[Chixla] National Hispanic Women's Conference

[SMichelle]

Hey Garrick! 
I so sorry that I haven't responded earlier. The start of a new
sememster and a few freelance gigs hit right around the same time :) I
haven't heard any chatter on the list in response to your post, so I'll
reply to you with a cc to the LinuxChixLA mailing list. Should someone
have further comments I'll be sure to forward.
Unfortunately, even if we were able to plan relevant booth materials and
information focused on Linux and targeted toward general business users,
the cost of booth, even at the non-profit rate, is beyond our resources.
Should anything change, or other list members respond further, I'll be
sure to let you know. 
Regards,
/Sharon
> Hi Linux Chix!
>     My fiancee, Magdalena Morales, is the event coordinator for this
>     year's
> National Hispanic Women's Conference (http://maof.org/womconf2004/). 
> The conference will have over 5000 forward-thinking Latinas that are
> moving forward into new job positions.  Their mere attendance means
> they are motivated and seeking new truths... and they need exposure to
> Linux, OOo, and other OSS.
>     As a long time Linux professional, I can't imagine all of these
>     women, who
> have probably never heard of anything other than Windows and Mac,
> going into new business positions without being armed against
> vendor-lockin and open software.
>     Can linuxchix do a booth at the conference?  Would someone be
>     willing to do
> a workshop?  It's a non-geek crowd, so topics around OOo and desktop
> usage with a general stress on OSS awareness are probably best?
> 
>     I'm toying around with the idea of doing a workshop myself, but
>     I've never
> done anything like that, I'm terrified of public speaking, I'm a guy,
> and it would be so much cooler to have a woman do it (any latinas
> amoung you?).
> 
>     I'm not on the list, so please reply to me personally or to
>     Magdalena
> Morales at magd at eventmosaic.com.  Btw, I still have your OOo handouts
> from SCALE :)
> 
> -- 
> Garrick Staples, Linux/HPCC Administrator
> University of Southern California
>