I concur with Lennart. Gillian On 20 December 2011 11:46, Carol Moore <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, it was a great event! Definitely a fun thing to do if you can get a > critical mass of people. (Three in my book :-) > > Forced to leave my own narrow interest ghetto, I discovered a > fascinating woman artist - Rachel Feinstein- who is her own kind of > libertarian and feminist whose husband John Currin (who does satirical > quasi porn art) had an article but she did not, even though they are > considered a "Power couple" in NY art world. Almost finished and I > hope to get it up by tomorrow night, holiday housework permitting. Also > will add more info about her to his article, as well as some of his very > supportive comments on feminism. > > Epicly yours! C.M. > > > On 12/18/2011 12:00 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm going to be a little selfish here, so pardon me. But, yesterday I > > coordinated a "fine art" themed edit-a-thon at our local downtown > > library, here in Washington, DC, followed by a meet-up at a local pub. > > I'm proud to say we had 13 people at the edit-a-thon, and six were > > women. The meetup? We had 16 people and 9 were women!! These numbers > > might seem small compared to larger events, but, to have an event like > > this, and have such a healthy mix, made me so happy. > > > > User:Aude, the President of Wikimedia DC joked "I remember when it'd be > > just me and Mindspillage, as the only women," and we gushed about having > > such a healthy group of "all genders" at the event. I noticed, when > > saying goodbye to people, that I got a bit emotional - not only did we > > have a gender-mixed Wiki-event, but, we also actually wrote new articles > > and expanded articles - and anyone who attends an edit-a-thon knows - > > it's often chaos and just socializing, not actual editing. > > > > You can see our outcomes here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_26/To-do_list#OUTCOMES > > > > Which includes new articles or expanded articles about seven women > > artists!!! > > > > Obviously, I'm on a bit of a high from this, as I love outreach and > > coordinating things like this; I do believe the power of invitation > > helped with the success of this event. I don't use bots for invitations, > > and I do my best to individually reach out to people "I hope you'll be > > there." I genuinely do believe that invitation is one of the strongest > > keys in making sure that events, participation, and programs succeed in > > regards to closing the gender gap. > > > > Thanks for letting me gush =) One event, for me, leads to one more woman > > feeling inspired to continue participating. It also shows that offline > > events make for such a rewarding experience - we get to come together, > > put our differences aside, and work together for the common cause of > > providing free knowledge to the world. One woman who came had never > > written a new article - and this was her first time - and she really was > > proud. That just made me so happy. > > > > I also got to meet Carol Moore, which was rather epic, I must say. :) > > > > -Sarah > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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