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Pyladies BCN

MiniDebConf BCN 2014

By Núria Pujol @llevaNEUS, Aleta Dunne @dtiburon and Christine Doig @ch_doig

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Python

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Powerful multipurpose programming language, multiplatform, friendly, easy to learn and open

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The Python Software Foundation (PSF)

  • Promote, protect and advance Python programming language
  • Support and facilitate the growth of international community of Python programmers
  • Support and sponsorize Python related events:
    • International conferences: PyCon, Europython
    • Local groups infrastructure

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What is Pyladies?

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An international mentorship group with a focus on helping more women become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community

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Pyladies Goals

  • Promote Python usage and community
    • Education
    • Conferences
    • Events
  • Provide a friendly support network for women
  • Promote PyLadies chapters creation and visibility
    • “PyLadies Handbook”
    • Web Page
    • Organizers mailing list

Pyladies Worldwide

25 chapters around the world and growing

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Pyladies BCN

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First PyLadiesES meeting during PyConES (November’13)

PyLadies Barcelona was founded in January’14

  • Held 4 meetings so far
  • Collaboration with PyBCN group events
  • About 15 mailing list subscribers
  • Just started a meetup group

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Objectives

  • Host an event every two weeks
  • Organize Python workshops based on members interests
  • Study groups
  • Practice presentations and public speaking
  • Visibility in social networks
  • Get new members involved
  • Finding venues and sponsors

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Objectives

  • More women as attendees
  • More women as speakers
  • Pybcn meetup Pybcn meetup

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Events

  • Workshops
  • Study groups
  • Project/Hacknights
  • PyBCN talks and lightning talks

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Events

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Starting our Website Project workshop

  • Build your Static Website with Pelican, a Python Static Site Generator.
  • Learn some HTML/CSS/JS and Bootstrap to create your own Theme or modify an existing one
When?

Tuesday 18th

Where?

itnig

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Where to find us?

Other women tech groups

debianwomen Ada initiative Anita Borg
sheplusplus femgineer Rails girls
womenwhocode girldevelopit

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Final thoughts

    Lets keep empowering women in Technology

    Lets learn from each other experiences

    Lets reach out to other women groups

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THE END

Thank you