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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I suppose I should make my vote
      official too - +1 (obviously).<br>
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      I also have an update. All but one of the projects now has two
      co-mentors. Many thanks to everyone who volunteered to help out.<br>
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      Kathy<br>
      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
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      On 9/5/2014 3:31 PM, Ben Hyman wrote:<br>
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      <div>Me too!<br>
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        Sent by phone. Please pardon my thumbs.</div>
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        On Sep 5, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Yamil Suarez <<a
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            <div>I agree to move ahead.</div>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:35 PM,
              Andrea Buntz Neiman <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                  <div>Agreed, +1 on moving ahead<br>
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                    <pre cols="72">Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
Librarian II, Public Services
Kent County Public Library
408 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
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                      <div class="h5"> On 9/5/2014 1:15 PM, Rogan Hamby
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                        <div dir="ltr">+1 to moving ahead</div>
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                          <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014
                            at 1:08 PM, Sharp, Chris <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                              comfortable with moving forward.  Thanks
                              for doing the groundwork on this!<br>
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                                  > From: "Kathy Lussier" <<a
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                                    target="_blank">klussier@masslnc.org</a>><br>
                                  > To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="mailto:eg-oversight-board@list.evergreen-ils.org"
                                    target="_blank">eg-oversight-board@list.evergreen-ils.org</a><br>
                                  > Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014
                                  12:30:05 PM<br>
                                  > Subject: Re: [Eg-oversight-board]
                                  More details on Outreach Project for
                                  Women<br>
                                  ><br>
                                  > Hi all,<br>
                                  ><br>
                                  > I'm sending along an update on
                                  this program since the deadline for<br>
                                  > committing is approaching. We
                                  currently have five possible projects<br>
                                  > listed at <a
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=opw"
                                    target="_blank">http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=opw</a>.
                                  I plan to<br>
                                  > only<br>
                                  > move forward with projects that
                                  have at least two co-mentors. At this<br>
                                  > time, we only have two projects
                                  with two co-mentors, but I have some<br>
                                  > solid leads, giving me confidence
                                  that we will have two more eligible<br>
                                  > projects by early next week.<br>
                                  ><br>
                                  > The vote was to "to allocate
                                  community funds to sponsor one intern<br>
                                  > through the Outreach Project for
                                  Women if there are strong projects<br>
                                  > and<br>
                                  > committed mentors." Do you all
                                  feel comfortable now with moving<br>
                                  > forward<br>
                                  > based on the project ideas and
                                  mentors we have? I would like to<br>
                                  > notify<br>
                                  > OPW by the end of the day today,
                                  Monday morning at the latest. I'm<br>
                                  > feeling fairly good about the
                                  current state of our potential<br>
                                  > projects.<br>
                                  ><br>
                                  > Thanks!<br>
                                  > Kathy<br>
                                  ><br>
                                  > Kathy Lussier<br>
                                  > Project Coordinator<br>
                                  > Massachusetts Library Network
                                  Cooperative<br>
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                                    343-0128</a><br>
                                  > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org"
                                    target="_blank">klussier@masslnc.org</a><br>
                                  > Twitter: <a
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                                  > On 8/21/2014 2:01 PM, Kathy
                                  Lussier wrote:<br>
                                  > > Hi all,<br>
                                  > ><br>
                                  > > I wanted to send along more
                                  details on the Outreach Project for<br>
                                  > > Women<br>
                                  > > and what I'm proposing
                                  before today's EOB meeting. The idea
                                  of<br>
                                  > > participating in the
                                  Outreach Project for Women first came
                                  to the<br>
                                  > > Board in November 2012. At
                                  the time, we needed to make a quick<br>
                                  > > decision, and it didn't seem
                                  doable to raised the required funds in<br>
                                  > > time for the deadline. I
                                  would like to see if there is a way
                                  the<br>
                                  > > community can participate in
                                  this round, which had a deadline for<br>
                                  > > September 8.<br>
                                  > ><br>
                                  > > In the previous discussion
                                  on this topic, I think Lori Ayre best<br>
                                  > > described the reason for
                                  doing it when she said: "As a<br>
                                  > > woman-dominated<br>
                                  > > profession, I think it is
                                  important that we facilitate the
                                  growth<br>
                                  > > of<br>
                                  > > women developers of
                                  Evergreen." Overall, I think it's
                                  important<br>
                                  > > that<br>
                                  > > we grow the body of
                                  contributors to the project, and I
                                  think there<br>
                                  > > are<br>
                                  > > many places where an intern
                                  could make a difference, not just in<br>
                                  > > code,<br>
                                  > > but in documentation, user
                                  interfaces, etc.<br>
                                  > ><br>
                                  > > The details on the project
                                  are available at<br>
                                  > > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    href="https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/Admin/InfoForOrgs"
                                    target="_blank">https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/Admin/InfoForOrgs</a>.<br>
                                  > > As I<br>
                                  > > mentioned in my previous
                                  e-mail, the intern can make
                                  contributions<br>
                                  > > in<br>
                                  > > the areas of coding, user
                                  experience design, graphic design,<br>
                                  > > documentation, web
                                  development, marketing, translation,
                                  or other<br>
                                  > > types<br>
                                  > > of tasks to help sustain a
                                  FOSS project. A sponsor would need to<br>
                                  > > put<br>
                                  > > forward $6,250 to sponsor
                                  one intern. If the project were to use<br>
                                  > > community funds for the
                                  internship or pulled together
                                  contributions<br>
                                  > > from multiple organizations,
                                  then Evergreen would be listed as the<br>
                                  > > sponsor on the OPW page. If
                                  one organization or company put
                                  forward<br>
                                  > > the funds for the
                                  sponsorship, then that
                                  organization/company would<br>
                                  > > be<br>
                                  > > acknowledged as the sponsor.<br>
                                  > ><br>
                                  > > I think the next steps are
                                  to see:<br>
                                  > ><br>
                                  > > 1) if there is any will
                                  among the EOB to fund a sponsorship.<br>
                                  > > Ideally,<br>
                                  > > I think it would be a good
                                  use of the community's funds, and, if<br>
                                  > > the<br>
                                  > > project were successful, we
                                  could potentially use it as a target<br>
                                  > > for<br>
                                  > > fundraising for future
                                  rounds. We have about $29,000 in
                                  community,<br>
                                  > > which is about the low point
                                  we typically see being between two<br>
                                  > > conferences.<br>
                                  > ><br>
                                  > > 2) If the EOB is willing to
                                  use community funds for the internship<br>
                                  > > or<br>
                                  > > perhaps partially fund it
                                  while seeking sponsors for the
                                  remainder,<br>
                                  > > we<br>
                                  > > would then need to reach out
                                  to the community to see what we might<br>
                                  > > do<br>
                                  > > for potential projects and
                                  if there are any mentors willing to
                                  work<br>
                                  > > with the interns. In talking
                                  to the OPW folks, mentors typically<br>
                                  > > spend<br>
                                  > > up to 5 hours per week
                                  working with the intern, though the
                                  hours<br>
                                  > > tend<br>
                                  > > to be higher (sometimes up
                                  to 10 hours in a given week) during
                                  the<br>
                                  > > application period.<br>
                                  > ><br>
                                  > > We can continue discussion
                                  at the meeting. See you in a few<br>
                                  > > minutes!<br>
                                  > ><br>
                                  > > Kathy<br>
                                  > ><br>
                                  > ><br>
                                  ><br>
                                  >
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