<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'><div style="text-align: left;">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 </div> <hr id="stopSpelling">> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:53:32 -0500 > From: lyz@ubuntu.com > To: ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: [UbuntuWomen] UW article for Fullcircle mag > > On 1/11/08, Cathy <cathy@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@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women <hr />Watch “Cause Effect,” a show about real people making a real difference. <a href='http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_watchcause' target='_new'>Learn more</a></body> </html>