Thanks for the detailed answers Svaksha and Annapoornima. I just joined pyladies-blr list.
Still, I'm not sure of how having a separate group for ladies could help more women to learn Python. This is going to be my personal opinion, though. If we (ladies) have different needs in learning Python/programming than our counterparts, then it makes sense to have a separate group. For example, it makes more sense, IMO, to have a pyfreshers group than pyladies, where people who're starting with Python don't need to hesitate to ask/discuss basic doubts/questions. When we're aspiring to learn and share the same thing in a no different way than others, why a separate group? I think, if we have any concerns/suggestions to make BangPypers more woman friendly, they can be posted and discussed here. We are already a part of larger Python world and I doubt if we need a separate identity first and then to bridge the gap later. We could take from the larger community and give back to the same. (s/we/women/g) On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:03 PM, svaksha <svak...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Devi <asld...@gmail.com> wrote: > > None of the meetups, but attended most of Indian editions of PyCon. Gave > a > > tutorial last year at PyCon India. > > Nice to meet you (virtually) Devi. > > > > What do you mean by outreach activities? > > The PSF has various committees[0] and one of those is the outreach and > education committee, which funds activities like sprints and > workshops. The Pandas workshop I organised last year was funded by the > Sprints committee as was Asheesh's (who helped me a lot) travel. > > They have a specific application format and if Pyladies-BLR would like > to host sprints, workshops, bug-squashing sessions, documentation, > etc... for core Python libs, I would love to help you draft an > application for the local event. > > [0] http://www.python.org/psf/committees/ > [1] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/outreach-and-education > > > > AFAIK, there're very few active women on this list. > > > > @Annapoornima > > Being an active user of Python, I'm curious to know what are the goals of > > PyLadies chapter. > > Although this is not addressed to me, I'll take the liberty of > answering it. From, http://www.pyladies.com/, > > We are an international mentorship group with a focus on helping more > women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source > community. Our mission is to promote, educate and advance a diverse > Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events and > social gatherings. > > PyLadies also aims to provide a friendly support network for women and > a bridge to the larger Python world. Anyone with an interest in Python > is encouraged to participate! > > </quote> > > There is an irc channel #pyladies on freenode, which averages between > 60-70 people on any given day. Besides, Pyladies is pretty active in > providing FA to women who wish to attend/speak at Pycon. From this > year on, speakers can apply for FA directly on the pycon website. > Also, this year, they have started workshops on helping women submit > more proposals: > http://www.pyladies.com/blog/getting-more-women-to-submit-talk-proposals/ > > svaksha ॥ स्वक्ष > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- ~Devi _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
