February 24, 2010

PHPWomen Launches Partnership Program

Posted in News, Planet, php at 5:33 pm by ElizabethN

I am thrilled to announce a new endeavor for PHPWomen: our PHPwomen Partnership Program for Open Source Projects. A little about the program:

PHPWomen has launched a partnership program for open source projects that are committed to embracing diversity and providing a welcoming and friendly atmosphere for contributors. We work closely with project leaders to identify specific areas of need, and will actively encourage our members to participate by promoting those needs through various channels. In return, the project leaders will ensure that newcomers to their projects will be welcomed and their contributions appreciated. This includes fostering an open and friendly environment for all newcomers, not just females.

Basically the goals of the Partnership Program are as follows:

  • Highlight open source projects that have an open, friendly and welcoming community surrounding them
  • Actively encourage anyone that is considering contributing to a project to participate by giving them specific details and letting them know what’s out there
  • Improve diversity in open source by focusing efforts on open communities and notifying our members of opportunities
  • Provide assistance to open source projects that are desperately in need of volunteers

We are so proud to announce that we have many projects already signed up for our partnership program, several of which have fantastic Statements of Diversity clearly displayed on their websites. These are all projects that value respectful communities and can be considered a safe environment for contributors. In other words, as a newcomer to their community, you won’t be harassed by a bunch of jerks, and your contributions will be valued.

For a complete list of our Open Source Project Partners, or to learn more about how the PHPWomen Partnership Program works, you can visit our OS Partnership Page.  If you are interested in volunteering your time and energy in one of these fantastic projects, check out the OS Project Opportunity page. We will keep this page updated as often as possible, so we encourage you to visit it regularly.

And of course, if you are a Project Leader for an Open Source project, and you are interested in partnering with us, by all means contact me! We would love to tell our members all about your awesomeness. (elizabeth.at.naramore.dot.net.)

February 22, 2010

PHPWomen at PHPUK Conference 2010

Posted in News at 11:52 am by BinaryKitten

This Friday sees PHP London host the PHP UK Conference for 2010!

The PHP UK Conference is now in its fifth year and is bigger and better than ever. Friday’s event has 16 different hour-long talks covering a plethora of topics from some of the world’s best PHP speakers. It takes place at the modern Business Design Centre in London’s bustling Islington area, close to Kings Cross and Euston and just two minutes walk from Angel underground station.

PHPWomen is a community partner of the event and will have a stand in the exhibition hall amongst a variety of other exhibitors. We also have two of our members speaking at the conference; Juliette Folmer who will be giving her talk “Regex-fu” and Lorna Mitchell will be talking about “Best practices in web service design“.

Finally we are also pleased to be able to offer all our members a discount on the event registration price. Head over to http://www.phpconference.co.uk/registration/phpwomen to receive a £20 discount on the cost that covers the main conference, as well as including a buffet lunch and dessert, refreshments throughout the day, cloakroom facilities, access to discounted books from O’Reilly and Packt publishers, countless networking opportunities, and a raffle with over 50 prizes on offer.

As usual there are social events arranged for both the evenings before and straight after the event – the former being free to anyone to come along and the latter starting with a sponsored bar by Facebook.

We hope to see you there on Friday!

For much more information please browse the rest of the PHP UK Conference site.

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