<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Chirbers, I thought I would forward
this Geek Girl event information along:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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). <b>Next stop: Chicago! </b> 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. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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: </font><a href=http://girlgeekdinners.com/><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>http://girlgeekdinners.com/</u></font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Why am I telling you this?</b> </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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 </font><a href="http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=3434973&banter_id=694232480&show_all\l/group.php?gid=25924026762"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>facebook</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
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.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Details</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Where: ThoughtWorks office- 200
E. Randolph 25th Floor</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">When: Friday, August 22nd 5:30/6:00
to 8:30 </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">How to get involved: Email - ChicagoGGD@gmail.com,
</font><a href="http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=3434973&banter_id=694232480&show_all\l/group.php?gid=25924026762"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>Facebook</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
(Girls Geek Dinner Chicago)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Josh Cronemeyer</font>