Brighton Girl Geeks
The Brighton Girl Geeks are a community focused on women with an interest in technology.
We usually have informal gatherings over dinner and a presentation. Though sometimes also meet up for lunches, coffees and just plain socials.
The main rule is that guys are welcome as long as they are invited by a girl :)
On Wednesday the 28th of November was the biggest Geek Dinner for the Brighton community - around 65 people attended. It was a joint effort between the Brighton Girl Geeks and the Sussex Geek Dinners.
This event was quite special for me for the following reasons:
- It was bringing the most social Brighton geek community year to an end
- It had loads of Christmas cheer
- The fact that it was raising money for charity gave an extra special touch
- We successfully managed to combine the girls with the guys…yay!
(Photos by Jane Dallaway - more photos available at the Flickr group)
Aral gave a fab light hearted talk about his personal view of 2007, from Twitter to the iPhone to the Brighton community, he had a view on it. The most catching phrase being ‘omg, the geeks have gone social’. Which is true and perhaps will help shrug off the perception of geeks being physically horrible to look at and unable to communicate.
OHSO Social did us really proud, with a fab christmas vibe and super delicious buffet. I know this is true not just from people politely telling me so, but also from catching people go for 2nds and 3rds! You know who you are!
A big thank you to, everyone who attended and the sponsors of the evening - Spannerworks, Driven Systems, Cubeworks and Madgex - together we raised £828.78 for The Chestnut Tree House.
I personally would like to thank Simon and Devi Lozdan for helping make the night a successful one :)
