Re: Pgday italy

Is it possible to ask the selection committee or pgday Italy organizers about any women who submitted talks but were not selected AND have not registered? Unless my eyes deceive me, they have only one woman speaker on the whole day. Perhaps we can reach out to these women who had submitted?

Not sure if pgday italy collaborates with postgres women on anything so far but this seems like a good non confrontational way to show support and subtly encourage them to get more women to submit.

Also, I would totally go but my travel from the US is a bit more expensive to arrange and I’m still job searching. Was just speaking at pgday Paris and pgday Nordic So I’d really also love to see new women get chances to attend as many events as possible.

> On Mar 23, 2019, at 8:02 AM, Ilaria <ilaria(dot)battiston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> That’s such awesome news! I’m excited already to help, I have volunteering experience at Chaos Communication Congress and I lead a Linux User Group in my city, so I’m used to interacting with people and doing this kind of tasks.
>
> My idea was leaving from Milan with the first train in the morning (5.30am~) on the 17th and coming back after 6pm, so I should be able to arrive in large advance. It’s just a hour of train, the outward is 10€ and return is 20€ - I should be able to pay for one (or even both), I appreciate so much all the kindness of this community and I don’t want to take advantage of it.
>
> Frel free to email me in private if needed,
> Ilaria
>
>> Am 23.03.2019 um 12:46 schrieb gülçin yıldırım <yildirim(dot)gulcin88(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>>
>> As far as I know (group needs to confirm this), the conference gave us 5 free tickets, so you can have one of them. You are the perfect candidate for the booth as well! Thank you for willing to do it <3 If you are worried about travel expenses I can personally cover your train trip. Just let me know if it helps you to come there.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Gülçin
>>
>>> On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 at 12:02, Ilaria <ilaria(dot)battiston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Good morning,
>>>
>>> I’m an Italian postgres fan and I would love to be at the booth, I can speak both Italian and English so that would be a plus.
>>>
>>> I just checked the trains from my city (Milan) to Bologna and they’re about 30€ for a round trip on the 17th, so I should be able to attend (I’m a little tight on money, so I can’t give you 100% availability yet).
>>>
>>> I’m a student, so purchasing an ordinary ticket would be more expensive - maybe you can give me that one? Not sure how it works.
>>>
>>> Let me know,
>>> Ilaria
>>>
>>>> Am 23.03.2019 um 11:20 schrieb gülçin yıldırım <yildirim(dot)gulcin88(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> If we will give 5 free tickets perhaps we can ask those ladies to do some booth duty as well, that can be our requirement for ticket. We can decide what sort of tasks they should perform there, should not be anything hard even at the entry level.
>>>>
>>>> If there will be no women at the booth, I would vote for not to open the booth at first place.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Gülçin
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 at 10:43, Boriss Mejias <bmejias(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl> wrote:
>>>>> Great news Lætitia,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just one correction, the event is on the 17th of May.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope you can find some women to be at the booth.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Boriss
>>>>>
>>>>> Lætitia Avrot wrote on 23.03.19 10:36:
>>>>> > Hi all,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Pgday Italy organizers have is a booth and 5 free tickets.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > This event will take place the 19th of May in Bologna.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > So, first, we need to give away the 5 free tickets, so if you or a woman you
>>>>> > know is interested, just reply to me and I'll make sure you'll have one.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Then, unfortunately, I won't be able to be there. I have a friend that could
>>>>> > be at the desk but he's a man and I'm concerned that a postgres women booth with
>>>>> > only a man could send the wrong message... Is any woman there available for that
>>>>> > event?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Last but not least, what do we want to have in the postgres women booth? Do we
>>>>> > want to give away stickers? Do we want to print some flyers? Do we want to
>>>>> > create awesome tee-shirts to sell (but it would mean for us to manage money)? Do
>>>>> > we want to print and give away a list of postgres women public speakers? (please
>>>>> > add your ideas here)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Cheers,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Lætitia Avrot
>>>>>