Come out for an enjoyable evening at Saskatoon’s fourth Girl Geek Dinner. The evening includes a catered dinner followed by a speaker and discussions. Tentatively the speaker will be Ginger Koolick  and the title of her talk is, ”Works for me – becoming a consultant”. Take a look at her website,  http://www.gingerkoolick.com. We are looking for additional speakers/topics if others are interested please send a email to girlgeekdinnersaskatoon at gmail dot com.

Date: Tuesday November 24th, 2009

Time: 6:00 pm

Where:  zu  303 Pacific Ave. (Old A&B Sound Building)

Cost: $15.00/person

RSVP by Friday, November 20th 2009 to girlgeekdinnersaskatoon@gmail.com or sign up for the event on Facebook.

Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinners round deux will be held at Point2 Technologies Inc. on Monday, November 17th at 6:00pm. I am working with the Point2 Administrative team to finalize the details on the catered meal but I hope to make it cost $15 or less. Pop, water and coffee/tea will be included with the meal.

You can sign up for the event on Facebook or send me an email. (melanie dot cey at gmail dot com). You should also contact me if you are a student who is interested in attending and would like to be sponsored by Point2. Let me know what course you are attending and what year you are in. There are a set number of sponsored spots available from Point2 and they will be given out on a first come first served basis.

And lastly, please contact me if you are interested in presenting or leading a discussion group. I would like to have complete details finalized within the next 2 weeks.

I know that many of you have a lot of knowledge to share. Don’t be shy!

The dinner on Monday night was a blast!  Girl Geeks from all ages and various areas of geekdom gathered and learned and shared information.   GingerK has posted a great summary of the evening.

Unfortunately the speaker was unable to make it so Emily and I instead gave a presentation on Point2’s switch to Agile/Scrum. The presentation was well received and led to a lot of questions.

I am hoping to plan the next dinner for the fall, likely later in October after BarCamp08.

If you or someone you know is interested in speaking please get a hold of me.

On July 21st between 6pm and 9pm the first Saskatoon Girl Geek dinner will take place at the Venice House on Central Ave.  Deirdre Bonnycaste will be presenting on using Web 2.0 for faculty development.

The presentation will be 10-20 minutes.  The remainder of the dinner will be used for everyone to get acquainted and brainstorm ideas for future presenters and topics.

Based on response to the facebook event and through email we are expecting about 20 attendees.

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

If you are interested in attending or speaking at a Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinner please join the Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinners Facebook group. If you are not a facebook user you can contact me through the about page instead.

Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinners are an up and coming version of the original Girl Geek Dinners started by Sarah Blow in London, England.

In Saskatoon, we are hoping to create a community for women interested in science and engineering.

If you are in Saskatoon and are intersted in being a part of the first Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinner please let me know by filling out the comment form. We’re looking for ladies in all walks of technology careers like programming, systems administration, as well as engineering. We’re also looking for women who are part of the primary, seconday, and post-secondary education systems and are interested in technology. We’re going to need people to help organize and recruit members as well as people who are interested in speaking.

If you are a guy, you can also attend our first dinner if you are invited by a lady.

About me: My name is Melanie and I am currently employed as a Program Manager, (which is essentially like a software project manager) by Point2 Technologies Inc. I graduated from SIAST Kelsey Campus in 2001 from the Computer Systems Technology course. Since then I have been a User Interface Developer, Programmer/Analyst, and done quite a bit of Business Analysis.

I am passionate about my work and the team of people I work with. I like geeky things like Microsoft Log parser. I have worked on a number of public facing websites like Point2 Homes and CatUsed.com.

I hope we can come together, it would be great to

• Share our experiences
• Act as role models for young women interested in technology
• Teach one another
• Learn from one another
• and of course, have fun.