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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. :)
Anyone have an idea how would be the best way for diff. roles to edit,update their info?
Never have success asking for help on normal forum or IRC so will try to ask for help here where a lot of other girls are. :-)
Anyone have an idea how would be the best way for diff. roles to edit,update their info? On this http://www.tinemuller.dk/test_drupal/ in the top click browse/CRUD - everybody can click a toilet and see all about it but only people with roles for each city can change the info but there are 98 cities so NO good to be in the top - How is the CLEVER way to do such things, please?
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DrupalDownUnder and Haecksen
Hey hey - a special call out to drupalchix in australia, new zealand and the asia pacific in general....
2 great conferences in Brisbane, Australia in January would LOVE to invite you to present.
The haecksen miniconf at LCA2011 is for women in free and open source software:
See the call for papers: http://haecksen.net/node/273
Or more info on what it's about: http://haecksen.net/node/6
Just a hi from Sweden
I just read that you don't have to be woman to be a part of this group, so I thought I should take the opportunity.
Don't have much to say (right now), other than if one more member in this group can make a tiny bit more momentum for getting more awesome people feel welcome in the Drupal world I want to be a member.
Cheers!
//Johan Falk, NodeOne, Sweden
Drupalcon Drupalchix Statistics
smoothstr's post on making Drupalcon more inviting to women prompted me to go back through old Drupalcon schedules and attempt to compile some data and statistics. This is a wiki page, so please feel free to add to and expand this.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find schedules online for any Drupalcons prior to Barcelona (2007). But here are some stats I was able to scrounge up in terms of women presenters, approximate attendance levels of Drupalchix BoFs, etc. Note that these purposely don't include stats from BoF sessions, since those are both a) inconsistently captured across the years (Szeged did an amazing job, but we haven't quite matched it since), and b) typically aren't in the schedule / program ahead of time, thus aren't influencing anyone's decision to come to Drupalcon.
Here's the abbreviated version:
| Conference | Number of women (co)presenters | Number of sessions with women (co)presenters | Drupalchix BoF attendance (approx) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drupalcon Barcelona (September 2007) | 2 out of 61 (~3%) | 4 out of 90 (~4%) | 12-15 |
| Drupalcon Boston (March 2008) | 12 out of 108 (~11%) | 17 out of 73 (~23%) | 20-25 |
| Drupalcon Szeged (August 2008) | 9 out of 84 (~10%) | 14 out of 68 (~20%) | 25-30 |
| Drupalcon DC (March 2009) | 14 out of 121 (~11%) | 22 out of 109 (~20%) | 50 |
| Drupalcon Paris (Sept 2009) | 9 out of 71 (~12%) | 11 out of 84 (~13%) | 30-40 |
| Drupalcon San Francisco (April 2010) | 41 out of 179 (~23%) | 42 out of 133 (~31%) | 100+ |
| Drupalcon Copenhagen (August 2010) | 14 out of 122 (~11%) | 13 out of 107 (~12%) | 15-20 |
| Drupalcon Chicago (March 2011) | 32 out of 146 (~22%) | 30 out of 102 (~29%) | |
| Drupalcon London (August 2011) | 12 out of 107 (~11%) | 15 out of 90 (~17%) | 15-20 |
So basically, other than an outlier with Drupalcon Barcelona where the numbers were very low (which is coincidentally where the first Drupalchix BoF was held), and an outlier with Durpalcon San Francisco where the numbers were very high, we tend to hover around 10% of total speakers and 15-20% of total sessions with women presenters.
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Down with the barriers (to participation in Drupalcon)
Edit: changed the title from "Drupalcon for women" because while this conversation started about ways to remove barriers for women, it's not specific to women. It's for anybody who may feel excluded because of sex, race, religion, sexuality, age, skin color, health, experience, or whatever.
Are there specific things you'd like us to do at Drupalcon or before Drupalcon to address the needs of women who are thinking about coming to Drupalcon, or planning to come to Drupalcon?
Things I can imagine:
- Ensure that there's more than just a Drupalchix BOF. Maybe a talk?
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Join OHO's tech team for a great discussion and demo of a number of 'tips and tricks' around best practices in Drupal. During the webinar, you'll hear from Langdon White, Michael Rossetti, and Akeem Williams. (Architects and senior Drupal developers/designers)
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Register for the no cost webinar @ http://www.oho.com/webinar
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The influence of subtlety
I was the first woman at any DrupalCON, the only woman in Antwerp. Until the brouhaha over the keynote, I never really thought about why I went there in the first place. But the decision to travel there was triggered by a tiny and important event, so I'd like to share it.
Read moreSexism and Mountains out of Molehills
I feel like I need to centralize a public discussion on what's been going on today, as a lot of people weren't there and are wondering what happened.
