On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Mel Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Copying IAEP, slides for context are at > http://www.slideshare.net/emmajane/form-an-orderly-queue-ladies (resend, > since link > massive attachment. Sorry about that.) > > Oh, I don't agree with all of it either, but it sure makes for an > interesting discussion. :) Mostly I wanted to point out slide 138 and > the bunch following - more than anything else, the slide deck made me > think "hm, we should run workshops." (Not a "gender thing," but as > another way to reach people we might not be reaching now.)
Rumor has it that there will be an event sometime in January.... might be a good time for a workshop. david > --Mel > (who happens to be female, and who also happens to like brie and be > wearing a yellow shirt right now. I consider them all about equally > relevant.) > > Caroline Meeks wrote: > > Hi Mel, > > > > This was a really interesting Slide show. A bunch of it is not my > style. I like geeks, I am one, and I think most of the open source > programmers I know are sweet wonderful men. > > I am passionate about getting more women into open source and into > programming. I think we should be talking about this issue as a part of > our shared vision for Sugar and the children of the world and as > something that everyone in the Sugar community, male or female, agrees > with. This project is about equity and opportunity for all. > > > > I agree with her reasoning about end user workshops being an > important tool for recruiting women. Scratch did amazingly well with > their workshop last summer. I wonder if they have any numbers on > male-female ratio. > > > > We should definitely do one. They are pretty challenging to put > together, and although we should be able to charge and not lose money, > they can be financially risky and require money up front. > > > > If you are comfortable with it I think you should forward this to > IAEP and get the whole group thinking about it. > > > > Cheers, > > Caroline > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Mel Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > These are a set of slides from a talk by Emma Jane Hogbin - slide > > 138 starts talking about workshops. > > > > This made me start thinking about Sugar. Sugarcamp wasn't really an > > end-user workshop. > > > > Are there any plans for one? > > If not, what can we do to make one? > > > > -Mel > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Caroline Meeks > > Solution Grove > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 617-500-3488 - Office > > 505-213-3268 - Fax > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
