Hi All,<div><br></div><div>I'd like to propose that we find a way to contribute $5,000 to this initiative. As a woman-dominated profession, I think it is important that we facilitate the growth of women developers of Evergreen. The first question is whether there is a developer who is willing to do the mentoring? The second question is how do we come up with the money. I propose we contribute some from our tiny account and seek donations for the rest from some of our vendor partners and perhaps some of the libraries themselves.</div>
<div><br></div><div>What do others say?<br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=</div><div><div>Lori Bowen Ayre // </div><div>Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group</div>
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Date: Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:27 AM<br>Subject: to all member projects: Outreach Program for Women [TIME SENSITIVE]<br>To: <a href="mailto:project-reps@sfconservancy.org">project-reps@sfconservancy.org</a>, "Bradley M. Kuhn" <<a href="mailto:bkuhn@sfconservancy.org">bkuhn@sfconservancy.org</a>><br>
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Hello, all: <br>
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As some of you may recall, Conservancy is supporting the Outreach
Program For Women (<a href="https://live.gnome.org/GnomeWomen/OutreachProgram2012" target="_blank">https://live.gnome.org/GnomeWomen/OutreachProgram2012</a>),
a GNOME Foundation-initiated program that provides internships for
women interested in FOSS. This past summer, Twisted sponsored an
internship. <br>
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The Outreach Program for Women is in the process of organizing a
series of "Winter" internships for early 2013. Conservancy would
like to invite our member projects to participate by sponsoring an
intern. Sponsorships cost $5,000 (paid as a stipend to the intern);
in addition, projects are to designate a mentor to volunteer his/her
time to mentor the intern. So, if anyone in your project is
interested in serving as a mentor, and if your Project Leadership
Committee is willing to allocate $5,000 from your project fund to
support the program, <u>please let me and Bradley know ASAP</u>.
Time is short, so if you're interested let us know and we'll provide
you with more details. <br>
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This is a wonderful opportunity for member projects to support a
program that will help grow the pool of prospective contributors to
our FOSS communities. If you have any follow up questions, let us
know. We hope to hear from you. <br>
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Thanks! <br>
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Best, -Tony<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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