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Welcome to the Women of OpenStack directory!
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Welcome to the Women of OpenStack wiki page!
  
Feel free to add yourself to the list. For your Contact info, use whatever you're most comfortable with—Facebook or LinkedIn, Launchpad profile page, IRC handle, etc.
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=== Join the discussion! ===
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* Subscribe to the [http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/women-of-openstack Mailing List] 
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* Join the [http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Women-OpenStack-WOS-4681909 LinkedIn group]
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* Join '''#openstack-women''' at freenode on IRC!<br />
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You may also want to join the [http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Women-OpenStack-WOS-4681909 Women in OpenStack LinkedIn group]. If you're an IRC user, join '''#openstack-opw'''.
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=== Meeting Information ===
  
 
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! Name !! Contact !! Role !! Area(s) of Interest
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| Next Meeting || Monday, April 2, 2018 2000 UTC in the #openstack-women channel on Freenode
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| Meeting Leader and Agenda || https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/WOS_Agenda_Tracker
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| Archive Meeting Notes || https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/WOS_Meeting_Archives
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|}
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The Women of OpenStack meet every 2 weeks (odd weeks) at 2000 UTC - to find your local time use http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ <br />
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Meeting Ping List (To get a ping in IRC for the meeting) - spotz, diablo_rojo, diablo_rojo_phon, SWDevAngel__, eeiden, annabelleB, oikiki
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=== WOO Mission Statement ===
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The Women of OpenStack (WOO) strive to increase the diversity of the OpenStack community by overcoming OpenStack's barrier to entry through educational sessions, professional networking, mentorship, social inclusion, and enhanced resource access. WOO recognizes that individuals in minority groups are more likely to have challenges accessing the resources it takes to learn and participate in complex technologies, which is why WOO welcomes all women and their allies who share an interest in OpenStack, open source, and adjacent technologies. These goals are achieved through leading and sponsorship of educational sessions and social events that promote inclusion in the OpenStack Community.
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=== WOO Initiatives ===
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==== Identified Challenges & Suggested Solutions ====
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(takeaways from the May 2015 Vancouver Summit)
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! Group !! Challenge !! Suggested Next Steps
 
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| Jane Example Stacker || IRC: JaneS <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/ LinkedIn] <br /> [http://facebook.com Facebook] || Developer || Nova, Neutron
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| 1 || Need more women PTLs and need to support women who want to grow as technical contributors || Find ways to support women to be recognized as technical leaders. Example: travel funding for women to attend OpenStack summits
 
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|Malini Bhandaru || IRC: malini1 <br /> [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/malini-bhandaru/0/578/43a/ LinkedIn] <br /> malini dot k dot bhandaru at intel dot com || Architect & Manager -  Intel Open Source Technology Center  || Security, Advanced Network Services, Glance, Keystone 
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| 2 || Not enough women in the OpenStack community || Attract women to the OpenStack community and support them to remain active in the community. Example: mentorship of women to achieve technical leadership roles
 
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| Lana Brindley || IRC: loquacities <br /> || Docs Core & Rackspace Private Cloud Docs || All projects
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| 3 || Women need support and practice to more confidently communicate in meetings or in larger groups || Webinar on how to participate more effectively in meetings. Example: role play meeting scenarios, help women gain confidence and practice to ask questions during a Tokyo summit talk
 
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| Anne Gentle || IRC: annegentle <br /> || Docs PTL, Technical Committee || All projects
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| 4 || Need to support higher inclusion of women in the OpenStack community || Workshop to develop leadership soft skills, encourage inclusion, recognize regional gaps in communication, celebrate the successes of women in the OpenStack community
 
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| Karin Levenstein || IRC: KLevenstein || Docs Writer (Information Developer)<br /> Rackspace Private Cloud docs || OpenStack Core projects
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| 5 || Need women leaders to be more visible in the OpenStack main tent sessions || Have a woman keynote speaker, more women participate in panel discussions. Support women with speaker training and creating a pipeline of speaking opportunities for them.
 
