%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2009 %T Offline: Where Tech Communities Succeed With Women %A Selena Deckelmann %X Conferences are one way that women can be drawn into the free/libre and open source software ecosystem. Many different approaches are needed to increase women's participation in F/LOSS, but face-to-face interaction has proven to be a critical part of the way the technology community in Portland, Oregon has thrived. This article describes through anecdotes the successes of this community, and suggests how other communities could benefit from Portland's experience. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 06/2009 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/263 %N June 2009 %9 Articles %1 End Point Corporation Selena Deckelmann works for End Point Corporation and is an enthusiastic open source advocate and PostgreSQL specialist. She is co-chair of the Open Source Bridge conference, a conference for open source citizens. In her spare time, she likes to mix drinks for her local Perl and Postgres user groups and fetch eggs from her chickens (when she has them).