[Inpycon] Encouraging women developers to join PyCon

[Annapoornima Koppad]

+ 1 for Devi's comments.

Right now, I just have a busy schedule right now. I started out late. But
to be sure, I hope these points will be addressed next time. If not, I will
make it a point to remember.

Warm regards,
Anu




On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Devi <asldevi at gmail.com> wrote:

> We totally forgot about these valuable inputs. Now it's too late to take
> any action towards these this year, I think.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 1:51 PM, priya iyer <wordsofagirl at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> >How about we decrease ticket price to some amount or maybe waive it
>> totally for them?
>>
>> Umm... I am kind of taking offence at this. If we girls want to attend,
>> we can pay too. The only way to increase the female attendees is to go
>> pitch a demo of python at a girls only college.
>>
>> I remember that girls from my college had a tendency to 'flock' and if a
>> few key people go, I am sure the rest would too. Secondly accommodation for
>> outstation girls. It may also be just a room at the girls hostel for 4
>> girls at a time, but even as a girl developer staying was my first
>> challenge.
>>
>> Another challenge is transportation. If you talk in the college to give
>> their transportation to and fro after the evening time with drop off at key
>> places in the city, I think it would personally help.
>>
>>  I personally remember my mother being all anxious to let me attend
>> conferences that are in different cities or requiring a travel in the
>> evenings. I had to find some good male community member support to travel
>> 'with him' after telling about him to my mother and assuring I was not
>> alone.
>>
>> Anyway, this was my two pieces of personal experience wishlist items.
>>
>> Best,
>> Priya
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if decreasing ticket prices is sending the right
>>> message. It's kind of condescending. I've always thought that the idea
>>> is equality in the domain rather than special treatment.
>>>
>>> However, initiatives like what the pyladies group does are useful. I'm
>>> just not sure how to go about this. It would be nice if there were a few
>>> active female members in the organiser group.
>>>
>>> Bibhas Ch Debnath <me at bibhas.in> writes:
>>>
>>> > Hi everyone,
>>> >
>>> > We have been talking about encouraging women to join PyCon and start
>>> > working on python. Why not take a step towards it? How about we
>>> decrease
>>> > ticket price to some amount or maybe waive it totally for them?
>>> >
>>> > This could bring some questions like how'd we know that the ones
>>> joining
>>> > are bringing some value to the conference. Well, if more women are
>>> > attending, that's already a plus. To ensure even more, we could start a
>>> > program, like, ask them to create a github account, create 2-5 repo,
>>> show
>>> > us and they get a free ticker. Sounds odd and silly, but this will also
>>> > encourage them to start using git or any VCS. And this also shows us
>>> that
>>> > those participants actually made some effort to join the conference.
>>> They
>>> > are not just drove by the offer of freebies.
>>> >
>>> > I haven't seen many girls take up the initiative to become a developer,
>>> > only couple of my college friends did. They have no one to encourage
>>> them
>>> > in becoming developers. So to do that, we might have to put some extra
>>> > manual effort. But it should be overall good for the community.
>>> >
>>> > PS: Should have put the gender field in last year's feedback form.
>>> Could
>>> > get a statistic. This year will definitely do it.
>>> >
>>> >
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