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1 thing that could be done is to ask each participant to think of one action item that they/their company can do to increase/promote either recruitment or retention | 1 thing that could be done is to ask each participant to think of one action item that they/their company can do to increase/promote either recruitment or retention | ||
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Marina, Mairin and Deb to find a quiet, not 21+ place for a women's dinner on Friday, near the T, with vegan food. This discussion to be finished off online. | Marina, Mairin and Deb to find a quiet, not 21+ place for a women's dinner on Friday, near the T, with vegan food. This discussion to be finished off online. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:10, 17 September 2010
The track on Sunday March 21st
round-table discussion/workshop on recruiting/retaining women
"Concrete things your org/company/project can do to increase your recruitment and retention of women"
1 thing that could be done is to ask each participant to think of one action item that they/their company can do to increase/promote either recruitment or retention
i.e. make it clear that people should be actually bringing along a concrete idea of something that they could offer/do
Pre-conference meet-up for women
Marina, Mairin and Deb to find a quiet, not 21+ place for a women's dinner on Friday, near the T, with vegan food. This discussion to be finished off online.
have a moderated Q&A where people can ask about things they've tried and ask for advice on improving
(I say moderated so we don't get 10 versions of the same question)
mdz from canonical
Kathy from Sun
Hannah from Debian Women
someone from Dreamwidth
Someone from here: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_women_keynote_presenters_at_technical_conferences
More recruitment/promotion ideas:
Both Hannah (upenn, umass amherst, harvard, stanford, mills, hampshire college...) and Marina (MIT) agreed to send invites to their contacts at universities. Karen agreed to talk to Sugar
Stormy: everyone should blog this
Scholarship ideas: try all the Grace Hopper sponsors? have FSF apply for grant(s)
