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This month's topic To Be Announced
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Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement<br>
Who: Jennifer Davidson<br>
What: Diversity in Open Source: What We Can Do<br>
Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level)<br>
When: Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 7pm<br>
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom<br>
Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live/<br>
If you're involved in tech and/or open source, you know the community
suffers from a lack of diversity. The big question is: Why? Even more
powerful is: What can each of us do to build a community that is
welcoming of contributors from all backgrounds? Jennifer Davidson will
shed light on these issues and discuss what ChickTech is doing locally
in Portland. Expect actionable steps we can take as a community to
increase diversity in tech.
Jennifer Davidson is a User Experience Researcher and Designer at Intel.
She received a PhD in Computer Science with an emphasis in
Human-Computer Interaction from Oregon State University in June 2014.
She is the Interim Board President for ChickTech (http://chicktech.org).
Her passions include studying open source communities, designing
software that works for humans, and doing outreach to build women in
tech communities. Jennifer has given talks at OSCON, Open Source Bridge,
Open Source Systems, Code n' Splode, and many academic conferences.
Many will head to the Lucky Lab NW at 1945 NW Quimby after the meeting.
See you there!
Michael Dexter<br>
PLUG Volunteer |