[puduvailug] Re: Fwd: [Ilugc] FSFTN's SWIFT Initiative
- From: Anand Moorthy <janandbackup@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "puduvailug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <puduvailug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 18:33:12 +0530
That Sound Good.!!!!
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Prasanna Venkadesh <prasmailme@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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> 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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>
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Anandha Moorthy
Free Software Foundation-TamilNadu
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