[IAEP] Running local Sugar workshops

[Mel Chua]

Copying IAEP, slides for context are at 
http://www.slideshare.net/emmajane/form-an-orderly-queue-ladies (resend, 
since link > massive attachment. Sorry about that.)

Oh, I don't agree with all of it either, but it sure makes for an 
interesting discussion. :) Mostly I wanted to point out slide 138 and 
the bunch following - more than anything else, the slide deck made me 
think "hm, we should run workshops." (Not a "gender thing," but as 
another way to reach people we might not be reaching now.)

--Mel
(who happens to be female, and who also happens to like brie and be 
wearing a yellow shirt right now. I consider them all about equally 
relevant.)

Caroline Meeks wrote:
 > Hi Mel,
 >
 > This was a really interesting Slide show.  A bunch of it is not my 
style.  I like geeks, I am one,  and I think most of the open source 
programmers I know are sweet wonderful men.
 > I am passionate about getting more women into open source and into 
programming. I think we should be talking about this issue as a part of 
our shared vision for Sugar and the children of the world and as 
something that everyone in the Sugar community, male or female, agrees 
with.  This project is about equity and opportunity for all.
 >
 > I agree with her reasoning about end user workshops being an 
important tool for recruiting women.  Scratch did amazingly well with 
their workshop last summer.  I wonder if they have any numbers on 
male-female ratio.
 >
 > We should definitely do one.  They are pretty challenging to put 
together, and although we should be able to charge and not lose money, 
they can be financially risky and require money up front.
 >
 > If you are comfortable with it I think you should forward this to 
IAEP and get the whole group thinking about it.
 >
 > Cheers,
 > Caroline
 >
 >
 >
 > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com 
<mailto:mel at melchua.com>> wrote:
 >
 >     These are a set of slides from a talk by Emma Jane Hogbin - slide
 >     138 starts talking about workshops.
 >
 >     This made me start thinking about Sugar. Sugarcamp wasn't really an
 >     end-user workshop.
 >
 >     Are there any plans for one?
 >     If not, what can we do to make one?
 >
 >     -Mel
 >
 >
 >
 >
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