Read moreWomen Who Tech TeleSummit - September 15, 2010
Hi drupalchix - Check out this event, and tell your friends! I'm planning to register. It's $20 for a full day of great panelists. I know some of the organizers and they are an awesome bunch of ladies. Anyone else up for this? Maybe I'll see some of you at the SF afterparty. Here's the event announcement:
Read moreDrupal Updates from OSI Days 2010 - Open Source Conference, Chennai - September 19-21, 2010
Conference Details - http://osidays.com
Drupal Sessions with Overview and details: http://osidays.com/tracks/60
Conference Registration - http://osidays.com/register-now
Shortlisted Sessions:
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DrupalCon Copenhagen
Hi :-)
I wonder if some of You (Awfully Underrepresented) are going to go to Copenhagen...?
Considering global underrepresentation, I'm Under++, as a woman from (eastern) Europe, especially Poland (misogynous catholic country, where you can be a Queen of Hearth and Home, but not an engineer). Well... I hope that this conference could change my deep and permanent feeling of alienation... that's why I'm going...
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Barcamp Seattle 2010
I'd like to extend an invitation to you to attend Barcamp Seattle 2010. It's Aug 14-15, 2010. It's a free event, but we require people to register since space is limited.
If you've ever wanted to try public speaking on a topic your passionate about, Barcamp is a great opportunity. You'll participate in sessions on a variety of topics, and meet a lot of great people. I hope to see you there!
Here are the details. http://www.barcampseattle.org/where-and-when/
Read morewhat strategies / tactics would you suggest to attract women to software development, web design, and Comp Sci in general?
I've started looking into the issue of why there aren't many women in working in the Sciences and Engineering. I'm particularly interested in attracting women to Computer Science, software development, and web development. I think women could and would add a lot to improve whatever field they chose - whether they wanted to be Database Administrator, Drupal Hacker, SysAdmin, etc. I think they approach problems differently, and they would help create better solutions.
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Lots of stuff happening this summer with the Drupal Open Garden Project
There is a ton of stuff going on with the Drupal Open Garden Project this summer.
We are just getting underway & we are now known as a 'Summer Learning Collaborative.'
Classes
We have some basic open source development skills-building classes underway (command line, git, php, drush and maybe IRC & 'theme crew')
Projects
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LA Drupal's 4th Annual DrupalCamp: August 7-8th, 2010 at UC Irvine
Registration is now open for DrupalCamp LA 2010. Mark your calendars for Saturday & Sunday, August 7-8th, 2010. Attendance is free. The camp will be taking place in the same great venue from last year - UC Irvine in the city of Irvine, California. The campus has housing available if you wish to rent rooms to stay overnight.
If you registered last year then your account is already setup and you just need to login and edit your profile to mark what days you plan to attend.
Free to attend. Parking costs about $8-12 per day. Lunch is not provided but you can bring your own or buy a food pass from the cafeteria on campus (which people liked last year). Nighttime private camp party on Saturday 7PM-MIDNIGHT sponsored by MediaTemple.
SPONSORS
Stauffer New Media Development
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Looking to meet other green, sustainable, eco-friendly type developers
I am looking to establish relationships with other Drupal developers and themers who are interested in eco-friendly, green, progressive, sustainable, or social justice projects.
Who's with me?
Through my company http://www.10kwebdesign.com we do a lot of work with green businesses, membership groups, and multicultural women entrepreneurs, and I'd like to collaborate and grow with other people who are committed to working in this sphere.
My sense is that there is a very deep need for good developers to offer their skills and talents to the green and clean economy.
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Upcoming Drupal Related Events You Should Probably Attend
Upcoming Drupal Related Events You Should Probably Attend is a quick post on the Guidelight Business Solutions blog. Here is our list of upcoming interesting Drupal Events (both in and out of Austin). If we missed your event, let me know and I'll update our list.
http://www.guidelightsolutions.com/blog/save-dates-upcoming-drupal-relat...
Enjoy!
Elizabeth
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Digitaria Volunteers Code Sprint & Submits First SANDcamp 2011 Sessions
Kudos to Digitaria for volunteering to organize a Sunday afternoon code sprint, the first official donation, and submitting sessions. Thanks Chuck & the Digitaria Team!
Digitaria has three volunteers for the code sprint: Dale Clarke, Aaron Carlton, and Brandon Lyon.
Also, we've met a few times and have a tentative list of talks from the team:
--Chuck Phillips, CTO - Speaking on Amazon Mechanical Turk
--Nick Davison, Director of Web Development - Speaking on some HTML5 topic, i.e., RDF or Forms
--Mike Dorrell, Software Engineer - Speaking on the Devel module
FYI - IT Jobs Offer Growth, But Women Are Bailing Out
Information technology is one of the fastest growing professions, yet women are leaving the field in huge numbers. One woman who is now on a job search said men in her company often expect her to play a secretarial role.
http://www.womensenews.org/story/women-in-science/100623/it-jobs-offer-g...
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DrupalChix NYC!
Hey DrupalChix,
Are you a DrupalChix in or near New York City? Then come to our first DrupalChix NYC meetup on June 17. Let's have DINNER together from 6:30 to whenever — place TBA. Sign up to let us know you are coming, so we can plan, and you can find out where we are meeting.
Just to be clear, this dinner is for women in the Drupal community.
And please pass the link to this invite around — many NYC DrupalChix's aren't signed up to this g.d.o group... so help spread the word.
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