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

[Chauncey Montgomery]

+1 for me too.
CM

On 09/05/2014 12:30 PM, Kathy Lussier wrote:
> 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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