Author Archives: Mary Gardiner

The Ada Initiative appears (briefly!) on English Wikipedia’s front page

By Mary Gardiner | Published: April 10, 2012
Today the Ada Initiative appeared, very very briefly, on the English Wikipedia front page, with an excerpt from Valerie’s article and her picture: The snippet read: Did you know… that Ada Initiative co-founder Valerie Aurora (pictured) chose Anita as her middle name, after the computer scientist Anita Borg?
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Promoting events and programs to women in open source

By Mary Gardiner | Published: April 3, 2012
Many individuals, groups and companies are interested in promoting events and programs to women interested open source, especially. The Ada Initiative is one of several ways to reach women in open source, we encourage you to email share@adainitiative.org so that we can promote events and programs on our blog. Other groups also have channels for [...]
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GNOME Outreach Program for Women: applications close in one week

By Mary Gardiner | Published: March 31, 2012
A reminder that the applications for this round of the GNOME Outreach Program for Women internships close in one week’s time, on April 6. As making a small contribution in preparation is required as part of the application, check it out and start your application as soon as possible if you haven’t already! Got open [...]
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Welcoming Karen Sandler to our advisory board

By Mary Gardiner | Published: March 20, 2012
The Ada Initiative welcomes free software non-profit executive and lawyer Karen M. Sandler to our advisory board. Karen is the Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation and was formerly the the General Counsel of the Software Freedom Law Center. Karen continues to do pro bono legal work with SFLC and serves as an officer of [...]
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It’s our birthday!

By Mary Gardiner | Published: March 18, 2012
The Ada Initiative incorporated on March 18, 2011, making today our first birthday! Thank you for all your support over the last year, whether as a sponsor, a donor, a supporters member, an AdaCamper or a reader or follower. An especial thank you to our hard working board of directors and advisory board for their [...]
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