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| Alexandra Settle || IRC: asettle <br /> || Docs Writer (Information Developer) || OpenStack Core projects
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| 6 || Need a supportive and interactive environment for women to come together and support one another with the OpenStack community || Create a private IRC channel for the Women of OpenStack, opportunities to seek and find mentors more naturally based on technology and areas of interest
 
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| 7 || Need a platform to encourage informal mentoring and networking || Reward and recognize mentorship as a key skill that is important as other technical skills
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| Sayali Lunkad || IRC: sayalilunkad <br /> || training-guides core || training-guides, horizon
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=== Other Women and Diversity Groups ===
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*[http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/how-the-ada-initiative-is-encouraging-diversity-in-the-open-source-community The ADA Initiative]
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*[http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/10/openstack-at-the-grace-hopper-conference/ The Grace Hopper Conference]
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*[http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/learning-1/conferences-and-events Society of Women Engineers]
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*[[Diversity|Diversity Working Group]]
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*[[Outreachy|Outreachy]]
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*[[Mentoring| Mentoring]]
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=== Women of OpenStack Directory ===
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Feel free to add yourself to the list. Names are arranged in alphabetical order by last name. For your Contact info, use whatever you're most comfortable with— LinkedIn, Launchpad profile page, IRC handle, etc.
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! Name !! Contact !! Role !! Area(s) of Interest
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| Jane Example Stacker || IRC: JaneS <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/ LinkedIn] <br /> || Developer || Nova, Neutron
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| Nisha Agarwal || IRC: Nisha || Software Engineer || ironic, nova
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| Shaifali Agrawal || IRC: exploreshaifali <br />  [https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=257818581 LinkedIn] <br /> [http://twitter.com/exploreshaifali Twitter] || Individual Contributor, Software Engineer  || All Projects
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| Ifat Afek || IRC: ifat_afek || System Architect at Nokia, Vitrage PTL || Vitrage
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| Holly Bazemore || IRC: cloudhollyb <br /> [https://twitter.com/hfbazemore Twitter] <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAIAAAByreYBKVGzzWH0s_qH0qQ-as81debWPsc&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile/ Linkedin] <br /> || Director of Elastic Cloud Strategy and Deployments at Comcast || All projects
 
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| Irena Berezovsky || IRC: irenab <br /> || Architect || neutron, nova, SDN, NFV
 
| Irena Berezovsky || IRC: irenab <br /> || Architect || neutron, nova, SDN, NFV
 
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| Rossella Sblendido || IRC: rossella_s <br /> || Software Engineer || Neutron
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| Anne Bertucio || IRC: annabelleB<br /> [https://www.twitter.com/whyhiannabelle Twitter] || OpenStack Foundation, Marketing and Certification || PWG, Certification, Community
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|Malini Bhandaru || IRC: malini1 <br /> [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/malini-bhandaru/0/578/43a/ LinkedIn] <br /> malini dot k dot bhandaru at intel dot com || Architect & Manager -  Intel Open Source Technology Center  || Security, Advanced Network Services, Glance, Keystone 
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|Heidi Bretz ||  heidi@openstack.org <br /> [http://www.linkedin.com/in/heidiskupienbretz LinkedIn] <br />  || Director BD Openstack  || All projects
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| Marcela Bonell || IRC: mbonell<br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbonell LinkedIn]<br /> || Cloud Software Engineer || Developer's Experience (First App, SDK's, Heat, Murano, API, Documentation)
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| Lana Brindley || IRC: loquacities <br /> || Docs Core & Rackspace Docs || All projects
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| Kathy Cacciatore || kathyc@openstack.org || Consulting Marketing Manager, OpenStack Foundation || Enterprise Marketing
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| Mahati Chamarthy || IRC:mahatic || Software Engineer || All Projects
 
