"Moving the Needle"

[Josh on Rails]

I was really impressed by the slides Sarah Mei posted, from her talk
"Moving the Needle: How the San Francisco Ruby Community got to 18%"
-- http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2010/02/20/scale-8x-slides-posted/

In particular, I'm struck by Slide 22:
http://img.skitch.com/20100223-jyk3r8xbeq1i7bat3yprf3s5hu.jpg

In Toronto, our monthly Rails Pub Night meetings are nowhere near 18%.
I find myself wondering: Are there others (besides me) who are
interested in seeing more women join the community? What could we be
doing to reach out?

For (any) women on the list: What's your experience been like with the
Toronto Ruby Community? What could we be doing better or different?

[Enrico B]

On Feb 23, 11:38 am, Josh on Rails <joshua.weh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was really impressed by the slides Sarah Mei posted, from her talk
> "Moving the Needle: How the San Francisco Ruby Community got to 18%"

> --http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2010/02/20/scale-8x-slides-posted/

>
> In particular, I'm struck by Slide 22:http://img.skitch.com/20100223-jyk3r8xbeq1i7bat3yprf3s5hu.jpg
>
> In Toronto, our monthly Rails Pub Night meetings are nowhere near 18%.
> I find myself wondering: Are there others (besides me) who are
> interested in seeing more women join the community? What could we be
> doing to reach out?
>
> For (any) women on the list: What's your experience been like with the
> Toronto Ruby Community? What could we be doing better or different?

I second your interest in seeing more women join the community.

I'm pretty sure that Rails Pub Night is not representative of the
entire Toronto Ruby community. I've known quite a few people who do
Ruby on Rails but have not even heard of Rails Pub Night, let alone
attend. How many people go to SF Ruby's meetups in total?