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Ideas for ACMW Socials

Posted by: n on: January 8, 2009

Hey everyone!
What would you like to see at an ACMW Social?
* Pizza Parties?
* Museum Visits?
* Arts and Crafts nights?
* World of Warcraft geek session?
* Cultural food Party!
Tell us what you think! Comment on this post.

Fall Quarter Feedback Survey

Posted by: Nancy on: November 24, 2008

Hi all,
The ACMW was very happy to see so many people come to our events this quarter. If you have any feedback or suggestions for future events, please let us know!
Survey: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/nancydo/64974

cats!

Posted by: Soyoung on: November 8, 2008

because technology gets monotonous after a while, and everyone loves cats!

link via stuff on my cat

Chill Session / YouTube Charades / Halloween treats!

Posted by: Nancy on: October 19, 2008

**Note**: Location has changed to Gates Commons
ACMW is holding another chill session on October 30th, 5pm in the Gates Commons (on the 6th floor of the CSE Building). Chill sessions are a fun, informal way of getting people (particularly women) in the CSE department together so that we can all get to know each other.
We’re planning [...]

Women in Free Software Projects

Posted by: Sylvia on: October 18, 2008

Hey all,
A friend pointed me to a blog post that comments an article called “Ten easy ways to attract women to your free software project.” I thought it might be interesting to see what you all think about this.
Here’s the blog.

manga + databases = win

Posted by: Soyoung on: October 17, 2008

Apparently in Japan, they sometimes teach in formats foreign to us Americans. Formats such as Manga.

Princess Ruruna is stressed out. With the king and queen away, she has to manage the Kingdom of Kod’s humongous fruit-selling empire. Overseas departments, scads of inventory, conflicting prices, and so many customers! It’s all such a confusing mess. But [...]

— copied from personal blog —
Original Date: Posted June 24, 2008

Dear Reader,
Today was the first ever Seattle Girl Geek Dinner. It was at 5:30pm at Microsoft Building 99, which made me pretty happy because it meant that I had free lunch, and free dinner! *saves 10 bucks today*
It was pretty good!
First, let’s talk about food. [...]