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| Shilla Saebi || IRC: ShillaSaebi <br /> [https://twitter.com/shillasaebi/ Twitter] <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=118642445&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile/ Linkedin] <br /> || Docs and Training-Guides Core/OpenStack Ops Engineer at Comcast || All projects
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| Margaret Chiosi || IRC: mchiosi <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtchiosi LinkedIn] <br /> || Network Architect|| All Projects
 
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| Megan Rossetti || IRC: MeganR <br /> [https://twitter.com/megrossetti/ Twitter] <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=18509902&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile/ Linkedin] <br /> || PM for the Comcast team, training-guides, Win the Enterprise || All projects
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| Beth Cohen || bfcohen@luthcomputer.com <br /> [http://www.linkedin.com/in/bfcohen LinkedIn Profile] <br /> [https://twitter.com/bfcohen Twitter] <br />|| Cloud and Networking  Technologist Product Manager || OpenStack Networking, Massively Distributed Clouds, Doc, Cloud Architectures, NFV
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| Samta Rangare || IRC: sam <br /> || Software Engineer || Almost All Projects
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| Sandhya Dasu || IRC: sadasu <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/SandhyaDasu LinkedIn] <br />  sadasu at cisco dot com|| Developer || Neutron, NFV
 
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| Victoria Martínez de la Cruz || IRC: vkmc<br/> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vmartinezdelacruz LinkedIn]<br/>[https://twitter.com/vkmc Twitter] || Software Developer || All projects
 
| Victoria Martínez de la Cruz || IRC: vkmc<br/> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vmartinezdelacruz LinkedIn]<br/>[https://twitter.com/vkmc Twitter] || Software Developer || All projects
 
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| Sandhya Dasu || IRC: sadasu <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/SandhyaDasu LinkedIn] <br /> sadasu at cisco dot com|| Developer || Neutron, NFV
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| Priti Desai || priti_desai@symantec.com || OpenStack Evangelista || OpenStack Doc, Keystone, OSSG
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| Aysy Anne Duarte || IRC: aysyd <br />   [https://br.linkedin.com/in/aysyanne/ LinkedIn] <br /> [https://twitter.com/aysyanne Twitter] || Software Engineer || INFRA/CI
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| Elise Eiden || [https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliseeiden LinkedIn]<br /> || Developer || All Projects
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| Kayla Fromme || [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-fromme-63542b18 LinkedIn]<br /> || AT&T Technical Director || All Projects
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| Anne Gentle || IRC: annegentle <br /> || Technical Committee, API WG, Docs || All projects
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| Rocky Grober || IRC: rockyg <br /> [https://br.linkedin.com/in/rochellegrober/ LinkedIn] <br /> [https://twitter.com/groberrocky Twitter] || Open Source Architect and Cloud Technologist || Interoperability, Cross Project Collaboration and User Groups
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|Olga Gusarenko || IRC: ogusarenko<br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/olga-gusarenko-5803bb80 LinkedIn]<br /> || Docs Core & Mirantis OpenStack docs || OpenStack docs, OpenStack core projects' docs
 
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| Emily Hugenbruch || IRC: ekhugen <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/emily-hugenbruch/a/670/98/ LinkedIn] <br />  [https://twitter.com/ekhugen Twitter]|| Software Engineer || Nova, Tempest
 
