With the next international feminist action day coming up, we want to call for a broader, regular feminist IT meetup/networking/exchange/*. This is not one of our regular feminist linux meetups, we want to initiate something that is connecting all those different initiatives out there. So we are inviting all women* and non-binary* folks (details on invitation policy below) to join us on

• Fri, 7th March, 18 to 21 o’clock
• in the common room on ground floor
• at Hermann-Glück-Weg 6/4, 1120 Wien
• Details on the location and environment under (*2)

The general schedule for this meeting:

• 18:00 : Arrival and open chatting
• 18:30 : Lightning Talk: Overview over feminist initiatives related to IT
• 18:45 : Group work: facilitated discussion and collecting ideas of what a feminist IT meetup could look like
• 19:45 : Outlook
• 20:00 to 21:00 : informal chatting and mingling

There is no registration needed. But if you want to get updates in case of any unplanned short-notice rearrangements, send a short mail to jackie [ät] diebin [dot] at.

If you are interested to join but can’t make it on this specific date, please write an e-mail to jackie [ät] diebin [dot] at, to let hir know, so ze can include you in the scheduling of a potential follow up.

While this first meeting is in-person and open for women* & non-binary* folks, future events might/could/should also include other formats, languages and different invitation policies, including all-gender events.

(*) Invitation policy and social conduct

For this first meeting we are using the invitation policy and social conduct guide of the feminist linux meetup, outlined below:

The meetup (and workshop) is open to all women*, non-binary*, inter*, and trans* people, who are interested to talk about Linux and related topics. In this case, non-binary does mean that you neither fully identify as „woman“ or „man“. It does not mean, that you only programme in fuzzy-logic and don’t use binary numbers. This would of course be fantasticly queer, but believe us, our computers also work with binary code most of the time 😉

With the * we mark certain words to point to the fact, that all these categories are socially constructed. That means, that they do not exist „in nature“, but that we humans interpret nature in this specific way. Therefore it is also legitimate, that people choose these categories for themselves in a way that best fits them. If that unsettles you or you want to know more about it, take a look at our article on invitation policy: https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/einladungspolitik/ (currently only available in german)

Beyond that, we want to create an atmosphere and environment that is encouraging everyone. To do so, we created a Code of Conduct, that describes what we all can do, that no one has to be uncomfortable: https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/code-of-conduct/ (currently only available in german)

In order for everyone to feel really welcome and accepted though, we want to be actively aware and foster a social environment that we describe here: https://feminist-linux.diebin.at/sozialer-rahmen/ (currently only available in german)

(*2) Details on the location and environment:

The closest public transport stations are the tram stations Eichenstraße and Marx-Meidlinger-Straße. Under the following link you find an excerpt of the wien.gv.at/stadtplan with the entry door to the common room marked: https://nextcloud.tantemalkah.at/index.php/s/HASFNEWsizRJWNX. In case you feel unsure about just walking in, you can also just walk around the corner and check out the situation first through the huge glass front of the common room.

The room itself is on the ground floor and accessible without any steps. The two toilets attached to the room unfortunately are not completely wheel-chair-accessible (they are big enough, but handles are missing). A weel-chair accessible toilet is available in the house’s other common room on the 8th floor. If needed, please write us in advance to femlimup (ät) diebin.at, so we can reserve the other room too. In the food hall next to the building there is also a wheel-chair-accessible toilet.

At our meetups we usually already have some snacks and drinks prepared. For further food needs there is a supermarket in the house, and next door there is a food hall, in which several stands also offer food for take-away.