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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. :)
Brainstorming on Increasing the Ranks of Women in Drupal
In an initial post to the group. I suggested that it might be interesting to discuss ways we might increase the number, the percentage, and the influence of women in Drupal. I head an executive search and recruiting research firm and have worked on diversity initiatives to increase the number of women technologists at some of the most powerful and successful companies in software. Despite the best of intentions, increasing the number of women in technology has proven challenging for a whole host of reasons.
Read moreNewbie Drupal Sister Intro and All Women Dev Project Idea
Hello Drupal sisters!
Thought I'd briefly introduce myself to the women of Drupal team. (Newbie that I am, I hope this is the right place to do that! If this isn't the right thread,please let me know . . .)
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Arlington Drupal Lunch
We were connecting with other Drupal developers, themers, designers in Arlington on a regular basis to have lunch, talk shop, and get advice or assistance on ongoing projects.
The people who attended predominantly work on Drupal in the service of international non-profits as well as social services and federal projects for education, the environment, civic engagement, health, families, women, and children.
Go to the DC Drupalers Meetup for new events in the region!
http://www.meetup.com/drupal-dc
NERDSummit Friday Keynote: Susan Buck
We are very excited to announce that Susan Buck will be presenting the Friday keynote for NERDSummit!
Susan Buck is a programmer, designer, and educator with over 15 years of web development experience, starting with her education in digital media at NYU's Interactive Telecommunication Program and UNC Asheville's New Media program.
Read moreResources for women who want to get into open source
I posed a question on Twitter asking if there were any good lists of women-friendly open source projects. Using this to archive the results. It's a wiki, so folks should feel free to add their own suggestions as well. :)
(The short answer is not really, though one might be able to be sort of inferred from some of the below links.)
General resources
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Question for male allies: what was the catalyst for your "ah-ha" moment regarding sexism in tech?
I've been wondering about this question recently, and thought it might be nice to just ask, and see what types of responses come in.
If you're the type of dude who calls out other dudes when they say sexist things, who supports women when they feel attacked/harrassed because of their gender in a geek setting, and/or who actively encourages women to get into technology, I'd love to know what was the thing that opened your eyes to the problem and take action?
Was it:
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Women in Drupal Panel - NYC Camp 2014 at United Nations
Great panel on women leaders in technology with Angie Byron, Holly Ross, and Atefeh Riazi, UN CIO.
http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/other-meetingsevents/watch/panel-on-...
Original panel details with speaker bios: http://www.nyccamp.org/session/female-technology-leadership-panel
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Women in code Mother's Day Campaign
This is SUPER cool. NCWIT and code.org are partnering in a Mother's Day campaign to show pictures of women coders, mother and daughter pairs, etc.
Let's make sure the amazing Women in Drupal are represented. Get your pictures of you, your daughters, you and your daughters, etc. coding away.
Feel free to share this information to as many women coders as you can.
http://www.ncwit.org/codeorg-mothers-day-campaign-photo-submissions
Read moreDrupalcon Austin Women in Drupal Event
The Women in Drupal reception, sponsored by Aten Design Group and Amazee Labs, will be held at Max's Wine Bar on Tuesday night starting at 5:30pm. This is an open event, so if you can't make 5:30, show up when you can. We have a fantastic selection of wines and good picked out for you. These events are a great opportunity for women of all experience levels, to meet other Women in Drupal and technology.
Please visit the web page on the Drupalcon Austin site for more information and to register for the event. https://austin2014.drupal.org/women-drupal-reception.
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Western Mass Drupal Camp is part of the New England Regional Developers Summit
This years Western Mass Drupal camp is at UMASS/Amherst on September 12th through the 14th. It will be happening as part of the New England Regional Developers (NERD) Summit.
For more details, visit: http://nerdsummit.org/drupalcampma
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Female Developer <> always equal designer.
I am curious, and wanting to get feedback from other women drupal developers. I am a back-end developer. I have found when meeting with project managers, vendors, and other non-developers, that they assume I am the designer and the male is the back-end developer. Even when I am introduced as the Lead Developer.
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Free Webinar: Drupal for Decision Makers (HigherEd Focus)
Singlebrook is hosting a free webinar on Thurs., 2/27 at 2pm, ET.
In this 60 minute seminar, Jeff Amaral will discuss what you need to know when investigating Drupal as a potential platform for your site.
*Finding support from the Drupal community and its developers
*Factors that will affect the cost of development and maintenance
*Why features are cheap but customization is expensive
*Choosing developers and a development style that aligns with your needs
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Read moreWebsite!!!
Hi All
Please check out www.womenindrupal.org
This is a very basic site that we have just launched, critique/ comments are most welcome.
Launching the Indian Chapter of "Women in Drupal"
Hi All
We are in the process of launching the indian chapter of this group. More details coming soon....
will keep you updated on the progress.
SANDcamp 2014 Open for Registration
Hello everyone:
SANDcamp 2014 is live for business. Thanks to Jason Savino for making the website work this year with some new twists and Rich Yumul for importing data from the old site. We have six weeks to generate some social media noise and get SANDcamp rocking.
We have great keynote speakers: Jeff Beeman and Josh Koenig. Jeff is the solutions architect for 8-figure Drupal projects and Josh is, well Josh (Co-Founder of Chapter 3 and Pantheon).
Read moreProblems with setting uploading for users
I'm perplexed. I am editing two different sites that both have ckeditor. Both are in D6. I have it set on both sites so that when the user clicks on the image icon in the Body, they are able to successfully upload the image using the box that comes up, and set the different image properties, click OK, and then the photo appears in the Body. No problem there.
Read moreVPS or Shared webhost
Hi all, I am fairly new to Drupal. I am re-designing/developing a website for a homeowners association using Drupal 7 that was originally built using tables. On a scale of 1-10 (1 being clueless and 10 being a Drupal guru), I would say I'm a 3. I don't know Php or Linux. I have some basic HTML and CSS skills.
Read moreThe boy's club prevails because of the terminology?
"I am facing an extremely hard time coming up with a business model in order to sell myself as a viable Drupal developer. One thing that I am finding is that after getting to the final line of the interview process it is inevitably the person in charge of the hiring picks the coder. So what are your thoughts on that? My strengths are building sites that people can use, that content mangers can actually build, and the visuals are the enticing factor that lead to the content of the site. It is not in the code but the entire experience of visiting my site.
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Free Global Training Days Webinar: Do I Need Drupal?
NxtTeam - the most active Acquia Drupal Training partner in the U.S. - is again participating in Global Training Days tomorrow, November 15, 2013.
Join us for a 90 minute free webinar entitled "Do I Need Drupal?" Our Sr. Drupal trainer, Margaret Plett, will cover the following subjects:
- What is Drupal
- How Does it Work
- Native Language
- Community
- Resources
- Where to Find More Information