| Emily Hugenbruch || IRC: ekhugen <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/emily-hugenbruch/a/670/98/ LinkedIn] <br />  [https://twitter.com/ekhugen Twitter]|| Software Engineer || Nova, Tempest
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| Tamara Johnston || IRC: TamaraJ <br /> [https://twitter.com/TJohnstonCloud Twitter] <br />  [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamjohnston LinkedIn] || Senior Manager, Cloud Services || OpenStack Doc
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| K Rain Leander || IRC: leanderthal <br /> [https://twitter.com/rainsdance Twitter] <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rainsdance Linkedin] <br /> || Software Engineer || TripleO
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| Karin Levenstein || IRC: KLevenstein || Docs Writer (Information Developer)<br /> Rackspace Docs || OpenStack Core projects
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| Oena Logvinova || IRC: ologvinova || Docs Core & Mirantis OpenStack docs || All projects
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| Summer Long || IRCː slong || Software Engineer || security
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| Sayali Lunkad || IRC: sayalilunkad <br /> || training-guides core || training-guides, horizon
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| Amy Marrich || IRC: spotz<br /> [https://twitter.com/spotzz_ Twitter] <br /> || OpenStack Course Author || OSA, Heat, Barbican, Community, Upstream Institute
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| Christy Mason || IRC: cemason<br /> || OpenStack Engineer || All projects; support
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| Anne McCormick || IRC: annemccormick <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/anne-winiewicz-mccormick/1/896/8a7 LinkedIn] <br />  || Software Engineer || Neutron
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| Diane Mueller ||IRC: dmueller<br /> dmueller@redhat.com <br /> || Director, Community Development Red Hat || OpenShift, Kubernetes, all things containerized
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| Lisa-Marie Namphy || IRC: SWDevAngel__ <br />[https://www.linkedin.com/in/lnamphy/ LinkedIn] <br /> [https://twitter.com/SWDevAngel/ Twitter] <br />|| Ambassador, SF Bay User Group Organizer, Community Architect || Ambassador, Community, AUC, WOO
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| Kendall Nelson ||IRC: diablo_rojo<br /> knelson@openstack.org <br /> || Upstream Developer Advocate, OpenStack Foundation || Cinder, os-brick, upstream-institute, & Storyboard
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| Allison Price || IRC: aprice <br /> [https://twitter.com/amprice88/ Twitter] <br /> || Marketing || Superuser, OpenStack Case Studies, Foundation Marketing & PR
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| Anusha Ramineni || IRC: ramineni || Developer || Congress, Ironic, Tempest
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| Samta Rangare || IRC: sam <br /> srangare at mvista dot com <br /> || Software Engineer || Neutron, Nova, Ceilometer, Congress
 
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| Catherine Richardson || catherine.richardson@rackspace.com  || Information Developer<br /> Rackspace DevDocs || Rackspace API documentation
 
| Catherine Richardson || catherine.richardson@rackspace.com  || Information Developer<br /> Rackspace DevDocs || Rackspace API documentation
 
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| Anne McCormick || IRC: annemccormick <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/anne-winiewicz-mccormick/1/896/8a7 LinkedIn] <br /> || Software Engineer || Neutron
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| Megan Rossetti || IRC: MeganR <br /> [https://twitter.com/megrossetti/ Twitter] <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=18509902&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile/ Linkedin] <br /> || PM , training-guides, Win the Enterprise || All projects
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| Shilla Saebi || IRC: ShillaSaebi <br /> [https://twitter.com/shillasaebi/ Twitter] <br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=118642445&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile/ Linkedin] <br /> || Docs Core/OpenStack Ops Engineer at Comcast || All projects
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| Rossella Sblendido || IRC: rossella_s <br /> || Software Engineer || Neutron
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| Alexandra Settle || IRC: asettle <br /> || Docs PTL, Docs Writer (Information Developer) || OpenStack Core projects
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| Aimee Ukasick || IRC: aimeeU<br />[https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimee-ukasick-3a441129 LinkedIn]<br /> ||  Open Source Lead || Community; Cloud Native; OPNFV
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| Nisha Yadav || IRC: nishaYadav <br/> LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishaprofile/]<br/> Twitter: [https://twitter.com/nisha_yadav_] || Independent Contributor || Keystone, OpenStack docs, Community
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| Poonam Yadav || IRC: pyadav <br /> [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pyadav] || Technical || OpenStack Core projects
 
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| Kathy Cacciatore || kathyc@openstack.org || Consulting Marketing Manager, OpenStack Foundation || Enterprise Marketing
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| Maria Zlatkova || IRC: mzlatkova<br /> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mzlatkova LinkedIn]<br /> || Docs Core/Technical Writer at Mirantis || All Projects
 
