[UbuntuWomen] International Women's Day Drawing

[Amber Graner]

Hi all!

First I want to express I think that this initiative is an exciting
and worthwhile one, and with any new initiative there are bound to be
bumps in the road.  Today we had a bump in the road, but it is my hope
that it will not detract from the awesomeness of the women who
submitted their personal stories as examples, encouragement and
inspiration to other women who use Ubuntu - again thank you.

However, in light of the slight misunderstanding of the expectations
surrounding the procedure for choosing the "random drawing" winner, I
was keen to address the "randomness" of the drawing today as soon as
possible.  I spoke with Jono this evening and he apologized for
misunderstanding the request.  In light of that we will actually have
3 prize pack winners and will also be sending out a Linux Pro/Linux
Mag (choice of one) to the honorable mention story.

Jono will take the remaining story submissions and literally draw a
name on his Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11am PST/ 2pm EST / 7pm UTC
video cast on UStream.TV -
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/at-home-with-jono-bacon

I'll get the email with winners (as they are today) and link to
stories out to the list within the hour  - I can't express my
gratitude for everyone who contributed to the success of this 1st
Annual Ubuntu Women Project  "How I discovered Ubuntu" International
Women's Day Competition.  Also please offer some feedback on how we,
as a team can make the competition better next year - thanks in
advance!

Thanks for your understanding as we work out the process kinks on our
road to an annual event to honor Internal Women's Day and women around
the globe who use Ubuntu.

:-) Amber

-- 
Amber Graner//akgraner//
http://ubuntu-women.org/
http://amber.redvoodoo.org/
http://www.ubuntu-user.com/Online/Blogs/Amber-Graner-You-in-Ubuntu


Just me Amber.

There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but
only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is.
Linus Torvalds