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

Fri Sep 5 15:31:09 EDT 2014

Me too!

Sent by phone. Please pardon my thumbs.

> On Sep 5, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Yamil Suarez <ysuarez at berklee.edu> wrote:
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> I agree to move ahead.
> 
> Yamil
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>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Andrea Buntz Neiman <aneiman at kent.lib.md.us> wrote:
>> Agreed, +1 on moving ahead
>> 
>> A.
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>> Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
>> Librarian II, Public Services
>> Kent County Public Library
>> 408 High Street
>> Chestertown, MD 21620
>> 410-778-3636 x2115
>> www.kentcountylibrary.org
>>> On 9/5/2014 1:15 PM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
>>> +1 to moving ahead
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>>> 
>>> 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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>>>> PINES System Administrator
>>>> Georgia Public Library Service
>>>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
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