I noticed that Amy Senger and Steven Mandzik of 1X57 are putting on a wiki workshop on June 18, geared towards newbies and particularly women, though anyone is welcome.  This looks cool and I encourage spreading the word about this and if interested, signing up to attend.

Here are the details:

DC Women Who Wiki Workshop


Saturday, June 18, 10am-2pm
JESS3 HQ, 1707 L St. NW Washington, DC 20036

Join us for this free 1/2 day workshop that starts at the very beginning of wiki editing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_WWW1

And they have an eventbrite page for signup:

http://growwiki.eventbrite.com/

Cheers,
Katie