04-24-2018 11:32 AM
Are you interested in helping support women ITPros, and support women moving into community leadership roles in the ITPro community? We're starting a virtual User Group for ITPro Women.
Join us!
There are lots of organizations that want to help women code, but we want to focus more on women who keep the code running, doing work like:
We also want to include women who work in other aspects of information technology aimed at keeping clients and servers up and running, like
We'll welcome anyone of any gender who wants to participate in a safe space to talk about the challenges women face in a field with a lack of gender diversity. The goals are to network, support women learning technical and professional skills, and help women find mentors.
If you're interested in participating, reply to this post and tell me:
If there's interest, I'll pick a time and post the information here for our first virtual meeting.
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Please spread the word!
04-24-2018 12:43 PM
This is awesome! I subscribed and hope others will too.
04-24-2018 12:45 PM
04-24-2018 12:58 PM
The best times are after 3 pm EST any day.
I like the name Women in IT
Mary Beth Moore
Professor of Computer Information Systems
Potomac State College of West Virginia University
04-24-2018 02:23 PM
04-24-2018 03:48 PM
I'm in - thanks for extending the invitation to those of us in technical comms and marketing. After 12pm PT works best for me. We are IT!
04-24-2018 06:21 PM
04-24-2018 07:58 PM
I'm in - from north of the border in Canada - time zone EST....
As far as a name goes....let me think about that... :)
What a great idea - working remotely for 18 years but I feel that I do have my experiences on this topic.
04-24-2018 11:59 PM
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04-25-2018 10:31 AM
04-25-2018 10:33 AM
Finally; thank you so much! I would love to join - CST.
04-25-2018 11:51 AM
Great idea. I'm in!
I'm in the Eastern Time Zone and have a flexible schedule.
04-25-2018 12:00 PM
Count me in.
I saw a 3pm EST time...that's good for me, too.
04-25-2018 12:03 PM
04-25-2018 12:05 PM
BTW: Ami (Casto) puts on a fantastic Women in Tech event at IT/Dev Connections.
04-25-2018 12:32 PM
Great idea!
I'm mostly best in the mornings (CDT) and early afternoons.
Names, that's the tricky part. If we want to be inclusive...