Changes: Ohio LinuxFest

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Ohio LinuxFest (OLF) takes place each autumn in Columbus, OH. Originally, it was an "InterLUG" gathering of members of all of Ohio's LUGs. It has since grown in size to accommodate 3 days of activities and over 1000 participants.

In 2010, OLF had one of the highest percentages of women speakers at a tech conference — 37% . In 2012, the percentage of women speakers was 15% .

In 2009, OLF hosted its first Diversity in Open Source Workshop, after Elizabeth Garbee pointed out to Esther Filderman that the Women in Open Source workshops at other conferences didn't go far enough.

Women who have spoken or are scheduled to speak at Ohio LinuxFest include:

Cat Allman 2009
Amy Andres 2010
Bethany Andres-Beck 2011
Robyn Bergeron 2010
Angela Byron 2012
Mel Chua 2010, 2011
Benny Crampton 2010
Catherine Devlin 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
Beth Lynn Eicher 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012
Esther "Moose" Filderman 2008
Elizabeth Garbee 2008, 2009, 2012
Amber Graner 2010
Rikki Kite 2009
Dru Lavigne 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Cathy Malmrose 2011
Annette Miller 2006
Mackenzie Morgan 2008, 2009, 2010
Deb Nicholson 2012
Stormy Peters 2010
Karlie Robinson 2007, 2011
Susan Rose 2010
Wendy Seltzer 2012
SigFLUP 2010
Carol Smith 2010
Ruth Suehle 2010, 2011
Kelly West 2010

Bethlynn Eicher is not credited in the 2004 speakers list; however, she gave a well-attended presentation on LUGs during the BOF track.

After the 2009 spate of sexualized presentations, Moose sent an email containing the following to all 2009 Ohio LinuxFest speakers:

I hate to have to bring this up, but in the past couple of years there’s been a surge of talks at various conferences – including OLF – that are have contained inappropriate content. Please remember that Ohio LinuxFest aims to be a family-friendly and professional event. Anyone who cannot meet this basic standard will be escorted from the stage immediately and then bbqed and served at the DIOS workshop the next day.

She still had to explain to one presenter why he would not be allowed on stage until his slides were modified. This information is now contained as part of a static speaker information page that all speakers are referred to. As of 2011 it is part of the talk submission process (as a contract). A similar statement is part of the sponsor contract as well.

Additionally, the Ohio LinuxFest has a Conduct Policy, of which a small sample version appears in the conference program. Discrimination and harrassment are not tolerated for any reason, human or computer related.

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 After the [[Timeline of incidents | 2009 spate]] of [[sexualized presentation | sexualized presentations]], Moose sent an email containing the following to all 2009 Ohio LinuxFest speakers:
 <blockquote>I hate to have to bring this up, but in the past couple of years there’s been a surge of talks at various conferences – including OLF – that are have contained inappropriate content. Please remember that Ohio LinuxFest aims to be a family-friendly and professional event. Anyone who cannot meet this basic standard will be escorted from the stage immediately and then bbqed and served at the DIOS workshop the next day.</blockquote>
+<span style="font-size:14px;">She still had to explain to one presenter why he would not be allowed on stage until his slides were modified.</span>
+<span style="font-size:14px;">This information is now contained as part of a </span>[http://www.ohiolinux.org/speakerinfo.html static speaker information page]<span style="font-size:14px;"> that all speakers are referred to. As of 2011 it is part of the talk submission process (as a contract). A similar statement is part of the sponsor contract as well.</span>
-She still had to explain to one presenter why he would not be allowed on stage until his slides were modified.
-This information is now contained as part of a [http://www.ohiolinux.org/speakerinfo.html static speaker information page] that all speakers are referred to. As of 2011 it is part of the talk submission process (as a contract). A similar statement is part of the sponsor contract as well.
 Additionally, the Ohio LinuxFest has a [http://www.ohiolinux.org/conduct Conduct Policy], of which a small sample version appears in the conference program. Discrimination and harrassment are not tolerated for any reason, human or computer related.