| audreyr | Hi - I have 2 exciting news items from the Python world | 07:55 |
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| audreyr | 1) Akkana is teaching a Python course on the Linuxchix "Courses" email list | 07:56 |
| audreyr | that is, akk of #ubuntu-women | 07:57 |
| audreyr | and it's exploding with signups and oversubscribed (but she's managing it well and encourages even more signups) | 07:57 |
| audreyr | anyone who wants to learn Python from an amazing Ubuntu/Python woman by email (free) should sign up at http://mailman.linuxchix.org/mailman/listinfo/courses | 07:58 |
| audreyr | 2) PyCon Australia 2011 in Sydney, AU, August 20-23 has just announced their Gender Diversity Grants | 07:59 |
| audreyr | All Python women should apply: http://pycon-au.org/2011/grants/ | 08:00 |
| audreyr | The more women apply, the more they are likely to offer more grants like this in the future. | 08:01 |
| audreyr | And this is also a friendly reminder to have confidence in yourself and your abilities, and to take a chance and apply. You never know what will happen! | 08:03 |
| audreyr | that's all :) | 08:03 |
| * elky gives a round of applause. | 08:52 | |
| elky | :) | 08:52 |
| svaksha | woot :) | 12:18 |
| audreyr | does ubuntu-women have a twitter account? I'd like to do a shout-out from @pyladies | 19:19 |
| pleia2 | there is an identica group, but nothing on twitter | 19:20 |
| pleia2 | we should create one | 19:20 |
| * pleia2 adds to meeting agenda | 19:21 | |
| pleia2 | I don't really understand how identica stuff works, so I'd need to follow up with some people | 19:21 |
| audreyr | pleia2: great | 19:21 |
| audreyr | I don't understand identica either | 19:21 |
| audreyr | if someone creates a twitter acct, I'll help promote on twitter as often as I can without being annoying :) | 19:22 |
| svaksha | audreyr: thanks for picking up a task :) | 19:23 |
| IdleOne | hehe | 19:24 |
| audreyr | :) | 19:24 |
| pleia2 | I'll create one so we have the name, we'll talk about how to use it later (at the very least I can maintain it a little for announcements, but I can't commit to much beyond that) | 19:25 |
| pleia2 | we have twitter.com/UbuntuWomen now | 19:28 |
| pleia2 | the email account I used for it is one shared between several admins, in case I get hit by a bus :) | 19:28 |
| audreyr | pleia2: thank you! | 19:29 |
| audreyr | whoever decides to maintain it should check out the @pyladies twitter feed for examples of how to write good twitter posts. we've been getting retweeted 30+ times and have a lot of important python devs following us | 19:31 |
| audreyr | I'd love to see the same success with @ubuntuwomen | 19:31 |
| pleia2 | nice :) thanks | 19:31 |
| pleia2 | I'm going to email Carla, who owns our facebook page | 19:31 |
| pleia2 | if we can get these coordinated it would be good | 19:31 |
| audreyr | I will retweet anything from @ubuntuwomen that's Python related on @pyladies | 19:32 |
| audreyr | that sounds good | 19:32 |
| audreyr | from @pyladies I've had success with simply retweeting anything saying "pyladies", which a bot could do to start | 19:33 |
| maco | pleia2: ping.fm might be easier for short status updates to twitter, identi.ca, and facebook | 19:47 |
| pleia2 | maco: ok cool, I wasn't sure about facebook (I know posterous can update facebook groups, but it's a bit of a hack and a lot of services don't do it) | 19:48 |
| maco | whereas im not sure posterous can do ping.fm but i know ping.fm can do pretty much *everything* | 19:49 |
| pleia2 | ugh, I'm getting confused again between groups and pages on facebook | 19:49 |
| pleia2 | ubuntu california has a *page* that posterous can update, not a group | 19:49 |
| audreyr | pleia2: could you send a quick tweet from @UbuntuWomen that says: "Ubuntu Women's main role is to supplement and be the stepping stone for women toward the larger Ubuntu-Linux world. Membership is open to all." | 19:51 |
| audreyr | or something similar (I just shortened text from the website) | 19:51 |
| audreyr | just so that the acct looks active? | 19:51 |
| pleia2 | audreyr: done | 19:52 |
| audreyr | fantastic | 19:54 |
| valorie | I have my identica to feed to twitter and buzz both | 20:56 |
| valorie | I found that better than ping.fm | 20:56 |
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