Group: Women's Caucus/Documentation/10.27.2009
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| − | The agenda for the first IRC meeting on October 27th, 2009 | + | The agenda and minutes for the first IRC meeting on October 27th, 2009 |
1) Logo - we decided not to have a contest. Mairin is exploring two logo ideas; one depicting a stylized woman like the girl scouts logo and one that's a cartoon lady driving a GNUbot. Additional ideas may also be considered at next month's IRC mtg. | 1) Logo - we decided not to have a contest. Mairin is exploring two logo ideas; one depicting a stylized woman like the girl scouts logo and one that's a cartoon lady driving a GNUbot. Additional ideas may also be considered at next month's IRC mtg. | ||
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2) Four feminist freedoms for the free software community - We tabled this item and will look at it more this month over email. | 2) Four feminist freedoms for the free software community - We tabled this item and will look at it more this month over email. | ||
| − | 3) Speaker's bureau, compiling and promoting it - Deborah is setting up a flossspeakher@gnu.org mailing list for sharing speaking opportunities, encouraging conference | + | 3) Speaker's bureau, compiling and promoting it - A list of FLOSS speakers has already been started on the geekfeminism wiki. We decided that our efforts would be best spent developing strategy and sharing resources. Deborah is setting up a flossspeakher@gnu.org mailing list for sharing speaking opportunities, encouraging conference organizers to post speaking opportunities as well as sharing and discussing speaker training opportunities. |
| − | 4) Get computers into girls' hands - this project to be further developed over email | + | 4) Get computers into girls' hands - this project to be further developed over email this month |
5) Day long summit on women's participation in the spring - Libre Planet is tentatively scheduled for March 19-21st in Boston, the 19th will likely be the larger women's summit day. | 5) Day long summit on women's participation in the spring - Libre Planet is tentatively scheduled for March 19-21st in Boston, the 19th will likely be the larger women's summit day. | ||
| − | 6) Couch surfing network for women in free software - Leslie is looking into privacy issues here. | + | 6) Couch surfing network for women in free software - Leslie is looking into privacy issues here. |
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| + | Our next meeting is November 24th at 2:30 EST | ||
Revision as of 12:46, 30 October 2009
The agenda and minutes for the first IRC meeting on October 27th, 2009
1) Logo - we decided not to have a contest. Mairin is exploring two logo ideas; one depicting a stylized woman like the girl scouts logo and one that's a cartoon lady driving a GNUbot. Additional ideas may also be considered at next month's IRC mtg.
2) Four feminist freedoms for the free software community - We tabled this item and will look at it more this month over email.
3) Speaker's bureau, compiling and promoting it - A list of FLOSS speakers has already been started on the geekfeminism wiki. We decided that our efforts would be best spent developing strategy and sharing resources. Deborah is setting up a flossspeakher@gnu.org mailing list for sharing speaking opportunities, encouraging conference organizers to post speaking opportunities as well as sharing and discussing speaker training opportunities.
4) Get computers into girls' hands - this project to be further developed over email this month
5) Day long summit on women's participation in the spring - Libre Planet is tentatively scheduled for March 19-21st in Boston, the 19th will likely be the larger women's summit day.
6) Couch surfing network for women in free software - Leslie is looking into privacy issues here.
Our next meeting is November 24th at 2:30 EST
