Author Archives: Valerie Aurora

Welcoming Caroline Simard to our advisory board

By Valerie Aurora | Published: March 29, 2012
Experienced women in technology advocate Caroline Simard has joined the advisory board of the Ada Initiative. Caroline was the Vice President of Research and Executive Programs at the Anita Borg Institute, where she led the creation and dissemination of solutions to further diversity in scientific and technical careers in industry and academia. Our own workshop [...]
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Sydneysider Mary Gardiner, Ada Initiative co-founder, to keynote Wikimania 2012 (AU version)

By Valerie Aurora | Published: March 23, 2012
Sydneysider Mary Gardiner, Ada Initiative co-founder, to keynote Wikimania 2012 Saturday, March 24, 2012 Ada Initiative co-founder Mary Gardiner will be giving the opening keynote at Wikimania 2012, the international conference for Wikipedia-related projects, in Washington, D.C. in July. Mary Gardiner, based in Sydney, is the Director of Operations and research for the Ada Initiative, [...]
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Ada Initiative co-founder Mary Gardiner to keynote Wikimania 2012 (US version)

By Valerie Aurora | Published: March 23, 2012
Ada Initiative co-founder Mary Gardiner to keynote Wikimania 2012 Friday, March 23, 2012 Ada Initiative co-founder Mary Gardiner will be giving the opening keynote at Wikimania 2012, the international conference for Wikipedia-related projects. Mary Gardiner is the Director of Operations and research for the Ada Initiative, a non-profit dedicated to increasing the participation of women [...]
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Mary Gardiner to keynote Wikimania 2012

By Valerie Aurora | Published: March 23, 2012
We’re proud to announce that Ada Initiative co-founder Mary Gardiner has been chosen to give the opening keynote at Wikimania 2012! Wikimania is the world’s top conference for Wikipedia and related Wikimedia projects, held this year from July 12 – 15 in Washington, D.C. “Mary has been a strong advocate for open source and has [...]
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Clarification on consulting services and apology

By Valerie Aurora | Published: March 23, 2012
We’ve had some recent questions about the purpose of Ada Initiative consulting services, from people whose opinions we consider very important. They were prompted by an email I (Valerie Aurora) sent which I will describe in more detail and quoted in full later in the post. Mary Gardiner has no responsibility whatsoever, other than agreeing [...]
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