It's not too late to get your tickets for the next event!

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The very generous people at Hackspace Nottingham have offered FREE entry to all Wednesday Night Hacks in October.

For those of you who don't know a lot about Hacking and Hackspace, here's how they describe themselves:

What is Nottinghack?
A Nottingham based group for hackers, makers and crafty creatives!

What Hacking isn't!
NOT to be confused with network hacking, identity theft and computer virus' spreading etc.... Nottinghack does not condone anything illegal... Hardware Hacking is a creative, educational hobby!

Who is it for?
You'll probably be interested in electronics, robotics, DIY, hardware hacking, photography, computing, reverse engineering, prototyping, film making, animation, building RC vehicles and other creative challenges and projects.

You'll be looking for a group who can share tools, techniques and time... pool resources for bigger projects, get funding, discounts on kits and components and start classes... maybe rent a space for you to use! 

Visit http://www.meetup.com/Nottinghack/ for more information, or follow them on twitter @HSNotts

Just spotted this and thought I'd share it with you lovely ladies!

Last month, Girl Geek Dinners features on Google's very own blog!

 Here's a snippet of what was said:

"We’re always looking for opportunities to partner up with organizations that promote diversity and encourage women to excel in technology. Girl Geek Dinners is a world-wide initiative that does exactly that—it helps build communities of women who have a passion and interest in science, technology and other traditionally male-dominated fields by hosting social events around the world."

Read the full article HERE.

The next event will be held at 7pm on 20th September 2010 at Jam Cafe on Heathcote Street, Nottingham. Thanks to our sponsers (more on them below), tickets only cost £5 which includes a drink and a tasty finger buffet. We've tasted the menu (purely in the name of research of course) and we can confirm that it's 10/10 on the yummy scale. 

The Sponsors

We're pleased to announce that Esendex have kindly agreed to sponsor the September Nottingham Geek Girl Dinner.  Obviously the fact that Gemma works for them as a software developer had nothing to do with it...

 
 
Esendex are a Nottingham-based web SMS company and a global success story, with operations in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Germany and Austrailia. They've just set up their US operation in San Francisco and are growing rapidly as more and more businesses are using web SMS to talk to their customers and their staff. Esendex's Marketing Director Geoff Love will introduce the event on 20th September 2010 at Jam Cafe, Nottingham.  He says 'we're really pleased to be supporting the event.  Esendex shares Girl Geek's passion for technology and is always looking for new ideas to help drive our business forward, so we're looking forward to a great evening with some interesting speakers.'
 
Visit http://www.esendex.co.uk for the UK site, or  http://www.esendex.us/ for the US site. 

The Speakers

As well as a few words from Geoff at Esendex, we've also got Julie Greensmith PhD who researches immunology and computer security, as well as riding rollercoasters in the name of academic research coming along to tell us about what she's been up to. Gemma, the rollerskating, Jeremy Kyle-loving girl geek/software developer from 'oop North' will be coming along to run an interactive session on Test Driven Development vs. Behaviour Driven Development (or TDD vs. BDD for those in the know). 

The Tickets

 The only way we can secure venues and catering is to offer this event as a ticket only event. We don't make any money from running the events, and it's only thanks to the sponsors that we are able to run them at all. Ticket sales will close 24 hous prior to the event in order to confirm numbers with the venue. There are 40 places available on a strictly first come first served basis. 

 Tickets cost £5 each and can be purchased HERE

The date and venue for our next dinner has been confirmed as 7pm on 20th September 2010 at Jam Cafe, 12 Heathcote Street, Nottingham.

For those of you who haven't been along yet, it's a great venue full of comfy sofas and seriously yummy food, and a great setting for a relaxed night of meeting new people, learning something new and getting a little bit geeky! 

We're in the processes of finalising speakers for the event, but as soon as these are confirmed, we'll let you know. As with previous events, it will be a ticket only affair, with the cost of your ticket getting you a drink and some food on the night. 

If you (or your boss!) are interested in getting your company heard of by the most important women in technical industries in Nottingham, please get in touch! 

Last week, Elsa, Gemma and I got together to talk Girl Geek tactics. It was great to be able to talk to Elsa face to face and for her to share her experiences of Nottingham events in the past, and Gemma was a great help with her tips she learnt from GirlGeek Manchester, Geekups and various Barcamps. Gemma recommended Google Groups as a great way to keep in touch and share ideas. This has now been set up, so please join our Google Group now!

Of course, this isn't the only way to keep in touch, to make sure you don't miss out on details of our future events, you can Email us, follow us on Twitter, join our Facebook Group or subscribe to our RSS Feed.

Hello all! I’m Kate, an Account Managerfrom Zabisco,a User Centred Design Agency in Nottingham. I got in touch with Elsa to see ifthere were any events in the pipleline and to see if I could offer anyassistance. Elsa’s working away from Nottingham these days, and organising theevents singlehandedly was tough – hopefully with my help and her expertise, wecan get the events back up and running so we can get together to learn, networkand socialise!

We’re thinking of hosting an event inthe next couple of months and taking things from there, so it would be great tohear from you guys about who’s interested, what you’re looking for from theevents and any ideas for venues or speakers! Get in touch or add a comment below!

We are planning a social get together at 7pm on Monday 7th December at Yamas.

http://www.yamasbar.co.uk/ 

If you'd like to join us please drop me an email so I can give the restaurant an idea of numbers. 

There has been a short break in the Nottingham Girl Geek Dinner schedule. However get in contact to find out about future event, to get a chance to speak or to get involved in organising future events.

Hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly, thanks for your patience. 

Our second meeting... yipee!

What: Want to know a bit more about what a Girl Geek Dinner is? 

When: Monday 3rd August @ 7pm

Where: Fat Cats Restaurant

Cost: £10 (this is the cost for food)

Why: Our speaker for this evening is Kate Bolin who is a Nottingham based web designer, likes web standards and accessibility but is happiest when up to her elbows in CSS. She is also a prolific knitter. You can find out more about Kate on her entertaining blog: http://www.katemonkey.co.uk/.

Every year the website that is a regular stomping groud for all proffesional web designers; A List Apart, runs a web survey to look at the current industry around the globe. Kate will be looking at the results from the most recent A List Apart Web Workers survey, to examine what it tells us about being a woman working in web design. Leave your preconceptions at the door as we have look at the industries and sectors that offer support for women in IT. Then expect a lively conversation afterwards.

REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT!