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Sounds like it's worth a breakout session or two at #c4l13, if folks are interested in mashing ideas together in real-time. -Mike On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Salazar, Christina < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Well, I guess any "non-majority" person, but I was thinking specifically > of women ONLY because I'm a woman and I'd be willing to do something as far > as coordinating. And possibly two or more non-location based chapters > (i.e., one for gender, one for PoC). > > And I wasn't really thinking of a separate conference (though that would > be cool, but no one can afford more than one conference these days, can > they?) but an additional meeting at the main con AND a separate e-mail list. > > But I'm just throwing that out as venues that would be > attractive/encouraging to me and things I know that I could do right now. > > Christina > (Wow, I thought people would hate this concept, but me, I like it...) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Rochkind > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:48 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] What about Code4Lib4Women? > > Sounds possibly interesting. Other than a word, what would that be > exactly, and what would be the goals of it? Do you mean a different > conference, or listserv, or what? > > On 11/28/2012 3:34 PM, Salazar, Christina wrote: > > And/or Code4Lib4[I hate that word minority, but cannot think of > > another for here, but maybe you get what I mean] > > > > Not trying to splinter, but that might be one way to encourage diversity > but again, without implication that ANYONE would be excluded. > > > > (Inspired by > > http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Womens-Ruby-on-Rails-Group/ ) > > > > Christina Salazar > > Systems Librarian > > John Spoor Broome Library > > California State University, Channel Islands > > 805/437-3198 > > [Description: Description: CI Formal Logo_1B grad_em signature] > > > > >