The assumption should always be that a new venue or opportunity for participation will be appreciated and used. Often enough that is the case.
Fred > That was one theory behind my original intention (that I failed to > mention). > Provide a hang out spot (which I did mention) and not just limit > ourselves > to an occasional 1 hour office spot. I'm happy to see a gender-related > office hour event take place (I hope it does happen as the strategic plan > goodness proceeds), but my only fear is that it will limit peoples > participation who might want to have a little corner of the IRC world to > call our own on a regular basis. > > Why not both? :) I did have a few other folks +1 this idea via IRC! > > #wikimedia-gendergap > > (and Steven I'll still take you up on some IRC coaching for my n00bness) > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:55 PM, ChaoticFluffy > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'd be on board for a gendergap channel. I'm nearly always on IRC, and >> I've >> love the opportunity to coach new women or just chat with old gendergap >> types of both sexes. Office hours-style meetings are less attractive to >> me, >> as they're nearly always chaotic enough to be almost useless. >> >> -Fluffernutter >> >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Sarah Stierch >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Any thoughts on having a gender gap or women's outreach IRC channel? >>> >>> I think it'd be nice to have an open hang out for those interested (of >>> any >>> gender) to participate in not only conversation, but, have live action >>> dialogue about articles of concern and so forth. >>> >>> Or is that opening a can of worms that shouldn't be opened? >>> >>> I like the idea, but, if it'd be just me sitting in a room by >>> myself...that'd be no fun! >>> >>> -Sarah >>> >>> -- >>> GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia >>> Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org> >>> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American >>> Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> >>> and >>> Sarah Stierch Consulting >>> *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* >>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>> http://www.sarahstierch.com/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> > > > -- > GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia > Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org> > Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American > Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> > and > Sarah Stierch Consulting > *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* > ------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.sarahstierch.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
