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The LinuxChix miniconfs (2007–2009) and Haecksen miniconfs (2010–2014) were one-day events focusing on women who use and contribute to Linux and other free and open source software. It was held as part of linux.conf.au, which has a tradition of providing venues for one or two day community organised miniconferences in a variety of areas.

While the Haecksen miniconferences haven't formally ended, no miniconf has been held since January 2014.

History

LinuxChix chapters were created in Australia in 1999. 1999 was also the year that the Conference of Australian Linux Users (CALU) was held, regarded as the predecessor of the annual linux.conf.au event which began in 2001. linux.conf.au began hosting "miniconfs" (mini-conferences), one or two day tracks organised by volunteers outside the core conference team, from 2003.

LinuxChix miniconf LCA2007 — LinuxChix miniconf audience in 2007, CC BY-SA Wikipedia user Zarrinba

In 2006, Mary Gardiner proposed that a LinuxChix miniconf be one of the miniconfs held at linux.conf.au 2007. The miniconf that year was credited with being part of the cause of record numbers of women attending linux.conf.au in 2007 (10% of total attendees, as opposed to 10 women in some previous years). The miniconference was in the linux.conf.au program every year from 2007–2014, organised by a woman or a small group of women each year. In 2010, Joh Pirie-Clarke renamed it the Haecksen miniconference to be more inclusive of people who were not LinuxChix members, and it bore that name from then on. ("Haecksen" is a word that some, but not all, German speakers regard as the feminine word meaning "hackers".)

The miniconference directly inspired the creation of AussieChix and New Zealand LinuxChix in 2007, which merged into OWOOT in 2011.

Future of the event

OWOOT closed due to lack of activity in 2014. While there is still a dedicated Haecksen mailing list where organisation can take place, there was no Haecksen miniconference in 2015, and it is unclear whether the event will be held in future, or in what form.

Conferences

2014 Haecksen miniconference

A Haecksen miniconference for linux.conf.au 2014 was organised by Lana Brindley.

Speakers:

Anita Kuno
Lara Antoniolli
Ashe Dryden
Karen Sandler
Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
Alice Boxhall

2013 Haecksen miniconference

A Haecksen miniconference for linux.conf.au 2013 was organised by Bianca Gibson and Robyn Willison.

Speakers:

Sam Cheah
Skye Croeser
Ruth Ellison
Mary Gardiner
Brianna Laugher
Katie Miller
Denise Paolucci
Joh Pirie-Clarke
Fee Plumley
Kathy Reid
Jacinta Richardson
Robyn Willison

2012 Haecksen miniconference

A miniconference was organised for linux.conf.au 2012 by Lana Brindley and Mary Gardiner.

Speakers were:

Valerie Aurora
Sara Falamaki
Mary Gardiner
Sarah Novotny
Selena Deckelmann, Leslie Hawthorn, Danielle Madeley, Pia Waugh (panellists)

See miniconf schedule.

2011 Haecksen miniconference

A miniconference was organised for linux.conf.au 2011 by Lana Brindley. Speakers were:

Pia Waugh
Joh Clarke
Danielle Madeley
Noirin Shirley
Aeriana Lee
Melissa Draper
Alison Young
Donna Benjamin
Valerie Aurora

See miniconf webpage.

2010 Haecksen and Linuxchix miniconference

The 2010 Haecksen and Linuxchix miniconf was held on 18th January 2010 at LCA2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. It was organised by Joh Clarke and ...

Speakers at the miniconference were:

2009 LinuxChix miniconference

A LinuxChix miniconference was held at linux.conf.au 2009 in Hobart, Australia. It was organised by Sarah Stokely and Robyn Willison.

Speakers were:

Mary Gardiner
Jacinta Richardson
Claudine Chionh
Aeriana Lee
Robyn Willison

Donna Benjamin and Pia Waugh held a workshop on how to evangelise IT to girls. Bdale Garbee, Silvia Pfeiffer, Andrew McMillan and Casey Schaufler spoke at a Geek Parenting Panel.

2008 LinuxChix miniconference

The 2008 LinuxChix miniconference was held on 29th January 2008 as part of linux.conf.au 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised by Robyn Willison, Mary Gardiner and Melissa Draper.

Speakers at the miniconference were:

Pia Waugh
Joh Clarke
Jacinta Richardson
Brenda Wallace
Brianna Laugher
Adaora Oniya
Robyn Willison
Kylie Willison
Stormy Peters

2007 LinuxChix miniconference

The first LinuxChix miniconference was held on 16th January 2007 in Sydney, Australia. It was organised by Mary Gardiner with assistance from Sara Falamaki and Stephanie Miller.

LinuxChixStandOut — LinuxChix miniconf 2007 advertising image

Speakers at the miniconference were:

The miniconference was credited with being part of the cause of record numbers of women attending linux.conf.au in 2007 (10% of total attendees, as opposed to 10 women in some previous years).

