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

[Rogan Hamby]

+1 to moving ahead


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Sharp, Chris <csharp at georgialibraries.org>
wrote:

> 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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