[Eg-oversight-board] More details on Outreach Project for Women

[Sharp, Chris]

I feel comfortable with moving forward.  Thanks for doing the groundwork on this!

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathy Lussier" <klussier at masslnc.org>
> To: eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org
> Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 12:30:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Eg-oversight-board] More details on Outreach Project for Women
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm sending along an update on this program since the deadline for
> committing is approaching. We currently have five possible projects
> listed at http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=opw. I plan to
> only
> move forward with projects that have at least two co-mentors. At this
> time, we only have two projects with two co-mentors, but I have some
> solid leads, giving me confidence that we will have two more eligible
> projects by early next week.
> 
> The vote was to "to allocate community funds to sponsor one intern
> through the Outreach Project for Women if there are strong projects
> and
> committed mentors." Do you all feel comfortable now with moving
> forward
> based on the project ideas and mentors we have? I would like to
> notify
> OPW by the end of the day today, Monday morning at the latest. I'm
> feeling fairly good about the current state of our potential
> projects.
> 
> Thanks!
> Kathy
> 
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> (508) 343-0128
> klussier at masslnc.org
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
> #evergreen IRC: kmlussier
> 
> On 8/21/2014 2:01 PM, Kathy Lussier wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I wanted to send along more details on the Outreach Project for
> > Women
> > and what I'm proposing before today's EOB meeting. The idea of
> > participating in the Outreach Project for Women first came to the
> > Board in November 2012. At the time, we needed to make a quick
> > decision, and it didn't seem doable to raised the required funds in
> > time for the deadline. I would like to see if there is a way the
> > community can participate in this round, which had a deadline for
> > September 8.
> >
> > In the previous discussion on this topic, I think Lori Ayre best
> > described the reason for doing it when she said: "As a
> > woman-dominated
> > profession, I think it is important that we facilitate the growth
> > of
> > women developers of Evergreen." Overall, I think it's important
> > that
> > we grow the body of contributors to the project, and I think there
> > are
> > many places where an intern could make a difference, not just in
> > code,
> > but in documentation, user interfaces, etc.
> >
> > The details on the project are available at
> > https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/Admin/InfoForOrgs.
> > As I
> > mentioned in my previous e-mail, the intern can make contributions
> > in
> > the areas of coding, user experience design, graphic design,
> > documentation, web development, marketing, translation, or other
> > types
> > of tasks to help sustain a FOSS project. A sponsor would need to
> > put
> > forward $6,250 to sponsor one intern. If the project were to use
> > community funds for the internship or pulled together contributions
> > from multiple organizations, then Evergreen would be listed as the
> > sponsor on the OPW page. If one organization or company put forward
> > the funds for the sponsorship, then that organization/company would
> > be
> > acknowledged as the sponsor.
> >
> > I think the next steps are to see:
> >
> > 1) if there is any will among the EOB to fund a sponsorship.
> > Ideally,
> > I think it would be a good use of the community's funds, and, if
> > the
> > project were successful, we could potentially use it as a target
> > for
> > fundraising for future rounds. We have about $29,000 in community,
> > which is about the low point we typically see being between two
> > conferences.
> >
> > 2) If the EOB is willing to use community funds for the internship
> > or
> > perhaps partially fund it while seeking sponsors for the remainder,
> > we
> > would then need to reach out to the community to see what we might
> > do
> > for potential projects and if there are any mentors willing to work
> > with the interns. In talking to the OPW folks, mentors typically
> > spend
> > up to 5 hours per week working with the intern, though the hours
> > tend
> > to be higher (sometimes up to 10 hours in a given week) during the
> > application period.
> >
> > We can continue discussion at the meeting. See you in a few
> > minutes!
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> >
> 
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