[BBLISA] Fwd: Python savvy women wanted

[Lois Blood Bennett]

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From: Deborah Nicholson <deb at eximiousproductions.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:42 PM
Subject: [Womeninfreesoftware] Python savvy women wanted
To: "Discussion re: increasing women's participation in free software"
<womeninfreesoftware at gnu.org>


Hi,
I'm writing because we are looking for local (or willing to come to
Boston) python ladies who could help out with a workshop for women and
their friends. We're holding our second Boston workshop on the evening
of Friday, May 13th and all day on Saturday, May 14th. Our workshops
are very much based on the successful Bay Area Ruby workshops that
have been going on for the last two years or so,
http://workshops.railsbridge.org/2011/01/celebrate-women-in-open-source-on-jan-28th/

We're aiming for a one-to-five student/helper ratio. Learning about a
programming language from scratch produces *lots* of questions. Part
of the goal of this workshop is also to show how many women are
already interested in programming, so we are primarily asking women to
help.

* Who we're looking for
Someone who identifies as a woman
Is patient and enjoys helping people with technical difficulties
Is a Python user!

* The Time Commitment
Friday, May 13th, 5:30 - 9:30
Saturday, May 14th, 9:00 - 5:00

Plus a few hours during the preceding week to get familiar with the
materials for the workshop. Of course, if you want to get involved in
building the curriculum we'd welcome your feedback!
Cheers,
Deb
deb at eximiousproductions.com

PS Anyone who is interested in getting updates for this event or
future workshops should join the meet-up group
http://meetup.bostonpython.com/

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