Re: [ubuntu-uk] New network for women advocating, using or developing FLOSS

2011-07-19 Thread Laura Czajkowski
>>> Rob >> God yes - do publicise, many thanks :) The women-only thing is just >> about the actual discussion spaces/meetups etc. The research on women in >> IT shows that women benefit from having spaces where they can >> collaborate in ways that are tailored to how women tend to communicate - >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New network for women advocating, using or developing FLOSS

2011-07-19 Thread Les Pounder
Paula I'll mention it in next months Linux Format. Les On Jul 19, 2011 12:41 PM, "Paula Graham" wrote: > On 15/07/11 18:50, Rob Beard wrote: >> >> Sounds good, I'll pass this on to my local LUG list, there are a >> couple of girls on the list, as you say it's pretty male dominated and >> some gu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New network for women advocating, using or developing FLOSS

2011-07-19 Thread Paula Graham
On 15/07/11 18:50, Rob Beard wrote: Sounds good, I'll pass this on to my local LUG list, there are a couple of girls on the list, as you say it's pretty male dominated and some guys can be a bit funny about it, personally I see the girls in my local LUG as fellow Linux geeks :-) Good luck w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New network for women advocating, using or developing FLOSS

2011-07-15 Thread Rob Beard
On 15/07/11 18:40, Paula Graham wrote: We're in the throes of setting up 'Flossie' as a space for women who're involved in FLOSS in any way - especially advocacy. We're hoping this will help us to co-ordinate our advocacy activities a bit better and share what works. We'll be kicking off with an

[ubuntu-uk] New network for women advocating, using or developing FLOSS

2011-07-15 Thread Paula Graham
We're in the throes of setting up 'Flossie' as a space for women who're involved in FLOSS in any way - especially advocacy. We're hoping this will help us to co-ordinate our advocacy activities a bit better and share what works. We'll be kicking off with an event in November in London so we ca