"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> SCALE To Host Women in Open Source Mini Conference
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> | The Southern California Linux Expo announces plans to host a 'Women
> | In Open Source' Mini-conference. The goals of the conference are to
> | encourage women to use technology and open source and free software,
> | and to explore the obstacles that women face in breaking into the
> | technology industry.
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> http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale5x/pr/pr_20070102.php
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> Recent:
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> Women flock to Linux talkfest
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> | Female registrations have hit an all time high for Linux.conf.au (LCA)
> | to be held in Sydney next year.
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> http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Women_flock_to_Linux_talkfest/0,339028227,339272778,00.htm
"More than 50 women have signed up to the traditionally male dominated
event, which represents approximately 10% of the overall number of
registrations."
And that is just from Australia alone.
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