Do keep me posted it something comes out of the diversity conference. I'd like to be involved in the formation if a usergroup if it's possible.

I talked to people in Hong Kong about forming a group to advise for Wikimania and provide a safe space for women to hang out and to provide a space for anyone (regardless of gender) to come if anything happens (sexual assault, harassment, and it never fails to happen). And I could see a group like that helping with that.

I'm not attending the diversity conference, unfortunately, so I look forward to hearing any outcomes about a user group.

Thanks Sydney for taking the lead!

-Sarah

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Sydney <sydney.poore@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

To my knowledge there is not a true Wikimedia affiliated organization focused on the gender gap. But I would like to change that. :-)

It is on the list of ideas from the WMF gathering. I was thinking of an user group as a first step.

At the diversity conference next month I was planning to launch it if there was interest but we can go ahead and start the discussion now.

Sydney Poore

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On Oct 16, 2013, at 15:22, Nathan <nawrich@gmail.com> wrote:

> This might be a dumb question, but are there any ongoing GenderGap
> related efforts right now outside of content projects (i.e. other than
> on a Wikipedia etc.)? Is there a thematic organization focused on it,
> or any significant research or outreach grants or programs? It seems
> like an obvious candidate for an affiliate group, but I don't recall
> reading about one.
>
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