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| Priti Desai || priti_desai@symantec.com || OpenStack Evangelista || OpenStack Doc, Keystone, OSSG
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| Ying Zuo || IRC: ying_zuo <br /> LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/yingzuo]<br/> Twitter: [https://twitter.com/ying_zuo] || Developer || Horizon, Heat, Keystone
 
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| Irena Berezovsky|| IRC: irenab<br />  [https://www.linkedin.com/in/irena-berezovsky-a1b390/ LinkedIn] <br /> || Software Architect|| Neutron, Kuryr, Dragonflow, SDN, Cloud Native
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=== Women of OpenStack Podcasts ===
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The Women of OpenStack podcasts cover career advancement, community navigation and other trending topics for women working in the OpenStack community and in broader open source. Have a topic request, drop it in IRC or email anne at openstack.org.
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===== [http://3e0938c72320c1e97db5-a29d7d5063cc8716c60b936b269f2da7.r31.cf1.rackcdn.com/woo%20cfp%20talk.mp3 You, Yes, YOU, Can Give a Conference Talk]=====
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We talk with Julia Kreger and Treva Williams about how to get over the fear of submitting your first conference talk and being the expert in the room.
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Submit your talk to the [https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2018/call-for-presentations/ Vancouver Summit CFP]
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January 19, 2018
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Music by bensound.com
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=== WOO Coverage ===
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==== Past & Current WOO Networking Events ====
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* [https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/WOS_Sydney_Networking_Lunch Sydney Networking Lunch]
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* [http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/how-to-get-more-women-involved-in-tech-communication-leadership-and-mentors Vancouver Summit] May 2015: Networking events and breakfast working sessions
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** Check out the videos [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWeFKMN7vN0 here] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uwoL8E14zw here] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsNCLZVWKk8 here]
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* [http://www.openstack.org/blog/2015/01/women-of-openstack-working-session-update/ Paris Summit] November 2014: Networking evening event and breakfast working session
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** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhB1dqpH_ro Video]
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* [https://openstacksummitmay2014atlanta.sched.org/event/4740112c1b9074905aee620a97e7a006#.VcylJROqqko Atlanta Summit], May 2014: Happy Hour
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* [http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/11/women-of-openstack-why/ Hong Kong Summit] November 2013:  Boat Outing
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* [http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/04/women-of-openstack-at-the-portland-summit/ Portland Summit] April, 2013: Networking Breakfast
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** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrHZAQBcfkw Video]
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==== Past Speaking Sessions ====
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* [https://www.openstack.org/videos/video/ptls-and-cores-we-are-not-as-scary-as-you-think-organized-by-the-women-of-openstack PTLs and Cores: We are Not as Scary as You Think]
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* [http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/women-of-openstack-open-doors-at-the-tokyo-summit-and-in-the-community Women of OpenStack Events at the Tokyo Summit]
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* [http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/tackling-diversity-in-the-openstack-community Tackling Diversity in the OpenStack Community]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jll-FeDTmcE Standing Tall in the Room]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxkdnqRj3q0 Team Gender Diversity - Working with the Other 50%]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64ChnG4rva0 What Everyone Ought to Know About OpenStack Internships]
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====Open Mic Series====
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* [http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/passion-community-support-success-with-openstack Shilla Saebi]
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* [http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/08/open-mic-spotlight-rossella-sblendido/ Rossella Sblendido]
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* [http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/01/open-mic-spotlight-tatiana-mazur/ Tatiana Mazur]
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* [http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/07/open-mic-spotlight-melanie-witt/ Melanie Witt]
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* [http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/07/open-mic-spotlight-victoria-martinez-de-la-cruz/ Victoria Martínez de la Cruz]
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* [http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/blazing-the-trail-for-openstack-in-south-korea Nalee Jang]
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==== Read more about other Projects and Events by Women of OpenStack ====
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* [http://www.openstack.org/blog/category/women-of-openstack/ OpenStack Blog]
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* [http://opensource.com/business/14/2/women-of-openstack-conference-group OpenSource.com]: "The Women of OpenStack talk outreach, education, and mentoring" by Anne Gentle
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* [http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/new-to-openstack-why-it-pays-to-jump-right-in OpenStack Superuser]: "New to OpenStack? Why it pays to jump right in" with Megan Rosetti

