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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% 17%, which only gets us to awfully unrepresented. ;) This group is for anyone (male, female, or otherwise) 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. :)
Getting together post-conference
I had a great time at the meetup today. Anyone care to meet up at some point post-conference at a pub or something? I'd love to chat more as I feel like we really only touched on one topic this afternoon. I'm staying in Central London, but I am flexible depending on interest level and where everyone else is going..
Thanks!
Katie
Drupalcon London
Are any Drupalchix coming to Drupalcon next week? I'd love to meet you. I'm staying in Central Croydon.
Jane
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Colorado DBUG DrupalChix Meetup
The Colorado DBUG DrupalChix Meetup, is scheduled for the third Thursday of each month.
In August we will be meeting on August 18th in Boulder:
Applied Trust
1033 Walnut Street
Boulder, CO
Proposed Agenda:
6:30 - 7:00 Socializing
7:00 - 7:15 Introductions
7:15 - 8:00 Presentation(s) - Anyone who wants to present is welcome.
- Context (techgirlgeek)
8:15 - 8:30 Questions and answers - how do we stay in-touch, etc.
If we're missing anything in the agenda, please don't hesitate to let us know in the comments.
Drupal Camp Germany 2011: Call for Speakers
Hello Drupalchix,
I'm part of the core organization team for Drupal Camp Germany 2011. We would be very happy if we could have some more Drupalchix presenting and attending our DrupalCamp, so here is the "official" invitation:
On september 17th and 18th we will have Drupal Camp Berlin 2011, which is organized of members of the Drupal Usergroup Berlin. We are looking for interesting topics and for good presenters. Would you like to present?
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Any book recommendations on Agile Scrum QA/Testing for Drupal?
I am looking for some resources specifically related to QA/Testing Drupal sites with Agile Scrum methodology. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Read moreAcquia webinar
So great to listen to Robin Barre and other Drupal experts discuss their humble beginnings w/ open source.
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looking for Drupalchix developers for large NGO in NYC
I'm currently working for the World Economic Forum in NYC, and we are working hard to promote diversity in our development team. If you happen to know of any developers who are looking for a professional office environment with great benefits and an intense intellectual challenge, check out the following positions.
Senior Software Engineer < http://groups.drupal.org/node/161619 >
Software Engineer < http://groups.drupal.org/node/161634 >
Tickets for DRUPALCAMP Berlin 2011, 17th. - 18th. September
Hi everyone,
You can now buy tickets for the Camp at the website: http://www.drupalcity.de/
and at our Facebook's Site: http://www.facebook.com/drupalcamp.berlin
If you want to help us spread the message:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dcberlin
Hashtag: #dcb11
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=dcb11
Thanks and hope to meet you in Berlin
Mar
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Hello Colorado Area Drupalchix --
This will be the first of (hopefully) monthly Colorado DBUG DrupalChix Group Meetups, which will take place on the third Thursday of each month.
Would like to keep this first meeting pretty low-key. Let's get to know each other, and decide the format of future meetings.
Since, gals showing interest so far seem to be half-and-half Boulder and Denver, we are looking to find locations that are accessible to all. Probably alternating each month.
Location:
Creative Density Coworking
1719 Emerson St.
Denver, CO
Starting a DBUG DrupalChix Group
Calling all DrupalChix in Colorado.
After the HUGE success of our DrupalCamp Colorado last weekend, and the upcoming Drupalcon Denver in 2012, we wanted to see how we could get more of you amazing Drupalchix involved in the Colorado Drupal community.
I know getting involved can seem really overwhelming at first, and some gals may be wanting to make it to the DBUG meetings, but really would feel comfortable if they knew someone.
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Drupal Camp Hawaii 2011 (Our First Annual!)
Our First Annual Drupal Camp Hawai'i was held Thursday, July 14, 2011 from 9:30am - 2:00pm at the ING Direct Cafe in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Followup
We had strong attendance for a first-time Drupal event - 30 people came out of 32 who RSVP'ed -- lots of connections made, and we're following up with slides & video at DrupalHawaii.com.
SPONSOR: New Nectar Media
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phpwomen.org
I stumbled across this site: http://www.phpwomen.org - they have a listing of open source projects and how to get involved with them. And drupal is not listed! http://www.phpwomen.org/wordpress/os-project-opportunities
Should I ask them to list us and if so does anybody have ideas for starting points like IRC etc?
:)
Read moreQuestion about Drupal7x
Hey Ladies:
I have a question about passing arguments to block in 7.x. We've got a block view set up to get the latest 3 blog posts by term. We’re using Term ID with depth as the argument and providing the default arg using php code with return arg(1); as the arg.
Drupalcamp le dimanche 12 juin à Yaoundé (gratuit)
Bonjour.
Nous organisons un DrupalCamp le dimanche 12 juin au cybercafé INFOGENIE situé au carrefour de l'Hôtel du Plateau, avec intervention de conférenciers extérieurs. Voulez-vous y assister ou même y participer en nous faisant part de votre expérience ? Tout se passera sur la base du bénévolat et de la bonne humeur.
Read moreDrupalcon London 2011
Is anyone traveling to London for Drupalcon? I am looking to share a room with someone and I wanted to check here first. Any interest?
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Design and theming: together or separate?
Hello chix,
I hope you don't mind if I post this here. I thought it would be a safe and friendly place to discuss something that's been on my mind lately.
I have a background in both design and front-end development. I've been doing this for about 13 years, and got into drupal gradually over the past 4 years or so. I love being able to combine the creative and technical sides of web design.
Read moreDrupalcamp Colorado 2011 Kick off Party - Presented by Colorado Drupalchix
Hello Drupalchix,
Currently the Colorado Drupal community is really digging into the development of our summer Drupalcamp coming up on June 11 & 12th, http://2011.drupalcampcolorado.org. The Friday prior, June 10th, there will be a paid training day and a kick off/after training party. A few drupalchix from the area have decided to organize this party and set it as a "presented by Drupalchix of Colorado".
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A teeny-tiny itsy-bitsy thing (good-natured remarks that feel negative)
I need to vent about something. I thought Jared Spool's keynote at DrupalCon Chicago was fantastic. I've been showing it to coworkers, including people who work with other web frameworks and other platforms entirely. This means watching it over and over again.
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Master's thesis: Women's Contribution to Free and Open Source Software
Since I promised to post this, here's Christina Haralanova's master's thesis on women in the open source community: http://www.ludost.org/content/release-10-womens-contribution-free-and-op...
The document is in French. I hope to find the time to write an English summary at some point, and Christina also hopes to translate the entire text if she finds the time and/or money to do so. In the meantime, here it is for those of you who do read French.
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Ada Initiative Census
The Ada Initiative (http://adainitiative.org/) is a newly-formed organisation which aims to support and promote women in open technology and culture. We’ve just launched our first annual census — a broad survey of open technology and culture participants — to find out more about what projects and communities people are involved in, and how they feel about women’s inclusion and representation in the field. Please take this 5 minute census about women in open technology and culture! http://svy.mk/adacensus2011
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