Hi all, I've posted below some information for a girls in ICT mentoring thing at the end of Sept at Sydney Uni. I've put my hand up and they are looking for more women. If anyone is interested, please contact the lady below, she is pretty cool :) I'll be meeting her up for lunch in about two weeks if anyone else is keen to come along.
====== This is your opportunity to help to encourage more women into IT. The School of IT at The University of Sydney has designed a 3-day workshop from September 27-29 2005 for 50 girls from year 7-10 to work with women IT students and professionals on an IT project on the University campus. During the workshop the girls will be creating multi-media content for a website about Girls in IT, and producing the website by the end of the workshop. The organisers are looking for help and sponsorship. They are looking for: 1. Young women from the industry who can work with the girls, particularly on Day 2 of the workshop. On that day, they need four mentors to take part in a panel discussion in the lunch break and 10 -12 mentors who can work with the girls in breakout groups for the following three hours. 2. Companies who will sponsor 12 country student's attendance at the workshop at approximately $700 per student. This would provide return airfares and accommodation for four nights. Scholarships for 12 girls would require $8,400. 3. $750 for prizes for the best students. 4. $750 to sponsor lunch on any of the three days. Sponsorship will include the opportunity for the organisation to address the girls as the guest speaker. If you can help, please contact the organiser directly: Andrea Stern School of Information Technologies mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (02) 90369108 Cheers, Pia -- Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ in -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
