Ladies That FOSS is WMDE's first Open Source Hack Event aimed primarily at
women who want to join a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) project but
don’t know where to start. This is a unique opportunity for nonbinary and
woman coders to test out uncharted waters and code FOSS by meeting some
people who already got the FOSS flu and are deeply involved in projects.
So this is how it works. This day will be a one-day hack event where women
get the chance to dive into the FOSS movement and try out projects.
Projects will give women the chance to hack with them on something which
can be accomplished on that day. While hacking, the new women on the team
can get to know the FOSS movement and see what impact they can have.
This is an event which will offer newcomers the opportunity to engage
closely with the projects. Only four to six participants are matched with a
project. A unique chance to get to know some of the coolest projects and
coders out there and become part of the FOSS community. There will be
plenty of time for learning, trying, chatting, eating and *most of all,
coding FOSS*.
We already welcome Wikidata, Mozilla's Firefox Browser, Coala and most
likely Apache - BUT the collaboration is missing MediaWiki! Please contact
us, if you would like to become a MediaWiki mentor and join this event.
Please get in touch with julia.schuetze(a)wikimedia.de and myself if you are
interested and possibly able to help.
Thanks!
Rachel
