Debian Women

IRC Python tutorial: Feb 4th 2006 19-22 UTC

On Saturday, the 4th of February there will be an IRC python tutorial in #debian-women on irc.oftc.net.

From the announcement email:"The topic is Python for people who can program (at least a little), but don't know Python at all. We will cover the very basics: syntax, basic data types, lists, dictionaries, control structures, functions, classes and objects, and modules. Or possibly less, depending on how time allows. Certainly not all the details of everything. Most of the examples will be about string manipulation, since that is common in most kinds of programs."

Feel free to join in!

Newcomers welcome!

Since the #debian-women-new channel that was opened on the occasion of this year's Software Freedom Day was so well received there will now be a special "Newcomers Welcome" timeslot at #debian-women every Saturday from 14:00 to 16:00 GMT.
While newcomers are of course always welcome to join , this timeslot will be dedicated to keeping the discussions on a not too technical basis and paying special attention to new visitors and their questions.

So if you have never before visited #debian-women, this might be an opportunity for you. If you have further questions about the #debian-women channel please refer to our irc FAQ, our irc guidelines or ask in the channel.

Debian-Women Software Freedom Day activities.

On the occasion of this year's Software Freedom Day the Debian-Women Project was running several events. In order to appeal to all levels of experience there were multiple activities: A new irc channel, #debian-women-new, was opened for until then inactive people who would like to get involved with the Debian-Women Project. For more experienced members there was a "help day" on the usual #debian-women channel. Erinn Clark installed a local BTS, dak and buildd for people to try out and practice with. Last but not least a Bug Squashing Party was organised by Hanna Wallach at #debian-bugs. All three events were well received and many women used the opportunity to catch up on the Debian-Women Project and general Debian development.

New language for the dw-wiki

Thanks to some great work by Clytie and Thierry, the wiki now also offers pages in Vietnamese!
The wiki currently offers eight different languages. Add your translations!

Debian Women at LinuxTag

From June 22nd to June 25th the LinuxTag will again take place in Karlsruhe. As usual this will be a large venue for all kinds of Open Source projects with a big fair, talks, workshops, forums and tutorials.

There will also be two talks featuring women in FS: "The Debian Women Project" (link) by Meike which will be given as a part of the Debian Day and "Free Software with a female touch" (link) by Fernanda. There will also be talks by other Debian Women members. Check the wiki for more information. If you plan to come, please drop a line in the wiki.

Sarge is now frozen

Wheeeeeee!!!

Debian Women at FOSDEM 2005

Hanna M. Wallach gave a talk about Debian Women at FOSDEM. The talk attracted over 80 people, among which were about 15 women. The slides of the talk are available from Hanna's blog. A short summary can be found in Jill Walker's blog.

Debian Project Leader Elections

Following up on last week's story about the Debian Project Leader Elections: Helen Faulkner and Martin Krafft will be chairing the IRC debate, during which this year's six candidates will be answering questions asked by the Debian community. Everybody is encouraged to send in suggestions.

Women in Free Software

Miriam Ruiz moderated a discussion about Women in Free Software on IRC in the #linuxpreview channel. She has made slides available in Spanish.

Debian Women Bug Squashing Effort

Several Debian Women people were actively involved in the weekend BSP called by Frank Lichtenheld, and mentioned on the Debian Women mailing list. In addition to this, some DW people are becoming very involved in bugsquashing activities, notably Margarita Manterola, who has recently closed a great many bugs in the evolution package.