Fwd: [Gendergap] Congratulations to WMF's Sumana Harihareswara! - Wikitech-l

9 Nov 2011

Congratulations to Sumana :-). May she bring many more women to (wiki-)tech.

Erik

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From: Sarah Stierch &lt;sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com&gt;
Date: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:06 AM
Subject: [Gendergap] Congratulations to WMF's Sumana Harihareswara!
To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects
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Cc: Sumana Harihareswara &lt;sumanah(a)wikimedia.org&gt;

Hi everyone,

I want to congratulate Sumana Harihareswara, Volunteer Development
Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation, on being chosen as
Femmeonomics "50 Women to Watch in Tech."  She's listed alongside some
really amazing women - including Valerie Aurora who is a friend of
this mailing list and co-founder of the Ada Initiative.[1]

She's quite a voice within the community - encouraging developers and
programmers to get involved in Wikimedia and participating in
conferences like Open Source Bridge. On a personal note, Sumana has
been a beam of encouragement for me, and has helped me gain confidence
in regards to my "open source skills" and helping me learn more about
feminist and women's roles and organizations in the open source
community. She's also great to share a bottle of wine with.

Congratulations Sumana! We'll be watching (pressures on!)....

-Sarah

[1] Currently only the first ten are listed, but the rest are on the
way! http://femme-o-nomics.com/2011/10/the-50-women-to-watch-in-tech-the-first-1…

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