Drupalchix
Only about 1.5% of the people involved in open source are women, leaving us terribly underrepresented. In the Drupal world, we're up to a whopping 7% 10%, which only gets us to awfully unrepresented. ;) This group is for anyone (either male or female) who believes that we can do better and wants to help.
So if you:
- are a woman who needs some help/guidance in order to get (more) involved with Drupal and the Drupal community
- are a woman who wants to network and get to know other women involved in Drupal
- are anyone who has ideas on things we can do to help encourage women to participate in Drupal
...then this is the group for you. :)
This group is specifically not for job postings, so please keep those off this list. Thanks.
DrupalChix Logo, shirts, etc
The results of a longggg and lively discussion are in. The logo is:
Thanks to cncoleman and heather for most of the design work, to Ariane for pushing things to a vote and tabulating the results, and to marc for getting the whole thing started.
Where in the World are the DrupalChix?
There have been a number of comments about how to find other women in Drupal. We're scattered around, but maybe not as much as we think. And it would be nice to know if there are other DrupalChix nearby. Maybe it could even lead to some regional DrupalChix get-togethers :-)
Grants and Programs for Participation in Drupal/Open Source
A few nights ago, I listened to the mp3 from this Drupalchix panel at the DrupalCamp LA. (And many congrats to the organizers Rain Breaw and Nicole Bluto for their smart leadership!) http://2009.drupalcampla.com/drupalchix (see also, http://groups.drupal.org/node/23188)
One of the speaker/facilitators (Rain, I believe) talks about the film industry and how grants are available to support and encourage aspiring women directors. I definitely know a number of women who were able to develop their own visions and voices with the support of various arts grants.
Help! How to stop "backlinkers?"
Hi folks, I'm wondering if you have any suggestions because we're at the end of our rope! The web site I manage has been hit with a flood of new user registrations that are NOT people authentically trying to join our community. Since this started on October 1st, we have been getting approximately 10 new users per hour, 24-7. The IP addresses are almost always unique and the profile information is different each time, sometimes with spammy links, sometimes not.
LCA2010 Wellington - Funding Programmes
The LCA2010 funding programmes are due to close this Friday so get
your applications in quick!
These funds are designed to fund delegates who contribute to the Open
Source community who, without financial assistance, would not be able
to attend LCA2010.
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InternetNZ Oceania Programme - funds people living in
Australasia-Pacific Region -
InternetNZ Kiwi Fellowship - funds people living in New Zealand
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Google Diverstiy Programme - for people in diverse groups.
To apply, see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/register/funding
Gender unknown on drupal.org
A short while ago, I edited my drupal.org account, and changed my gender from unknown to female.
I breathed a sigh of anticipation and release after making the change.
I wondered what had taken me so long to admit that I am actually female.
I began to realize that my fears of being hounded or harassed, while may come true, as some of the tales of previous female pioneers sung by webchick in 'Women in Opensource'.
Need Ninja Advice for Slow-Loading Site
We built a large site, a bit module-heavy but nothing out of the ordinary. Problem is that the page flickers on each and every page which seems odd since many pages have very little content or graphics. By flicker, we mean that the white background of the content/node loads after everything else so that purple background pops in first, then the white background.
We turned on the cache and other basic settings. We also moved to a large server, which helped the overall loading speed but didn't do anything for the flickering.
DrupalCon vs Do It With Drupal vs Drupal Camps
I'm sure most of you have probably seen that Lullabot has announced their latest seminar/conference: Do It With Drupal 2009. I'm still pretty new to Drupal so I've never been to any kind of conference/event.
I'm curious to hear what everyone thinks about the different options, whether it's worth waiting to see where the next U.S.-based Drupalcon is, or if I should try to check out the Lullabot event in New Orleans? Is one geared more for newbies and another for more advanced developers?
Thanks in advance for sharing your opinions!
enhancing phpEdu
Hello all,
I am Janet from India. I decided to enhance phpEdu, for my final year project. But since I am new to Drupal, I don't know much about phpEdu.
So you suggestions on this idea are most welcome.
I need some idea about how I am going to learn how to use phpEdu, how I enhance it etc.
Eagerly awaiting your help,
Janet.
Drupalchix Conversation at DrupalcampLA
Last weekend at DrupalCampLA we had a great turnout of women using Drupal, including a number of technical presentations led by women! Out of 66 sessions, 13 were presented by women (this includes Brenda Boggs' "The Doctor Is In" shift at the Drupalchix table and events such as that). 7 of those sessions were technical in nature, and while many of them were aimed at those new to Drupal, they were valuable topics such as Views, Upgrading from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6, and Site Migration.
Drupal Women Perú
Hello, My name is Rosa Maria, I use Drupal aporx 1 year. I m student Informatics Engenieer to Pontificia University Catholic.
I like to know and discussion generate with friends amox developer too...
Here in my country dont know girl developers and girl 0.00% developer in Drupal.
I members to Comunnity to Linux.
I like organize event from Perú with people the other country fameles.