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+{{Featured article|month=November|year=2009}}
 [[File:LinuxchixMiniconf.jpg|300px|right|thumb|LinuxChix miniconf 2009]]
-The '''LinuxChix miniconf''' is a one-day event focusing on women who use and contribute to [[Linux]] and other [[FLOSS|free and open source software]].  It is held as part of [[Linux.conf.au]], which has a tradition of providing venues for one or two day community organised miniconferences in a variety of areas.
+The '''LinuxChix miniconfs''' (2007–2009) and '''Haecksen miniconfs''' (2010–2014) were one-day events focusing on women who use and contribute to [[Linux]] and other [[FLOSS|free and open source software]]. It was held as part of [[linux.conf.au]], which has a tradition of providing venues for one or two day community organised miniconferences in a variety of areas.
+While the Haecksen miniconferences haven't formally ended, no miniconf has been held since January 2014.
-The Australian [[LinuxChix]] chapter, [[AussieChix]], is very active in organising and running the miniconf.
+==History==
+[[LinuxChix]] chapters were created in Australia in 1999. 1999 was also the year that the Conference of Australian Linux Users (CALU) was held, regarded as the predecessor of the annual linux.conf.au event which began in 2001. linux.conf.au began hosting "miniconfs" (mini-conferences), one or two day tracks organised by volunteers outside the core conference team, from 2003.
+[[File:LinuxChix_miniconf_LCA2007.jpg|thumb|300px|LinuxChix miniconf audience in 2007, CC BY-SA Wikipedia user Zarrinba ]]In 2006, [[Mary Gardiner]] proposed that a LinuxChix miniconf be one of the miniconfs held at linux.conf.au 2007. The miniconf that year was credited with being part of the cause of record numbers of women attending linux.conf.au in 2007 (10% of total attendees, as opposed to 10 ''women'' in some previous years). The miniconference was in the linux.conf.au program every year from 2007–2014, organised by a woman or a small group of women each year. In 2010, [[Joh Pirie-Clarke]] renamed it the Haecksen miniconference to be more inclusive of people who were not LinuxChix members, and it bore that name from then on. ("Haecksen" is a word that some, but not all, German speakers regard as the feminine word meaning "hackers".)
+The miniconference directly inspired the creation of AussieChix and New Zealand LinuxChix in 2007, which merged into [[OWOOT]] in 2011.
-== 2007 LinuxChix miniconference ==
+== Future of the event ==
-The first LinuxChix miniconference was held on 16th January 2007 in Sydney, Australia. It was organised by [[Mary Gardiner]] with assistance from [[Sara Falamaki]] and [[Stephanie Miller]].
+OWOOT closed due to lack of activity in 2014. While there is still a dedicated [http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/haecksen Haecksen mailing list]
+<nowiki> </nowiki>where organisation can take place, there was no Haecksen miniconference
+<nowiki> </nowiki>in 2015, and it is unclear whether the event will be held in future, or
+<nowiki> </nowiki>in what form.
+==Conferences==
+===2014 Haecksen miniconference===
+A [http://haecksen.net/haecksen-schedule-2014 Haecksen miniconference] for linux.conf.au 2014 was organised by [[Lana Brindley]].
+Speakers:
-[[File:LinuxChixStandOut.png|300px|right|thumb|LinuxChix miniconf 2007 advertising image]]
+*[[Anita Kuno]]
+*[[Lara Antoniolli]]
+*[[Ashe Dryden]]
+*[[Karen Sandler]]
+*[[Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph]]
+*[[Alice Boxhall]]
+===2013 Haecksen miniconference===
+[https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/Haecksen A Haecksen miniconference] for linux.conf.au 2013 was organised by [[Bianca Gibson]] and [[Robyn Willison]].
-Speakers at the miniconference were:
+Speakers:
+*[[Sam Cheah]]
+*[[Skye Croeser]]
+*[[Ruth Ellison]]
+*[[Mary Gardiner]]
+*[[Brianna Laugher]]
+*[[Katie Miller]]
+*[[Denise Paolucci]]
+*[[Joh Pirie-Clarke]]
+*[[Fee Plumley]]
+*[[Kathy Reid]]
+*[[Jacinta Richardson]]
+*[[Robyn Willison]]
+=== 2012 Haecksen miniconference ===
-* [[Sulamita Garcia]]
-* [[Akkana Peck]]
-* [[Kristen Carlson Accardi]]
-* [[Jacinta Richardson]]
-* [[Valerie Aurora]].
-The miniconference was credited with being part of the cause of record numbers of women attending linux.conf.au in 2007 (10% of total attendees, as opposed to 10 ''women'' in some previous years).
+A miniconference was organised for linux.conf.au 2012 by [[Lana Brindley]] and [[Mary Gardiner]].
