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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Agreed, +1 on moving ahead<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
Librarian II, Public Services
Kent County Public Library
408 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-3636 x2115
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On 9/5/2014 1:15 PM, Rogan Hamby wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Sharp,
Chris <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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comfortable with moving forward. Thanks for doing the
groundwork on this!<br>
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Chris<br>
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> From: "Kathy Lussier" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org">klussier@masslnc.org</a>><br>
> To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:eg-oversight-board@list.evergreen-ils.org">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>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%28508%29%20343-0128" value="+15083430128">(508)
343-0128</a><br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org">klussier@masslnc.org</a><br>
> Twitter: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier"
target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier</a><br>
> #evergreen IRC: kmlussier<br>
><br>
> 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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