Latest revision as of 06:42, 28 March 2018

Welcome to the Women of OpenStack wiki page!

Join the discussion!


Meeting Information

Next Meeting Monday, April 2, 2018 2000 UTC in the #openstack-women channel on Freenode
Meeting Leader and Agenda https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/WOS_Agenda_Tracker
Archive Meeting Notes https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/WOS_Meeting_Archives

The Women of OpenStack meet every 2 weeks (odd weeks) at 2000 UTC - to find your local time use http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

Meeting Ping List (To get a ping in IRC for the meeting) - spotz, diablo_rojo, diablo_rojo_phon, SWDevAngel__, eeiden, annabelleB, oikiki

WOO Mission Statement

The Women of OpenStack (WOO) strive to increase the diversity of the OpenStack community by overcoming OpenStack's barrier to entry through educational sessions, professional networking, mentorship, social inclusion, and enhanced resource access. WOO recognizes that individuals in minority groups are more likely to have challenges accessing the resources it takes to learn and participate in complex technologies, which is why WOO welcomes all women and their allies who share an interest in OpenStack, open source, and adjacent technologies. These goals are achieved through leading and sponsorship of educational sessions and social events that promote inclusion in the OpenStack Community.

WOO Initiatives

Identified Challenges & Suggested Solutions

(takeaways from the May 2015 Vancouver Summit)

Group Challenge Suggested Next Steps
1 Need more women PTLs and need to support women who want to grow as technical contributors Find ways to support women to be recognized as technical leaders. Example: travel funding for women to attend OpenStack summits
2 Not enough women in the OpenStack community Attract women to the OpenStack community and support them to remain active in the community. Example: mentorship of women to achieve technical leadership roles
3 Women need support and practice to more confidently communicate in meetings or in larger groups Webinar on how to participate more effectively in meetings. Example: role play meeting scenarios, help women gain confidence and practice to ask questions during a Tokyo summit talk
4 Need to support higher inclusion of women in the OpenStack community Workshop to develop leadership soft skills, encourage inclusion, recognize regional gaps in communication, celebrate the successes of women in the OpenStack community
5 Need women leaders to be more visible in the OpenStack main tent sessions Have a woman keynote speaker, more women participate in panel discussions. Support women with speaker training and creating a pipeline of speaking opportunities for them.
6 Need a supportive and interactive environment for women to come together and support one another with the OpenStack community Create a private IRC channel for the Women of OpenStack, opportunities to seek and find mentors more naturally based on technology and areas of interest
7 Need a platform to encourage informal mentoring and networking Reward and recognize mentorship as a key skill that is important as other technical skills

Other Women and Diversity Groups

Women of OpenStack Directory

Feel free to add yourself to the list. Names are arranged in alphabetical order by last name. For your Contact info, use whatever you're most comfortable with— LinkedIn, Launchpad profile page, IRC handle, etc.

