Blueprint: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-women.org/+spec/community-1311-ubuntu-women Roadmap: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/RoadMap-T Discussion points: * Continue work on GetInvolved pages and collaboration with community.ubuntu.com * http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/GetInvolved * http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/GIWPI * Host Open Week / Career Days type session about getting involved * Try to get them going again? * I, belkinsa, could work with pleia2 to get it going and look for peole for it - thanks! added to action item * Expand BestPractices to go beyond LoCo advice * http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/BestPractices * Improve mentorship * Smalls tasks * * Target 11-18 year old women (vs university / graduates) * How? * http://www.womenintechnology.org/git * http://www.womenintechnology.org/witef * https://www.gradfly.co/ * just my comment about making it more than career * add the ability for it to assist students getting in to college or university * the gradfly site as an example * Engaging projects, fun * Ask Ubuntu Youth team * Check how active that team is? * And work with them as a outreach sort of thing * Phil Ballew could be a contact * Engage teachers directly * http://codeclub.org.uk has good materials for young people * https://www.gradfly.co/ * Have a outreach project for women for the Ubuntu Community (UWOP) * http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/UWOP * Blueprint: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-women.org/+spec/uwoutreach https://docs.google.com/document/d/13HbySyDWX5UheFWy6RyNpzasL7CaMhE9w9b_pGKA61M/edit * Provide tasks smaller than Gnome OPW that we can handle * Reach out to UW and beyond to look for mentors * Recognize that employment + skills + help in higher education is important for interns and a lot of new contributors, target that * Also stories about how it helped careers of current members (related to Career Days) as a seprate page. * Show what we have done to the people who want to join to show what they can do with UW and Ubuntu Community * Should this be separate stories from http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/WhatPeopleAreDoing ? Yes but they can be tied to the page. * Host at least 3 CareerDays sessions * http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/CareerDays * Not just women :) * Outreach programs for LoCo teams that engage young women (11-18) in technology related projects * How is this different than women who are in college or graduates? * Having to deal with parents being comfortable with their childred attending events * https://www.gradfly.co/ * just my comment about making it more than career * add the ability for it to assist students getting in to college or university * the gradfly site as an example * Involve parents (may be some legal and technical limitations to enaging younger contributors online) More development on WhatPeopleAreDoing * belkinsa to make more prominent on the website * Ask more people to write stories :) * /Interviews are good stories! * Actions: [dholbach] Add Ubuntu Women to community.ubuntu.com: TODO [flavia.weisghizzi] Work out the matrix: TODO [belkinsa] Look into hosting classroom session/day re: Getting Involved: TODO [lyz] Review BestPractices page and add improvements: TODO [flavia.weisghizzi] Reach out to preliminary mentors: TODO [lyz] Work on scheduling Career Days sessions: TODO [czajkowski] Career Days session: TODO [charlinepoirier] Career Days session: TODO [lisette-slegers] Career Days session: TODO [flavia.weisghizzi] Career Days session: TODO [belkinsa] make (at least some) stories of ubuntu women more prominent on the site [TODO] [lyz] Link to Interviews page in menu on website: TODO [cprofitt] research existing groups (outside of FOSS) that address encouraging young women in technology and determine how to map Ubuntu to those projects: TODO