[UbuntuWomen] UW article for Fullcircle mag

[Karin Qadri]

Pardon me but what is wrong with purely technical articles? Encouraging women to go into computing is good of course. I have been the only female on a few contract jobs.

Karin



> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:53:32 -0500
> From: lyz at ubuntu.com
> To: ubuntu-women at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [UbuntuWomen] UW article for Fullcircle mag
> 
> On 1/11/08, Cathy <cathy at zareason.com> wrote:
> > > I very strongly object to having purely technical articles located in
> > > a column about Ubuntu Women.
> >
> > OK, good to know. Thanks for the guidance. How about another piece I wrote a
> > while back (which I would love to see in print):
> 
> Not directed at you - the initial email did include asking for
> technical articles so I was simply objecting to that :)
> 
> > Ubuntu Women's upcoming developers
> >
> > P1 Stats on declining / increasing number of women in tech / software /
> > Ubuntu
> >
> > P2 Why women go into tech (a quote or two from Ubuntu Women)
> >
> > P3 Why they don't / Why they leave
> >
> > P4-6 Why Ubuntu can and should be a warm and welcoming environment for me
> > and my daughter (this is my favorite part, there is much to love about
> > Ubuntu)
> >
> > P7 What we can do to foster a love of software, list of favorite games where
> > kids do developer-type activities
> >
> > This particular piece would be hard to keep under 500 words, so maybe skip
> > P1-3 and go straight to the helpful tips?
> 
> Sounds good.
> 
> > More feedback? Is this concept on target?
> 
> This is PERFECT! Thanks Cathy :)
> 
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> 
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