[puduvailug] Re: [FSFTN-Villupuram] Re: Fwd: [Ilugc] FSFTN's SWIFT Initiative
- From: Suvedha Gurubaran <suvedhahere@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Anand Moorthy <janandbackup@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 19:09:47 +0530
super..
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Anand Moorthy <janandbackup@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> That Sound Good.!!!!
>
> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Prasanna Venkadesh <prasmailme@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: <nappinnai@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:44 PM
>> Subject: [Ilugc] FSFTN's SWIFT Initiative
>> To: mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx, ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> FSFTN is happy to announce a new initiative called SWIFT(SWIFT Women In
>> Free Technologies) to encourage women's participation in learning and
>> contributing to Free Software Technologies.
>>
>> The initiative was launched with the aim of addressing the gender gap in
>> the area of free software. This is especially relevant in Tamil Nadu
>> where the restrictive educational environment can be a barrier to the
>> involvement and contribution of women to technological advancement with
>> a social perspective
>>
>> While FSFTN has conducted workshops for women in Wikipedia and
>> experimented with a Rails Girls initiative before, this marks a planned
>> and systematic attempt at engaging with women students and
>> professionals.
>>
>> The first event of the initiative was attended by Chennai-based women
>> FSFTN volunteers and women participants of previous FSFTN programmes.
>> The two-day event saw the participants trying their hand at Python and
>> Git and resolving to meet regularly to carry forward this initiative.
>>
>> In the coming days, the SWIFT initiative will also engage FSFTN
>> volunteers and interested students and professionals in other districts
>> in order to spread this important cause.
>>
>> If you would like to work for SWIFT, please mail: swift@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>> The photos of the event and the logo of our initiative are here:
>>
>> http://s902.photobucket.com/user/fsftn/library/2014/SWIFT
>>
>> Regards
>> Nappinnai
>> FSFTN
>>
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>> --
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Prasanna Venkadesh.
>>
>>
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