[UbuntuWomen] UW article for Fullcircle mag

[Caroline Ford]

Because it implies that technical articles written by women are special
and need to be in the women's column rather than a general article.

Caroline

On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 13:07 -0800, Karin Qadri wrote:
> 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 :)
> > 
> > -- 
> > Elizabeth Bevilacqua
> > http://www.princessleia.com
> > 
> > -- 
> > ubuntu-women mailing list
> > ubuntu-women at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women
> 
> 
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