[UbuntuWomen] Diversity and Encouraging More Women To Attend UDS

[Jessica Ledbetter]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Jono Bacon <jono at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 09:28 -0800, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Jono Bacon <jono at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> I was thinking it could be cool to have an outreach campaign on Planet,
> the Fridge etc, to encourage more women to participate, and maybe
> provide feedback and re-assurances from women who have attended UDS
> about how it works and answering any questions. Do you think this could
> be useful?

Yes. I think this would be useful. We had a lot of blog posts by women
that attended UDS-N either in person or remotely. Those that blogged
were pretty diverse too which would go to show women of all ages and
tech level (0-lots) participated. Maybe a "looking back" or revisit
type post or links would be good.

I think the policy to make sure women feel safe is great but knowing
that there are other women like them that they can find and talk to
would go far too. I know that it helps me knowing some familiar faces
that I can go to when I show up at conferences.

Jessica