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Full Circle Magazine Initiative

Ubuntu Women Column

Full Circle Magazine has invited the Ubuntu Women to contribute to a monthly column.

Deadline: First Sunday of each month

Past Articles

Issue 31, pages 28-29:

Women In Ubuntu Interview Series: Ara Pulido

Issue 30, pages 27-29:

Women In Ubuntu Interview Series: Belinda Lopez

Issue 28, pages 30-31:

Women In Ubuntu Interview Series: Leigh Honeywell

Issue 27, pages 24-25:

Women In Ubuntu Interview Series: Mackenzie Morgan

Issue 26, pages 22-23:

Women In Ubuntu Interview Series: Laura Czajkowski

Issue 24, pages 29-30:

Women In Ubuntu Interview Series: Elizabeth Krumbach

Issue 23, pages 28-29:

Women In Ubuntu Interview Series: Lydia Pintscher

Issue 20, page 31:

Josie Gilbert: Getting Involved with Ubuntu

Issue 19, page 26:

Elizabeth Bevilacqua: Attracting more Women to your LoCo Team

Issue 17, page 33:

Cathy Malmrose: Women at Conferences

Issue 16, page 29:

Elizabeth Bevilacqua: How do I get women in my life interested in Ubuntu?

Issue 15, page 27:

Emma Jane Hogbin: The Code of Conduct

Issue 14, page 28:

Emma Jane Hogbin: Part 5 of "Making Change Happen" - Your Volunteers

Issue 13, page 34:

Emma Jane Hogbin: Part 4 of "Making Change Happen" - A Juggling Act

Issue 12, page 38:

Emma Jane Hogbin: Part 3 of "Making Change Happen" - Create Tasks and Set Deadlines

Issue 11, page 27:

Emma Jane Hogbin: Part 2 of "Making Change Happen" - Defining Steps to Achieve a Goal

Issue 10, page 27:

Emma Jane Hogbin: Part 1 of "Making Change Happen" - The Vision for Your Project

Issue 9, page 31:

Cathy Malmrose: Fostering Skills in Young Women to be Successful in F/OSS and Life

Issue 8, page 30:

Vid Ayer: About Ubuntu Women

Column Requirements

Check out the Full Circle Magazine Wiki Page for basic requirements
Length? Anywhere from 350-1500 lines (this is flexible)
Include a picture - and make sure you have full rights to it (either it's your image, or has a license that allows for redistribution)
Review their style guidelines for appropriate usage of terms, menu selection syntax and grammar specifications

Column Ideas

Interviews with women involved with Ubuntu
Articles about current Ubuntu Women Project initiatives and successes
Women's issues in Technology
Promote relevant articles written in other publications (or in other sections of the Full Circle Mag):
- Advocacy and social issues:
  - Things anyone can do to get more women involved
  - Ways a specific person has worked to get more women involved (I gave a talk; I wrote an article; I mentored a new developer; I showed up at my LUG)
- Technical articles by UW team members (and other women)
How *-women groups have helped more women become involved
Promote upcoming events, especially including presentations at conferences

Technical Articles by Women

We encourage women to be technical!

One of the best ways to increase visibility is to simply get your feminine name out there in the broader community. Some of us contribute heavily in IRC, others on Mailing Lists, others on Forums and there are now several women who post on Planet Ubuntu. Contributing to Full Circle Magazine is another way to show the world that women are contributing.

According to the Full Circle Magazine Wiki Page: "The single rule for an article is; it must somehow be linked to Ubuntu or one of the many derivatives of Ubuntu (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu etc)."

Have a thought for a technical article but aren't sure you're ready to share it with the world? Ubuntu Women wants to encourage submitting technical articles to the broader Full Circle magazine and we'll help with proof-reading and getting you info on how to go about submitting for review. Drop an email to the Ubuntu Women Mailing List, drop by our freenode chat channel #ubuntu-women (see here for how), or post a request for help in our forums.