent (which has the OSC
> as a partner).
>
> Happy to give more info - email i...@flossie.org  :)
>
> When we develop the longer summer school, it'd be good to include
> something about how to get started contributing to Ubuntu specifically so
> we can talk when the time comes?
>
> Fossbox has lost our free space, by the way, which kiboshes our Ubuntu
> sessions for the time being. We're looking at finding an alternative host
> for them though.
>
> We're also toying with the idea of adding a women's Ubuntu session - but
> not sure if there'd be enough interest to make it worthwhile - so hands up
> if you'd like one ;)
>
> Paula
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] FLOSS Talent — Women’s Career Taster

2012-10-15 Thread Paula Graham 

On 15/10/12 15:20, Alan Bell wrote:
> Hi all,
> There is an event coming up which might be of interest to a number of
> people on the list, 3 days at Bletchley Park focused on career options
> for women in the Free and Open Source industry:
> http://www.flossie.org/?page_id=596
> The event is being run for the startlingly low price of £15 for three
> days and would be of interest to any women seeking a career in this
> fast growing sector.
>
> Anyone seeking to fill posts might want to contact the organisers to
> find out how best to proceed. Anyone of any gender looking for a job
> in the Surrey area might want to give me a shout off list :)
>
> Alan.
>
Thanks Alan - didn't post to this list before as was afraid it would be
off-topic. Women can book on Eventbrite, there's a link on the URL you
gave or direct to Eventbrite here:
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/4474780188 - the workshops are really
amazing, we've got women from IBM and prestigious creative technology
companies, participants will be making a simple android app, getting to
grips with BASH shell and GitHub and Drupal - there's a women's tour of
the National Museum of Computing thrown in along with lunch etc and
talks from successful open source career women. Full programme here:
http://www.flossie.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/course_outline_and_plan_LIVE.pdf

There seems to be a bit of a problem recruiting people with decent open
source skills so we're trying to do something about that as well as
supporting women to take the plunge and start coding. We're piloting a
short taster course with women as Flossie - if it goes well, we'll talk
to some of the Universities we already work with about developing a
regular summer school - we'll run some for women-only (confidence
building) as Flossie and some for mixed participants as Floss Talent
(which has the OSC as a partner).

Happy to give more info - email i...@flossie.org  :)

When we develop the longer summer school, it'd be good to include
something about how to get started contributing to Ubuntu specifically
so we can talk when the time comes?

Fossbox has lost our free space, by the way, which kiboshes our Ubuntu
sessions for the time being. We're looking at finding an alternative
host for them though.

We're also toying with the idea of adding a women's Ubuntu session - but
not sure if there'd be enough interest to make it worthwhile - so hands
up if you'd like one ;) 

Paula
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[ubuntu-uk] FLOSS Talent — Women’s Career Taster

2012-10-15 Thread Alan Bell 

Hi all,
There is an event coming up which might be of interest to a number of 
people on the list, 3 days at Bletchley Park focused on career options 
for women in the Free and Open Source industry:

http://www.flossie.org/?page_id=596
The event is being run for the startlingly low price of £15 for three 
days and would be of interest to any women seeking a career in this fast 
growing sector.


Anyone seeking to fill posts might want to contact the organisers to 
find out how best to proceed. Anyone of any gender looking for a job in 
the Surrey area might want to give me a shout off list :)


Alan.

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