<div>Please help out. Complete this survey and pass it on.<br><br>:-)<br>Bettina<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><br>>Girl Scouts of the USA<br>>420 5th Avenue<br>>New York, NY 10018<br>>V 212-852-5049 F 212-852-6515
<br>><a href="mailto:rfarmer@girlscouts.org">rfarmer@girlscouts.org</a><br>><a href="http://www.girlscouts.org">www.girlscouts.org</a><br>><br>>What influenced you to pursue a career in information technology?
<br>>What could we learn from you and other women working in IT that will<br>>increase the number of girls and women who are interested in the field?<br>><br>>The K-12 Informal Education Hub of the National Center for Women &
<br>>Information Technology (NCWIT), led by the Girl Scouts of the USA<br>>(GSUSA), is conducting a three-phase study to determine what<br>>experiences or factors influence females to pursue work in<br>>information technology (IT). Study results will help guide efforts
<br>>to increase the number of women entering the IT field.<br>><br>>This 20 minute survey is intended for women who work in IT. For the<br>>purposes of this study, IT is defined as all forms of technology<br>
>used to create, store, exchange and use information in all its<br>>forms; the design and use of computers and communications to improve<br>>the way we live, learn, work and play. If this describes your work,<br>
>please consider participating in the study by completing this<br>>survey. Your responses are anonymous and the results will only be<br>>reported in aggregate form.<br>><br>>Please follow the link to the online survey:
<br>><br>><a href="http://www.erasurvey.org/input/womeninit.htm>www.erasurvey.org/input/womeninit.htm">http://www.erasurvey.org/input/womeninit.htm>www.erasurvey.org/input/womeninit.htm</a> <br>><br>>We would appreciate your help in disseminating the survey to as many
<br>>technical women as possible. Please forward this email to other<br>>women you know working in IT.<br>><br>>Survey results will be available online at <a href="http://www.NCWIT.org">www.NCWIT.org</a> <br>>in November 2007. If you have technical problems, or have questions
<br>>about the study, please email <a href="mailto:cliston@psctlt.org">cliston@psctlt.org</a>. Thank you for your<br>>participation.<br> </div>