Rather than just set up a channel and hope that people show up, why don't we try a weekly IRC meeting at a specific day and time. I guess #wikimedia-gendergap would be the logical channel name (unless someone has another idea). Any suggestion for a day and time? Should we log the discussion to post elsewhere or keep it "off-the-record"?

Ryan Kaldari

On 8/19/11 12:10 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:


On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud@fairpoint.net> wrote:
Well, it is an excellent opportunity to talk without thinking and get
into trouble, but as I seldom bother with IRC, I would generally be a
no-show. I would go ahead, but unless a regular crew of women shows up it
will be a bust.


Again, the point is to encourage dialogue and partnership with all genders. I'm quite impressed with how diverse IRC actually is. And if you're not participating, then you need not worry ;)  It's also another tool for female editors to utilize, and once you show people how to use IRC (I hadn't used it in over 10 years, until yesterday, and all I needed was a little guidance), it's just another place for people to have community.

I just think it'd be cool to have a place called home for those of us interested. Just like we have this mailing list (which seems rather male dominated, too!). :)
 
Sarah

--
GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art
and
Sarah Stierch Consulting
Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.
------------------------------------------------------
http://www.sarahstierch.com/

_______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap