[Nottingham] Roll up, roll up, for what's next at NLUG...

[david at gbenet.com]

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On 18/05/12 09:33, Jason Irwin wrote:
> On 17/05/12 23:13, david at gbenet.com wrote:
>> Well Carolyn just phoned - she asks "is their any women linux users?" I said I dunno
>> - I think if there were some women to chat too ...................
> 
> My S.O. (Eva) is a some-time GNU/Linux user.  Some of the lab equipment is driven by it
> and she uses the desktop at home.  Her comment when buying a new laptop was "I don't
> care what it is, so long as it does not run f***ing Windows!".  She joined the Cult of
> Jobs (the discount and bolt-on offers she could get was, frankly, ridiculous; I nearly
> bought one!)
> 
> She normally comes along to the socials and has even turned up at the odd meet.  She
> was away at a conference this week.
> 
> The male bias in IT (esp. in LUGs) is something that comes up pretty regularly on
> message boards and podcasts.  We suffer from it in martial arts as well, although not
> as badly.  I think that if there is a clutch of men doing "a thing" then women feel
> excluded; even if the men in question aren't being discriminatory.
> 
> Carolyn shouldn't feel too bad, I only understand about half of what is said....
> 
> J.
> 
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What we want is a "store front" a walk in centre - even a large tent pegged in the square
on a sunny Saturday afternoon - so we get people who just walk by and are interested
enough to poke their heads in. We could burn lots of live CDs of popular distros. Or we
could phone up our local radio station for a promo of meetings - or do a chat.

Hire a church hall? Lay out tables with lots of promotional things.

Now I've got my thinking cap on - I will look into free Linux goodies for promoting Linux!

"Come and knit a Linux jumper!" Ha! Ha!

Oh dear.......................

David :)


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