[Chirb] Geek Girl Event

[Josh Cronemeyer]

Chirbers, I thought I would forward this Geek Girl event information 
along:

Girl Geek Dinners have been popping up all around the world for nearly 
three years.  They've been huge successes in Sydney, London, San Fran, 
Malaysia, Toronto,...(you get the point).   Next stop: Chicago!  And just 
to clarify, this is not a ThoughtWorks event.  It's simply a group of 
women (and yes men are invited as well)  in IT who are interested in 
networking with people in the same field. 

The idea is to get a group of women who work in technology together to 
discuss their experiences and exchange ideas in a comfortable, casual 
environment.  The obvious goal of the event is to meet other women in jobs 
similar to what you do every day and share knowledge.  The long term aim 
is to make the technical world more intriguing and accessible to people of 
all age, race, and gender. For more info:  http://girlgeekdinners.com/

Why am I telling you this? 

Well we need some help.  If you know any women in technology in the 
Chicago area, please reach out to them to see if they'd be interested in 
attending.  There's no obligation obviously- consider this a user group 
that will meet monthly or bimonthly at a selected venue.  We have a 
facebook  page, as well a mailing list to keep everyone updated.  I 
believe we already have over 30 people interested in attending.  Please 
feel free to pass this information on to anyone you know who may be 
interested in joining us.  Also, please let me know if you'd like to 
attend or help with organization.

Details

Where:  ThoughtWorks office- 200 E. Randolph 25th Floor

When: Friday, August 22nd  5:30/6:00 to 8:30 

How to get involved:  Email - ChicagoGGD at gmail.com, Facebook (Girls Geek 
Dinner Chicago)

Josh Cronemeyer
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