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

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 pmg...@gmx.co.uk 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

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 - it

[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

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