-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all,
As I said in another thread, I'm going to FOSDEM this year, I don't have any presentation ready about Debian Women, but I can maybe prepare something to this event. Please let me know, Fernanda Helen Faulkner wrote: > Hi All, > > I got this email asking whether any of the women who are going to FOSDEM are > interested in going to talk about Debian Women to a group of women who are > learning computing skills and about FLOSS, in Belgium, on 24th Feb. Hannah > Wallach talked to an audience including some of these women last year, > apparently. > > I guess that anyone based in Belgium or nearby could go anyway, whether they > intend to visit FOSDEM or not. > > This looks like a great opportunity to reach out to some women who are > interested in learning more about the FLOSS world. Any takers? Please get in > touch with Lawrence Rassel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if so. > > Helen > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: debian women in brussels fosdem 2006? > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:28:57 -0500 (EST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dear Helen Faulkner > my name is laurence rassel, i am working for a network of training centers > for women into technology, this network is based in belgium > (http://www.ada-online.org/frada/) > the trainees are unemployed women mostly from non western origine, they > come to these centers to go back and have a job. > some of them of course can be really brillant, they develop for example a > live-cd based on knoppix with tutorials and exercises for female teachers > with only of course free softwares > (http://www.ada-online.be/cybersodaonlinux/) > As you know the Fosdem is taking place in brussels in february, all the > speakers are mostly male and with a high acamedic background, and it is > quite a closed world, last year i brought a few trainees to listen to > hannah wallach. > I don't know if i express myself clearly but my purpose is to create a > bridge between groups like yours, floss developers, and these women > interested in computers but out of these networks. > i am writing to see if some of you come to brussels for the fosdem, and > would agree to come just a bit earlier so we organise a meeting here > (http://www.interface3.be), the friday 24th afternoon. > our purpose is also to fight against the rise of microsoft which is > providing now short training for these kind of audience, it would be nice > to have a special link between our center and the debian women , i know > that some trainers here are interested to develop their debian lesssons, > but they need support and networking. > so does a debian women member would be interested to accept our invitation > for friday 24th afternoon to make a presentation of debian, of debian > women platform, of her work to our group? > thanks for reading me > looking forward to your answer > very best > laurence > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQ9/8rGcIOTnQwtMUAQJG6QQAnGpxM2NciDmOCLvpkLajF3pVXzhiMDB0 A9uv2SomdU/uwYG1W2BhBaM6UyGqpdHeO8Ea7FqeNRNkCXlsw1vvwVdMJ9Hk39CC 0Uu5LlRkOYoj3NrXDNtR0RBZR6qgeM1x+UMYWcOvnD0W/rYpp+ocPLnKTRe9aUSh c6YNnszmJgg= =q+d9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
