[IAEP] Running local Sugar workshops

[David Farning]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com> wrote:
> 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.)

Rumor has it that there will be an event sometime in January.... might
be a good time for a workshop.

david

> --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
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  > Caroline Meeks
>  > Solution Grove
>  > Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
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