Comments for geeks hanging out http://seattlelinuxchix.com girls geeks and gentoo [or redhat or ubuntu ...] Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Meetings cancelled by Augustina http://seattlelinuxchix.com/2010/11/10/meetings-cancelled/#comment-775 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:39:06 +0000 http://seattlelinuxchix.org/?p=105#comment-775 The main reason I suggested calling off meetings is that Seattle already has a plethora of user groups and our group was potentially conflicting with their meetings. The purpose of LinuxChix is to encourage women to be involved in Open Source, not to serve as a support group. I saw our group moving into the “support group” category over the past several months and felt it was not serving the original intention of LinuxChix nor the Open Source community as a whole. The issue is that women feel excluded from the Open Source community, but then we create a women-focused group that was only serving to further ostracize women from the community, rather than encourage involvement. To solve this, I’ve proposed that we turn this into an online community and communicate what user group meetings we will be attending. If we have a particular project or event we would like to coordinate, I think it’s reasonable to have focused meetings regarding the organization of such a project. The goal of all of this is to push people out of their “comfort zones” and challenge women in the Seattle Open Source community to be PRESENT and involved in the community as a whole. Further discussion of this is available at the googlegroups.

]]> Comment on Meetings cancelled by Wanza http://seattlelinuxchix.com/2010/11/10/meetings-cancelled/#comment-743 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:31:52 +0000 http://seattlelinuxchix.org/?p=105#comment-743 I am one of the leaders and the North side of Seattle works better for me also. Other people who have attended meetings in the past would also find the northend to be an easier meeting place. I’m at a disadvantage here because I don’t believe you have left a real email address or any way for me to contact you directly. If you are interested in SLC meetings in the North (NW or NE or N or north just beyond Seattle city limits) , I could host them there. My issue is that I can’t do it all myself. The jobs that need to be addressed are as follows:
1. Two leaders to show up at each meeting – I am willing to commit to be one of them.
2. One leader to come up with meeting topics in advance of the meetings and to discuss (phone, email, in-person meeting) with me ideas about how to present the topic (also in advance of the meeting). And to decide who will do what at the meeting (who will be the primary presenter, who will be the support presenter, who will be tech support for questions, etc).
3. One leader to post future meeting dates on the Website and send out meeting reminders.
4. One leader to write up reviews of past meetings and post them either on the email list or on the Website.

It really isn’t that much work, but it is too much for one person to be responsible for on a volunteer basis when we all have such busy lives. Mostly it requires a commitment and dependability. I can take on several of these roles, but not all of them.

I would be interested in discussing this further with you if there is more to discuss. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Meetings cancelled by foo http://seattlelinuxchix.com/2010/11/10/meetings-cancelled/#comment-741 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:20:41 +0000 http://seattlelinuxchix.org/?p=105#comment-741 If some of the meetings were north seattle, once in a while, I’d have attended. Capital Hill meetings aren’t my thing.

]]> Comment on FAQ by Melissa Ask http://seattlelinuxchix.com/faq/#comment-485 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:17:50 +0000 http://seattlelinuxchix.wordpress.com/?page_id=4#comment-485 Lesenswerter Beitrag, danke.

]]> Comment on Will code for Green by Kristel Foots http://seattlelinuxchix.com/2009/05/06/will-code-for-green/#comment-475 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:23:23 +0000 http://seattlelinuxchix.org/?p=42#comment-475 Merely want to say your article is striking. The clarity in your post is simply spectacular and i can assume you are an expert on this subject. Well with your permission allow me to grab your rss feed to keep up to date with forthcoming post. Thanks a million and please keep up the sound work

]]> Comment on our next meeting! 11/10 6pm by missaugustina http://seattlelinuxchix.com/2009/09/22/our-next-meeting-1110-6pm/#comment-378 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:48:26 +0000 http://seattlelinuxchix.org/?p=52#comment-378 Hi Kenneth! Our next meeting is January 10th. See this blog post for details – http://seattlelinuxchix.org/2009/12/14/next-meeting-january-10-2010/

]]> Comment on our next meeting! 11/10 6pm by Kenneth W. Parker http://seattlelinuxchix.com/2009/09/22/our-next-meeting-1110-6pm/#comment-365 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:10:31 +0000 http://seattlelinuxchix.org/?p=52#comment-365 Hello,

I’m Ken Parker. I use Ubuntu Linux mainly, but am also conversant in SuSE.

I missed your last meeting. When’s your next?

Ken Parker, 206-307-6757

]]> Comment on Join Us by Susan Lehrer http://seattlelinuxchix.com/join-us/#comment-304 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:38:58 +0000 http://seattlelinuxchix.wordpress.com/?page_id=13#comment-304 OK, sorry I was unable to attend. Is there a meeting scheduled for September?

]]> Comment on Join Us by alwanza http://seattlelinuxchix.com/join-us/#comment-254 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:35:55 +0000 http://seattlelinuxchix.wordpress.com/?page_id=13#comment-254 Yes, Tuesday August 11th!
6-8pm on the Upper Floor
Caffé Vita on Capitol Hill in Seattle
http://www.caffevita.com/
1005 East Pike Street, Seattle, Washington 98122
(206) 709-4440

]]> Comment on Join Us by Susan Lehrer http://seattlelinuxchix.com/join-us/#comment-252 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:41:54 +0000 http://seattlelinuxchix.wordpress.com/?page_id=13#comment-252 Is there a meeting in August, and if so, where?

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