fyi - I would like to frame volunteering at SCALE as more than just exposure, also as participation and helping to make the larger community more diverse. Do note that the original team which started SCALE are now well connected and working for some of the top tech companies, and thus I hope that there will also be good networking and mentoring opportunities.
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Lori Mitchell lorimitchell0@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for all the responses. I am well aware of SteamCoders and know Keila l, et al well. I will present the opportunity to volunteer at SCALE to the women in our group as exposure. And, discuss FLOSS (heard about it through a colleague at GHC this year). Thanks again!
Lori Mitchell Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 22, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Kenneth Wyrick kmw@caltek.net wrote:
Hi Lori,
Sounds like you are looking for opportunities to explore and expand FLOSS with Black Women in Technology. I am a Black Person in FLOSS and I would love to have a conversation with you about your organization participants and potential opportunities to engage in FLOSS activities.
I encourage you to browser through 2 particular resources that may
provide
a FLOSS distro context and have your participants identify any that they are interested in testing or getting more familiar with:
http://turnkeylinux.org http://distrowatch.org
Ok as i go through your website I see; Keila Banks Presents at SCALE 14x. I know her dad, mom, grandfather and siblings. She would be a good one to involve in expanding FLOSS for your organization.
I also wound up on the: http://www.steamcoders.org/programs/
where i see a class that we would like to have at our OSSIE day (sat, march4) @ SCALE:
Introduction to "Scratch" ~ Students in Grades 4-7 (First-time Coders) Oct. 22nd - Dec. 10th ~ Saturdays - 8:30 am – 12:00 pm University of La Verne - Founder's Hall - Rm. FH - 207 1950 3rd St, La Verne, CA 91750
<quote who="Lori Mitchell"> Hello all:
I would like to know how Black Women in Technology can become involved? I know the opportunities in open source abound 😊
My goal is to make sure our group can encourage more black women to migrate towards open source. Thanks in advance for your replies.
Warmly, Lori Mitchell
Lori Mitchell Founder/CEO Black Women In Technology
t. (310) 862-4236 e. info@blackwomenintech.org w. http://www.blackwomenintech.org http://www.facebook.com/blackwomenintechla <http://twitter.com/BWiTLA
http://wiseintro.co/lorimitchell
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:38 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.org wrote:
On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Mx Siltanen mrsiltanen@gmail.com wrote:
Q: Results from CFP... did we get enough?
350+ proposals.
What areas do we need more coverage?
The program committee is meeting later this week, and we'll have a better sense of inventory on the main tracks. Some of the side events, will be reviewed after the holiday weekend.
As I am experimenting more with twitter for outreach I am encountering possible people to invite to participate with SCALE 15x and it would be good to know if there are areas which I may encourage greater participation.
btw - Most of my focus currently is Open Data, Big Data, DevOps, and Info-Sec related.
Thanks Matti.
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