Regards
Rosa Maria Orellana
twitter assoritam
PD. i need a module to Drupal to make keys to Token...can anyone help me???? Tnk!
New to Drupal
Okay so I am a webmaster at a local college (1 person team) and I have been hired to take over a new site that was built
in Drupal, problem is, the original dvelopers are no longer a resource and the site was kinda of half built (still many flaws when using it).
I have used contribute before and created some small sites using Dreamweaver but I am kinda of just jumping in and learning Drupal
one error at a time. I am now responsible for training other staff members (20) on how to use the system. I have full administrative
Volunteer wanted - geekspeakr.com
I run a website called geekspeakr.com
Many organisers of technical conferences, meetups, and dinners want to have more gender-balance in their lineups, but they don't know where to find technical women speakers.
Enter geekspeakr.com, a simple directory and connections system to help technical women speakers and event organisers to find each other.
The site runs Drupal5. I've got a small list of excellent feature requests, but need to upgrade it to D6 before i get into that sort of custom dev.
Le tour de Drupal
It is for a good cause, and Drupal is part of it.
Chris and John are doing a charity bike ride called Le Tour de Drupal from London to Paris arriving just in time at the start of the DrupalCon Paris 2009.
Un-named kitty-cat glad about webchick's come-back
Welcome back Angie! Hope you had a very enjoyable & well-deserved vacation ;)
Now, if only someone can think of a name for that cat...
T-shirts, so many t-shirts...
and this year's conference t-shirt is...
you know it already anyhow! :-)
Congrats for the Drupal Invasion in Paris.
We will take a blue t-shirt (somewhat close to your background) or any other suggestions?
Drupalchix:TwinCities Patch Party
who: twincities drupalchix
what: drupal patch party
when: (tentatively) August 8, 2009 - Saturday - 10-2 (optional to stay til 4)
where: somewhere with internet
why: group project to learn how to contribute back to drupal project by 'reviewing patches' to drupal 7 codebase
Drupal 7 is in the final weeks of accepting contributions from developers all over the world, many of whom are hoping to get their code into the next release of Drupal. (a.k.a. the "code freeze" is 9/1/09)
Administering a Drupal Group
Hi all,
This is not strictly a DrupalChix topic, sorry, but I couldn't see another place to post it and I thought one of the dchix might be able to help. I'd be happy to re-post it elsewhere if there's somewhere more appropriate for me to post!
Today I started a Drupal group to coordinate some work I've started with another Drupaler in the Netherlands who is working on the same thing I am, which is creating a LIMS (laboratory information management system) using Drupal and contrib modules.
The group has been approved, but when I go its g.d.o page:
Tools of the Trade
Over in the tokenism discussion, Chach pointed out that one of the things that is extremely helpful to getting new people involved is learning some of the tools other people are using and some of the best practices around that. So let's have a big thread where all of us -- whether we're developers, designers, project managers, business owners, etc. -- talk about the tools we use to make our lives easier on a day-to-day basis. :)
Here we go... Tokenism!
There were a couple of blips on Twitter the past couple of days about tokenism and how it may or may not relate to the Drupal community. I'd like to bring this discussion here, since it's really hard to have a deep, meaningful conversation on a medium that's more catered toward people announcing to the Internet what they're having for dinner. :P Also, I like to see spirited discussions in this group. ;)
The Geek Feminism Wiki, which is intended to be "a resource for and about women in geek communities and the difficulties we face," has an article on Tokenism.
From the article:
Tokenism is the practice of including one or a few members of a minority in a group, without their having authority or power equal to that of the other group members. It functions to place a burden on an individual to represent all others like her. The suspicion of tokenism can undermine a woman in tech's authority or perceived right to hold her position.
In practice in geek communities this can take the form of inviting several men whose careers are well established to speak at a conference and, in order to appear gender-balanced, inviting one younger woman whose career is just beginning and who is deemed unlikely to assert herself, make demands, or complain. This type of power imbalance played out repeatedly contributes to community perceptions of tokenization.
Tokenization can also occur when one woman is asked to represent her gender in a field over and over. Rather than seeking out many qualified women, group or conference organizers tend to return to canonizing one or two women as the most famous or as especially expert.
So, the question before us: in what ways does the Drupal community actively participate in, or actively fight against, tokenism? What behaviours have you encountered, or seen others encounter here in the Drupal community? Do you have thoughts on your experience with tokenism outside of the Drupal community? Or anything else you might like to add.
Go!
Only about 1.5% of the people involved in open source are women, leaving us terribly underrepresented. In the Drupal world, we're up to a whopping 7% 10%, which only gets us to awfully unrepresented. ;) This group is for anyone (either male or female) who believes that we can do better and wants to help.
So if you:
- are a woman who needs some help/guidance in order to get (more) involved with Drupal and the Drupal community
- are a woman who wants to network and get to know other women involved in Drupal
- are anyone who has ideas on things we can do to help encourage women to participate in Drupal
...then this is the group for you. :)
This group is specifically not for job postings, so please keep those off this list. Thanks.
