[puduvailug] Re: [FSFTN-Villupuram] Re: Fwd: [Ilugc] FSFTN's SWIFT Initiative
- From: Sindhuja S <sindhuja0505@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: puduvailug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 06:58:58 -0800
Gud Initiative.... & Great work done by our volunteers.
Regards,
Sindhuja Sundaraj
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Suvedha Gurubaran <suvedhahere@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards&Thanks
>>
>> Anandha Moorthy
>> Free Software Foundation-TamilNadu
>> Tweet me @anandhamoorthyj
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