[sf-lug] Fwd: [Baypiggies] She's Geeky unConference announcement

[jim stockford]

> She's Geeky  (http://www.shesgeeky.org)
>  A Women's Tech (un)Conference
>
> October 22-23 Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA.
> Start Noon Monday end 6pm Tuesday.
>
> Cost $125 until Sept 30 after that $175.
>
> The She's Geeky (un)conference will provide an agenda-free and
> friendly environment for women who not only care about building
> technology that is useful for people, but who also want to encourage
> more women to get involved.
>
> It is designed to provide women who self-identify as geeky and who are
> engaged in various technology-focused disciplines with a gathering
> space in which they can exchange skills and discuss ideas and form
> community across and within disciplines.
>
> Our goal is to create an open space forum for women in tech to come 
> together to
>
>    1. Exchanging skills and learning from women from diverse fields of
> technology.
>    2. Discussing topics about women and technology.
>    3. Connecting the diverse range of women in technology, computing,
> entrepreneurship, funding, hardware, open source, nonprofit and any
> other technical geeky field.
>
> This is an unconference (http://www.unconference.net) so it will have
> an agenda created by the people who attend.
>
>
> Sheesgeeky will include women working in:
>
>     * Open Source
>     * Web 2.0
>     * Biotech
>     * Hardware companies
>     * Enterprise IT
>     * The Nonprofit Technology Sector
>     * Portals
>     * Search Engines
>     * Social Networking Sites
>     * Research for and about technology/people
>     * Startups generally
>     * Product building/management in large organizations
>     * Robotics
>     * Gaming
>     * Mobile
>     * Technical Writing
>     * Your definition of geekiness (if you don't see it here add it)
>
> We have a wonderful organizing team that has come together including -
> Mary Hodder, Susan Mernitt, Laurie Rae, Julian French, Deb Roy and
> Melanie Swan.
>
> We have a sponsorship package ready - if you are interested in
> learning more please e-mail us at shesgeeky at gmail.com .
>
> We have media sponsorships available to women's tech groups with
> limited (or no) budget.
>
> If you would like to be volunteer or sponsor please contact us at :
> Shesgeeky at gmail.com
>
> Any other questions - don't hesitate to ask.
> shesgeeky at gmail.com