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

Fri Sep 5 13:41:07 EDT 2014

I agree to move ahead.

Yamil

On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Andrea Buntz Neiman <aneiman at kent.lib.md.us>
wrote:

>  Agreed, +1 on moving ahead
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> A.
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> Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
> Librarian II, Public Services
> Kent County Public Library
> 408 High Street
> Chestertown, MD 21620410-778-3636 x2115www.kentcountylibrary.org
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> On 9/5/2014 1:15 PM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
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> +1 to moving ahead
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> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Sharp, Chris <csharp at georgialibraries.org>
> wrote:
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>> 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 <%28508%29%20343-0128>
>> > 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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