On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 15:06, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > LinuxLingam wrote:
> The idea is good. But I rather would like to look at it this way - if > you want girls talking about linux, they have to be from technical > colleges, and i dont know any girls-only tech colleges. nah! that's the other problem. read below... > > I would rather hold the meet in a normal technical college, call it a > women-into-linux focussed meet, and invite girls from technical colleges > all over delhi to come and talk there. > nope. i recommend hold the meet in any girl's only college. invite girls from other colleges, and even schools, to attend. the meet should be open to all girl students,whether techie or not, who use computers and wish to explore the world of linux. the talks will cover a broad range of topics, mostly end-user desktops, how to migrate, alternative software, linux delhi community, linux in education, etc etc. once this catches traction, subsequent meets could then be organized by volunteers among them, for tech-specific topics. maybe linux-delhi could have a separate, dedicated mailing list for girls/women using gnulinux, to discuss hosting and organizing such events more regularly, linux general topics, and so on. and of course, the ilug-d main mailing list is anyways open to all. at linuxasia i did meet a few indian women holding key positions in companies and organizations. so giving further momentum to this would be really wonderful. sandip, if you feel it worthwhile, you could post this thread/mail to the linux-india mailing as well. :-) LL _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
