The Drupalchix revolution

Angie Byron has kicked off a very powerful movement in Drupal. Go read the Introductions thread in her new Drupalchix group at groups.drupal.org. If you are a woman who loves Drupal, consider introducing yourself there.

This group is a reaction to Bert's slide at Barcelona2007 Drupalcon and my re-showing that slide at Boston2008. The slide states that Drupalcon attendees are 93% male. Although we are more balanced than other open source projects, everyone agrees that we can balance far better.

So the Drupalchix at Drupalcon took some small steps to remedy the imbalance. They organized a BoF (an informal meeting), setup the Drupalchix group, and started introducing themselves online. I can feel the girl power emanating from the group. I expect to see some great accomplishments come from there.

Lets see if we can hit 10% female for the next Drupalcon. Once again - if you a woman in Drupal, introduce yourself and poke your lady friends to do same.