<html><body><p>Thanks, Nithya -- I have invited Valerie to come to our upcoming November 30 Women of OpenStack team meeting to discuss the Male Ally session she led at the OpenStack Summit in Vancouver and key take aways. Building more more male allies was brought up by several of the working groups from our Tokyo breakfast as well. <br><br>Jessica Murillo<br>Vice President, Strategy<br>IBM Systems <br>jessicak@us.ibm.com<br>Mobile Phone: 512-970-8466<br><br><img width="16" height="16" src="cid:1__=8FBBF46CDFE7C0118f9e8a93df938690918c8FB@" border="0" alt="Inactive hide details for Nithya Ruff ---11/16/2015 02:32:54 PM---This is for Jessica. Information on contacting Valerie Auror"><font color="#424282">Nithya Ruff ---11/16/2015 02:32:54 PM---This is for Jessica. Information on contacting Valerie Aurora of the former Ada Initiaive. Nithya</font><br><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">From: </font><font size="2">Nithya Ruff <Nithya.Ruff@sandisk.com></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">To: </font><font size="2">"clbpdx09@gmail.com" <clbpdx09@gmail.com>, "women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org" <women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Date: </font><font size="2">11/16/2015 02:32 PM</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Subject: </font><font size="2">Re: [Women-of-openstack] Invitation: [OpenStack]Women of Openstack Team Meeting Invite @ Every 4 weeks from 12pm to 1pm on Monday (clbpdx09@gmail.com)</font><br><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade style="color:#8091A5; "><br><br><br><font face="Calibri">This is for Jessica. Information on contacting Valerie Aurora of the former Ada Initiaive. </font><br><font face="Calibri">Nithya</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">-----Original Message-----<br>From: Valerie Aurora [</font><a href="mailto:valerie@adainitiative.org"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Calibri">mailto:valerie@adainitiative.org</font></u></a><font face="Calibri">] <br>Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 7:29 AM<br>To: Nithya Ruff<br>Subject: The Ada Initiative has shut down (automated reply) Re: Panel for the LinuxCon Women's Lunch - Thank You</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">Hello,</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">Thank you for your email! In case you didn't know, the Ada Initiative ended major operations in October 2015. More details here:</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><a href="http://adainitiative.org/2015/08/04/announcing-the-shutdown-of-the-ada-initiative/"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Calibri">http://adainitiative.org/2015/08/04/announcing-the-shutdown-of-the-ada-initiative/</font></u></a><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">We are happy people are continuing our work! Here are some answers to common questions. If the below does not answer your questions, please send a second email. I will answer email to this address about once a week. Thank you!</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">* Can I get someone to teach an Ally Skills Workshop?</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">Yes. I will be teaching this again beginning in January 2016. Email </font><a href="mailto:valerie.aurora@gmail.com"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Calibri">valerie.aurora@gmail.com</font></u></a><font face="Calibri"> for more info.</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">* Where can I get materials for the Ally Skills Workshop, including the slides, facilitator's guide, handout, or video?</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><a href="http://adainitiative.org/continue-our-work/workshops-and-training/"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Calibri">http://adainitiative.org/continue-our-work/workshops-and-training/</font></u></a><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">* Where can I get materials for the Overcoming Impostor Syndrome training?</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><a href="http://adainitiative.org/continue-our-work/impostor-syndrome-training/"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Calibri">http://adainitiative.org/continue-our-work/impostor-syndrome-training/</font></u></a><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">* Can I get someone to give me advice on improving the participation of women in my community or workplace?</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">Yes, I know several people willing to do this work for competitive rates. Email </font><a href="mailto:valerie.aurora@gmail.com"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Calibri">valerie.aurora@gmail.com</font></u></a><font face="Calibri"> for more info.</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">Best wishes,</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">Valerie</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">--</font><br><font face="Calibri">Valerie Aurora</font><br><font face="Calibri">Board of Directors</font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri">Thank You,</font><br><b><font face="Calibri">Nithya A. Ruff, Director, SanDisk Open Source Strategy Office </font></b><br><b><font face="Calibri">WIN Board Member</font></b><br><b><font color="#FF0000" face="Calibri">SanDisk Corporation</font></b><font color="#7F7F7F" face="Calibri"><br>951 SanDisk Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035<br>T: + (408-801-7068)| M: + (510-378-3159)</font><br><a href="mailto:Nithya.Ruff@SanDisk.com"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Calibri">Nithya.Ruff@SanDisk.com</font></u></a><font color="#7F7F7F" face="Calibri"> </font><font color="#0070C0" face="Calibri">Twitter:</font><font color="#7F7F7F" face="Calibri"> </font><a href="https://twitter.com/nithyaruff"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Calibri">@nithyaruff</font></u></a><font color="#7F7F7F" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font face="Calibri"> </font><tt>_______________________________________________<br>Women-of-openstack mailing list<br>Women-of-openstack@lists.openstack.org<br></tt><tt><a href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/women-of-openstack">http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/women-of-openstack</a></tt><tt><br></tt><br><BR>
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