[gnome-women] GUADEC

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

Subsequent to my mail about female participation, and working with  
the Foundation, the next lot of minutes (they all came in at once,  
today) included:

On 18/04/2006, at 12:40 AM, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:

> Call for [GUADEC] papers:
>
> 		Only about 10 submissions so far.
>
> 		Need to announce call-for-papers in the main
> 		www.gnome.org page.
>
> 		Need to make it clear that we don't require full
> 		papers right now; just abstracts are fine.
>
> 		Suggest Apr. 20 as the date in which we tell people
> 		whether we accept their submissions.
>
> 		ACTION: Federico to remind people to submit abstracts,
> 		and announce the confirmation date.
>
> 		ACTION: Vincent to update www.gnome.org to mention the
> 		call for papers deadline.

Is anyone here going to be at GUADEC? Is there anyone here, or do we  
know any other woman who would be willing to deliver a talk/workshop  
on female participation (Getting the O+ into Gnome ;) ) ?

I'd be happy to help with preparing the paper/workshop. I have a good  
deal of experience with preparing and delivering them.

Unfortunately, since I am bedridden and unable to travel, I can only  
participate by computer. We have a Gnome Women's group: is there any  
focus person or group for accessibility issues? I'd like to highlight  
the participation needs of disabled/isolated people, and encourage  
more presentations/activities to include people communicating from a  
distance, or at least to provide recorded info that can be downloaded.

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN