Open Source Bridge

Excerpt

Description

The idea for Code-n-Splode grew out of the Women in Open Source BOF at OSCON 2007. Leading a women-friendly tech group continues to be an exciting ride, and I’m going to share it with you! The talk will be a “case study”-type format, featuring the following:
- why I felt a woman-focused group was necessary
- how the name came about, if it’s not completely obvious
- what belonging to the group has done (or in some cases, not done) for its members
- touchy subjects, such as issues we encountered with having men in the group
- how my reasons for continuing the group have changed over time

There will be a BOF-type get-together to go with this talk for an even less-formal discussion period/recruiting session. (Free toaster!*)

*joke

Tags

community, women

Speaker

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  gabrielle roth

  Code-n-Splode
  • Blog: http://www.baconandtech.com/
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  Biography

  Gabrielle Roth is a Network Engineer, but is still a biology geek at heart. She lives in Portland, OR with a small but ambitious Monstera deliciosa, Mia. After OSCON 2007, she started Code-n-Splode as an effort to get more women involved in open source projects. When she’s not tinkering with networks or databases, she enjoys crashing her mountain bike & practicing parade formations with the PostgreSQL Army of Smurfs.

  Sessions

  • * My Grand Experiment: A Portland Women-focused Tech Group.
    • Title: My Grand Experiment: A Portland Women-focused Tech Group.
    • Track: Culture
    • Room: Burnside
    • Time: 11:20am – 12:05pm
    • Excerpt:

      The idea for Code-n-Splode grew out of the Women in Open Source BOF at OSCON 2007. I’ll talk about my original reasons for starting a women-friendly tech group, how the group is evolving, and what I’ve learned.

    • Speakers: gabrielle roth
  • * PostgreSQL BOF
    • Title: PostgreSQL BOF
    • Track: BoF
    • Room: Hawthorne
    • Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
    • Excerpt:

      PDXPUG will host the PostgreSQL BOF.

    • Speakers: gabrielle roth
  • * Code-n-Splode BOF
    • Title: Code-n-Splode BOF
    • Track: BoF
    • Room: Morrison
    • Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
    • Excerpt:

      BOF to go with the “My Grand Experiment” Talk. http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/115

    • Speakers: gabrielle roth