Heya,
I've put up a geonotice but just in case anyone has them disabled (I
wouldn't blame you), we're having an editing day with the Manchester Girl
Geeks on the 12th. Any presence, female or otherwise, would be appreciated.
Invitations went out today to their 400 strong mailing list and we're hoping
to have 40 women attend. I think partnership with organisations like the
Girl Geeks really helps to bridge the gender gap. If we get 40 new editors
out of this day that's 40 women who weren't there before. So I want us to
have an enthusiastic show on hand!
Also, I know I put out the call before and I have my responses saved but I
am meeting with the head of the global network today to talk about where we
can feasibly hold talks. The invitations should go out very soon so if
anyone else is willing to volunteer to organise an editing day or give a
talk on Wikipedia to these great women that would make my week.
Lots of wiki-love,
Fiona/Panyd
Dear All,
Since [[Catherine Hamlin]] was invited to lunch by the Queen last week
during her visit here, I thought her article ought to be improved.
(Hamlin's, that is.) It and its companion, the [[Addis Ababa Fistula
Hospital]] were a bit of a mess so I have separated them out and organised
them, linking all the awards and hopefully explaining Hamlin's
contributions better.
I mentioned her before in an earlier email on this list but now I hope that
readers can better see in these two articles why she is such an amazing
person and such a heroine - someone IMHO of whom everyone on this list
ought to be aware. This is a woman who is personally responsible for curing
thousands of women who would otherwise be cast out and without hope. And
she is still operating - still doing surgery in her mid-eighties and
training others to follow on. In the cosmic scheme of things, had we we
been born in a slightly different place or time, we might have been one of
the women who needed help such as she provides. All her patients have an
obstetric problem that we in the developed world do not have to worry about
anymore as we solved it in the middle of the 20th century. It is completely
preventable with good obstetric care and Hamlin has been giving that
selflessly and expertly for 50 years. Here is someone making a real
difference to women's lives and confronting problems far worse than name
calling. My hat goes off to her ...
Gillian
Hi everyone -
Ada Initiative is planning *AdaCamp* and the first will take place in
Melbourne in January 2012. See below for more information on participating.
If I was in Melbourne - I know I would!
-Sarah
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Date: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:29 PM
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Dear all,
One of the major goals of the Ada Initiative is to organize a series of
meetings of women in open technology and culture around the world, which
we’re calling *AdaCamp*. As Ada Initiative directors Valerie Aurora and
Mary Gardiner will be attending linux.conf.au 2012 in Ballarat, Australia,
we intend to hold our very first AdaCamp the weekend before, as a one-day
event on *Saturday 14th January 2012*, in *Melbourne, Australia*.
Attending AdaCamp Melbourne
Approximately 30 to 40 women will be invited to attend AdaCamp Melbourne.
Invitations will be based on an open application process; that is, women
interested in attending submit a short application, and attendees will be
selected from among the applicants. Attendees will be selected based on
leadership in open technology and culture, and interest in contributing to
supporting women in the community.
Expressions of interest
Applications for AdaCamp Melbourne will open shortly. However, we’d like to
gauge interest in the community so that we can plan a better event, and to
attract sponsors to offset the cost of the event, so if you are interested
in attending, please fill out this
form<https://docs.google.com/a/adainitiative.org/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&f…>and
we will contact you when applications open.
https://docs.google.com/a/adainitiative.org/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&f…
Q&A
*How much will AdaCamp cost? Will you offer travel or accommodation
subsidies?*
AdaCamp Melbourne will have free admission. We would like to offer travel
and accommodation subsidies, if our budget permits. If so, these will be
announced in due course. Not that it is very unlikely that we will be able
to offer subsidies that will greatly offset the cost of an international
flight to Australia.
*What do you mean by a leader in open technology and culture?*
We include activities like:
- substantial amounts of openly available creative work, such as open
source software and freely licenced educational or artistic works
- project leadership or substantial volunteer community work in a open
tech or culture project
- involvement in outreach for open technology and culture, such as
running programming workshops or photowalks or mapping drives
- involvement in or leadership in women’s groups related to open
technology and culture, like Wikichix, Geek Feminism, GNOME Women and so on.
*When will there be an AdaCamp in my country/region?*
Depending on funding, the Ada Initiative intends to run a few AdaCamps
every year, likely shortly before or after major open technology and
culture conferences. Watch our blog for other AdaCamp announcements.
We also hope and expect that other events and summits for women in open
technology and culture will continue to be run by other groups: let us know
if you’re running one and we’ll be happy to help you spread the word.
Contact us
If you have further questions, please email info(a)adainitiative.org.
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