From: David Alan Black Date: 2001-12-17T21:52:36+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:28757] Re: How can we get publicity for 1.8 release? Hi -- On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Phil Tomson wrote: > [stuff] Good post, Phil -- thanks for sharing those thoughts and putting them all in one place. Your point that this is publicity rather than advocacy (in the all-too-familiar, tiresome sense of the latter) is particularly welcome. > other ideas? Yes: I'd like to see more women involved with Ruby, and I'm considering (though haven't done it yet) making some kind of contact with one or more women programmers' organizations to encourage them to have a look at Ruby and its community. I'd be very interested in hearing from any women on this list/newsgroup on the question of what form such outreach might take. It seems to me that there's no reason for this not to be among the areas where Ruby breaks a familiar cycle or two. David -- David Alan Black home: dblack@candle.superlink.net work: blackdav@shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav