Attending:
Kenny (Microsoft) phone
Anna () phone
Katharina Rock (SAP)
Laura Deck (IYF)
Martin Stein
Anne Hardy (SAP)
Diana
(Intuit)
ACM-W – not directly important for the conference, but important for their marketing.
Underserved commmunities: Contra-costa county (arrange busses), E-PA. Appoint one volunteer of the steering commitee. Anna will look into it. We have to set up: chaperone on busses, rent bus, insurance, logistics. Laura D will take it on.
Sponsorship commited: SAP, Cisco,
Sponsorship under discussion: Google, Intuit, Symantec, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Adobe.
Fee: $20 - idea: add a fee waiver.
Production: web site. (TODO Laura)
How many volunteers? 1 per 10 girls for chaperon. 50 total?
Colleges for volunteers: foothill, de anza (Kenny talked to them), SJ state (MIS dep, Kenny), Stanford?, -- problem only 20% women in student body.
High schools: hire girls in science and math from high school. $500 for college?
ACM student chapters! (TODO MS)
Academy of information technology: San Francisco group of schools.
Guidelines:
Hands-on workshops
Movement
Keynotes - upto 1h, entertaining: Pixar, Facebook
Train the trainer: Lynn Langit, Michelle
Schedule:
Keynote
Pixar, Microsoft/Milo,
One in the morning and one at the end.
Have to decide how many workshops per day (2 or 3).
Surprising inventions women have done?
Length of workshops? 60 – 90 minutes.
Hand out a book funded from donations.
Possible topics:
* Pervasive computing (computers everywhere). Nokia! (TODO: MS, AH). Take pictures and post to a server.
* Robotics, Sun-spots from sun labs?
* Social networking
Workshops fill in the blanks in a existing program.
* Tina Seelig – infectious action – problem is that high-school girls are somewhat shy and inhibited in groups.
* Google Earth – street view – microsoft touch?
Parent track:
Security
Teachers – how collaborate in the classroom
TTT – train the trainer session
Raising girls without preconceived notions.
ACM participation? Career prospects. (TODO MS). STEM program. (TODO AH)
Gifts:
meaningful giveaway, desirable.
Backpack? Bag?
Sponsorship
Max $5000, less possible.
$20k bare minimum (Laura)
Martin