Name Contact Role Area(s) of Interest
Jane Example Stacker IRC: JaneS
LinkedIn
Developer Nova, Neutron
Nisha Agarwal IRC: Nisha Software Engineer ironic, nova
Shaifali Agrawal IRC: exploreshaifali
LinkedIn
Twitter
Individual Contributor, Software Engineer All Projects
Ifat Afek IRC: ifat_afek System Architect at Nokia, Vitrage PTL Vitrage
Holly Bazemore IRC: cloudhollyb
Twitter
Linkedin
Director of Elastic Cloud Strategy and Deployments at Comcast All projects
Irena Berezovsky IRC: irenab
Architect neutron, nova, SDN, NFV
Anne Bertucio IRC: annabelleB
Twitter
OpenStack Foundation, Marketing and Certification PWG, Certification, Community
Malini Bhandaru IRC: malini1
LinkedIn
malini dot k dot bhandaru at intel dot com
Architect & Manager - Intel Open Source Technology Center Security, Advanced Network Services, Glance, Keystone
Heidi Bretz heidi@openstack.org
LinkedIn
Director BD Openstack All projects
Marcela Bonell IRC: mbonell
LinkedIn
Cloud Software Engineer Developer's Experience (First App, SDK's, Heat, Murano, API, Documentation)
Lana Brindley IRC: loquacities
Docs Core & Rackspace Docs All projects
Kathy Cacciatore kathyc@openstack.org Consulting Marketing Manager, OpenStack Foundation Enterprise Marketing
Mahati Chamarthy IRC:mahatic Software Engineer All Projects
Margaret Chiosi IRC: mchiosi
LinkedIn
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Beth Cohen bfcohen@luthcomputer.com
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Victoria Martínez de la Cruz IRC: vkmc
LinkedIn
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Emily Hugenbruch IRC: ekhugen
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Tamara Johnston IRC: TamaraJ
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Senior Manager, Cloud Services OpenStack Doc
K Rain Leander IRC: leanderthal
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Karin Levenstein IRC: KLevenstein Docs Writer (Information Developer)
Rackspace Docs
OpenStack Core projects
Oena Logvinova IRC: ologvinova Docs Core & Mirantis OpenStack docs All projects
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Sayali Lunkad IRC: sayalilunkad
training-guides core training-guides, horizon
Amy Marrich IRC: spotz
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Christy Mason IRC: cemason
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Anne McCormick IRC: annemccormick
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Diane Mueller IRC: dmueller
dmueller@redhat.com
Director, Community Development Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, all things containerized
Lisa-Marie Namphy IRC: SWDevAngel__
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Ambassador, SF Bay User Group Organizer, Community Architect Ambassador, Community, AUC, WOO
Kendall Nelson IRC: diablo_rojo
knelson@openstack.org
Upstream Developer Advocate, OpenStack Foundation Cinder, os-brick, upstream-institute, & Storyboard
Allison Price IRC: aprice
Twitter
Marketing Superuser, OpenStack Case Studies, Foundation Marketing & PR
Anusha Ramineni IRC: ramineni Developer Congress, Ironic, Tempest
Samta Rangare IRC: sam
srangare at mvista dot com
Software Engineer Neutron, Nova, Ceilometer, Congress
Catherine Richardson catherine.richardson@rackspace.com Information Developer
Rackspace DevDocs
Rackspace API documentation
Megan Rossetti IRC: MeganR
Twitter
Linkedin
PM , training-guides, Win the Enterprise All projects
Shilla Saebi IRC: ShillaSaebi
Twitter
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Docs Core/OpenStack Ops Engineer at Comcast All projects
Rossella Sblendido IRC: rossella_s
Software Engineer Neutron
Alexandra Settle IRC: asettle
Docs PTL, Docs Writer (Information Developer) OpenStack Core projects
Aimee Ukasick IRC: aimeeU
LinkedIn
Open Source Lead Community; Cloud Native; OPNFV
Nisha Yadav IRC: nishaYadav
LinkedIn: [1]
Twitter: [2]
Independent Contributor Keystone, OpenStack docs, Community
Poonam Yadav IRC: pyadav
[3]
Technical OpenStack Core projects
Maria Zlatkova IRC: mzlatkova
LinkedIn
Docs Core/Technical Writer at Mirantis All Projects
Ying Zuo IRC: ying_zuo
LinkedIn: [4]
Twitter: [5]
Developer Horizon, Heat, Keystone
Irena Berezovsky IRC: irenab
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