Cool! This is well-deserved recognition. Rob
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations to Sumana :-). May she bring many more women to (wiki-)tech. > > Erik > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:06 AM > Subject: [Gendergap] Congratulations to WMF's Sumana Harihareswara! > To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects > <[email protected]> > Cc: Sumana Harihareswara <[email protected]> > > > Hi everyone, > > I want to congratulate Sumana Harihareswara, Volunteer Development > Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation, on being chosen as > Femmeonomics "50 Women to Watch in Tech." She's listed alongside some > really amazing women - including Valerie Aurora who is a friend of > this mailing list and co-founder of the Ada Initiative.[1] > > She's quite a voice within the community - encouraging developers and > programmers to get involved in Wikimedia and participating in > conferences like Open Source Bridge. On a personal note, Sumana has > been a beam of encouragement for me, and has helped me gain confidence > in regards to my "open source skills" and helping me learn more about > feminist and women's roles and organizations in the open source > community. She's also great to share a bottle of wine with. > > Congratulations Sumana! We'll be watching (pressures on!).... > > -Sarah > > [1] Currently only the first ten are listed, but the rest are on the > way! > http://femme-o-nomics.com/2011/10/the-50-women-to-watch-in-tech-the-first-10/ > > -- > > Sarah Stierch Consulting > Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising. > ------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.sarahstierch.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
