[Eg-oversight-board] Fwd: Evergreen participating in Outreachy again?

[Chris Sharp]

For your consideration.  "Outreachy" was formerly known as the "Outreach Project for Women", which Evergreen participated in a couple of years ago.  See details below.

----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: "Karen Sandler" <karen at sfconservancy.org>
> To: csharp at georgialibraries.org, "Kathy Lussier" <klussier at masslnc.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 12:14:28 AM
> Subject: Evergreen participating in Outreachy again?
> 
> Hi Kathy and Chris,
> 
> The Outreachy program is looking for organizations to participate in
> round 12.  Do you think Evergreen would want to participate again?
> The round will open this week.
> 
> Please let us know if Evergreen can participate again!
> 
> karen
> 
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 7:51 AM, Sarah A Sharp <sarah at thesharps.us>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear coordinators and mentors,
> 
> Thank you for being a part of our outreach program! The next round for
> Outreachy is scheduled to open on February 16, with an application
> deadline of March 22. Internships will run from May 23 to August 23.
> 
> If your organization is interested in participating in the next round,
> please update your landing page, and let us know by February 16 if you
> will participate. Organization coordinators and mentors, please
> coordinate on the following:
> 
> * Review set up information at
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/Admin/GettingStarted
> * Secure funding for your org to sponsor at least one intern ($6,500)
> * Update your org's landing page
> * List your project ideas and recruit other mentors
> * Let us know at outreachy-admins at gnome.org that your org is
> participating
> * Start spreading the word about your org's internships - no need to
> wait for February 16
> 
> We plan on having a twitter chat about Outreachy on Feb 16, to
> spotlight the organizations that are participating, and allow orgs to
> answer any questions people have. Participation in the chat is
> optional, but if you do want to participate, being able to link to a
> blog post that describes why you're passionate about your project
> would help us promote your project.
> 
> The updated resources for the upcoming round are:
> 
> * https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust
> 
> A page with a timeline and participating organizations listing; if
> you have funds secured you can add your organization there.
> 
> * https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/Admin/InfoForOrgs and
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/Admin/InfoForOrgs/Proposal
> 
> These pages have motivation and information for sponsorship; you
> can use and customize the text from the Proposal page to approach
> companies about sponsorship (please do a quick check with Karen,
> Sarah, and myself at outreachy-admins at gnome.org alias first to make
> sure we coordinate any efforts to approach the same company)
> 
> * https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/Admin/GettingStarted
> 
> Please review this page when you are updating the landing page for
> your organization and if your organization plans to participate in
> Google Summer of Code
> 
> * https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Contracts
> 
> Please make all people who volunteer as mentors in your
> organization aware that they will need to sign a contract similar
> to this to be a mentor in the program. Interns cannot be paid until
> their mentors sign the contract, so it is important that mentors
> sign the contract as soon as the application system opens on Feb
> 16.
> 
> * https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Eligibility
> 
> As we announced last round, we have expanded the Outreachy program
> to include underrepresented people of color underrepresented in
> tech in the U.S.  Outreachy continues to be open internationally to
> women (cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people.
> 
> Google Summer of Code (GSoC)
> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc
> 
> The applications for organizations to participate in GSoC will open
> February 8 and will close at 7pm UTC on Friday, February 19. I highly
> encourage organizations to apply for this program as it's a great
> opportunity to engage students with your project and is generously
> sponsored by Google.  Please note that GSoC deadlines are set in stone
> and be sure to work with participants and mentors to get things done
> by these deadlines as your organization participates in GSoC.
> 
> Outreachy was created in response to low participation of women in
> GSoC, and we encourage women who are students and coders to apply for
> both programs if the organization they are interested in is
> participating in both. The dates for this round of Outreachy are
> intentionally set to be similar to GSoC dates. Outreachy application
> deadline is a couple days earlier to make sure that applicants
> eligible for GSoC don't miss the GSoC deadline.
> 
> Please contact Karen, Marina, and myself at outreachy-admins at gnome.org
> alias if you have any questions. We hope you can join in for this
> round!
> 
> Thanks,
> Sarah Sharp
> 
> 

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