+Speakers were:
-See also: [http://conf.au.linuxchix.org/2007-miniconf-linuxconfau 2007 miniconf webpage]
+*[[Valerie Aurora]]
+*[[Sara Falamaki]]
+*[[Mary Gardiner]]
+*[[Sarah Novotny]]
+*[[Selena Deckelmann]], [[Leslie Hawthorn]], [[Danielle Madeley]], [[Pia Waugh]] (panellists)
+See [http://haecksen.net/haecksen-schedule-2012 miniconf schedule].
-== 2008 LinuxChix miniconference ==
+=== 2011 Haecksen miniconference ===
-The 2008 LinuxChix miniconference was held on 29th January 2008 as part of linux.conf.au 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised by [[Robyn Willison]], [[Mary Gardiner]] and [[Melissa Draper]].
+A miniconference was organised for linux.conf.au 2011 by [[Lana Brindley]]. Speakers were:
-Speakers at the miniconference were:
+*[[Pia Waugh]]
+*[[Joh Clarke]]
+*[[Danielle Madeley]]
+*[[Noirin Plunkett|Noirin Shirley]]
+*[[Aeriana Lee]]
+*[[Melissa Draper]]
+*[[Alison Young]]
+*[[Donna Benjamin]]
+*[[Valerie Aurora]]
+See [http://haecksen.net/ miniconf webpage].
-* [[Pia Waugh]]
-* [[Joh Clarke]]
-* [[Jacinta Richardson]]
-* [[Brenda Wallace]]
-* [[Brianna Laugher]]
-* [[Adaora Oniya]]
-* [[Robyn Willison]]
-* [[Kylie Willison]]
-* [[Stormy Peters]]
+=== 2010 Haecksen and Linuxchix miniconference ===
-See also: [http://conf.au.linuxchix.org/2008-miniconf-linuxconfau 2008 miniconf webpage]
+[[File:Haecksen.png|300px|right|thumb|Haecksen/LinuxChix website screenshot]]
-== 2009 LinuxChix miniconference ==
+The 2010 Haecksen and Linuxchix miniconf was held on 18th January 2010 at LCA2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. It was organised by [[Joh Clarke]] and ...
+Speakers at the miniconference were:
+* [[Emma Jane Hogbin]]
+* [[Sara Falamaki]]
+* [[Elizabeth Garbee]]
+* [[Lana Brindley]]
+* [[Angela Byron]]
+* [[Liz Henry]]
+* [[Nancy Mauro-Flude]]
+See also: [[Women at linux.conf.au 2010]] and [http://haecksen.org.nz/ 2010 miniconf webpage]
+=== 2009 LinuxChix miniconference ===
 A LinuxChix miniconference was held at linux.conf.au 2009 in Hobart, Australia. It was organised by [[Sarah Stokely]] and [[Robyn Willison]].
@@ Line 50: / Line 100: @@
 * [[Jacinta Richardson]]
 * [[Claudine Chionh]]
 * [[Aeriana Lee]]
-* [[Robyn Willison]].
+* [[Robyn Willison]]
 [[Donna Benjamin]] and [[Pia Waugh]] held a workshop on&nbsp; [[Getting girls into IT|how to evangelise IT to girls]]. Bdale Garbee, [[Silvia Pfeiffer]], Andrew McMillan and Casey Schaufler spoke at a Geek [[Parenting]] Panel.
@@ Line 57: / Line 107: @@
 See also: [[Women at linux.conf.au 2009]].
-== 2010 Haecksen and Linuxchix miniconference ==
+=== 2008 LinuxChix miniconference ===
+The 2008 LinuxChix miniconference was held on 29th January 2008 as part of linux.conf.au 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. It was organised by [[Robyn Willison]], [[Mary Gardiner]] and [[Melissa Draper]].
-[[File:Haecksen.png|300px|right|thumb|Haecksen/LinuxChix website screenshot]]
+Speakers at the miniconference were:
-This miniconf was proposed for linux.conf.au 2010 by [[Joh Clarke]]. It will be held on January 18 2010 at LCA2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. More information is available at http://haecksen.org.nz/
+* [[Pia Waugh]]
-The CFP for the 2010 miniconf closed on October 25th, 2009.  The speakers have not yet been announced.
+* [[Joh Clarke]]
+* [[Jacinta Richardson]]
+* [[Brenda Wallace]]
+* [[Brianna Laugher]]
+* [[Adaora Oniya]]
+* [[Robyn Willison]]
+* [[Kylie Willison]]
+* [[Stormy Peters]]
+See also: [[Women at linux.conf.au 2008]] and [http://conf.au.linuxchix.org/2008-miniconf-linuxconfau 2008 miniconf webpage]
+=== 2007 LinuxChix miniconference ===
+The first LinuxChix miniconference was held on 16th January 2007 in Sydney, Australia. It was organised by [[Mary Gardiner]] with assistance from [[Sara Falamaki]] and Stephanie Miller.
+[[File:LinuxChixStandOut.png|300px|right|thumb|LinuxChix miniconf 2007 advertising image]]
+Speakers at the miniconference were:
+* [[Sulamita Garcia]]
+* [[Akkana Peck]]
+* [[Kristen Carlson Accardi]]
+* [[Jacinta Richardson]]
+* [[Valerie Aurora]].
+The miniconference was credited with being part of the cause of record numbers of women attending linux.conf.au in 2007 (10% of total attendees, as opposed to 10 ''women'' in some previous years).
+See also: [http://conf.au.linuxchix.org/2007-miniconf-linuxconfau 2007 miniconf webpage]
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+[[Category:2007]]