Sharan, You might find useful resources and contacts via <http://anitaborg.org/> as well.
- Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: Sharan Foga [mailto:sharan.f...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 03:45 > To: dev@community.apache.org > Subject: Re: Encouraging More Women to Participate on Apache Projects? > > Hi All > > Just a quick update. I've sent out an email to the following groups so > far: > > - Pyladies > - Phpladies > - Women Who Code > - Girls Who Code > - Black Girls Code > > I'll post any feedback I get. Also if anyone thinks of any other groups > they'd like me to contact then please let me know. > > Thanks > Sharan > > On 20/05/16 14:26, Sharan Foga wrote: > > Thanks very much to everyone for their feedback and support. > > > > Rich - I will contact these groups to see what feedback and advice > > they can give. > > > > Thanks > > Sharan > > > > On 20/05/16 14:05, Rich Bowen wrote: > >> I would suggest that the most constructive thing we could do would be > to > >> reach out to pyladies and phpwomen and other similar organizations > >> and ask > >> for recommendations and assistance in setting up a similar entity > here. > >> On May 19, 2016 11:18, "Sharan Foga" <sharan.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi All > >>> > >>> I'm interested in finding out how we could encourage more women to > >>> participate on Apache projects. It's a discussion topic that came up > >>> last > >>> week while I was at Apachecon. My understanding is that we don't > >>> have any > >>> current strategies in place so I think it could be good to look at > >>> gathering some ideas about how to tackle the problem and also hear > >>> about > >>> any lessons learned from any previous or similar strategies. > >>> > >>> What do people think? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> Sharan > >>> > >>> > >>> > >
