<div dir="ltr">+1 from me to moving ahead!<div>Grace</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Kathy Lussier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org" target="_blank">klussier@masslnc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>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.<span class=""><br>
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Kathy<br>
<pre cols="72">Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
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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 href="mailto:ysuarez@berklee.edu" target="_blank">ysuarez@berklee.edu</a>>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:35 PM,
Andrea Buntz Neiman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aneiman@kent.lib.md.us" target="_blank">aneiman@kent.lib.md.us</a>></span>
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<div>Agreed, +1 on moving ahead<br>
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<pre cols="72">Andrea Buntz Neiman, MLS
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<div> On 9/5/2014 1:15 PM, Rogan Hamby
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at 1:08 PM, Sharp, Chris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:csharp@georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">csharp@georgialibraries.org</a>></span>
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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 href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org" target="_blank">klussier@masslnc.org</a>><br>
> To: <a 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 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 href="tel:%28508%29%20343-0128" value="+15083430128" target="_blank">(508)
343-0128</a><br>
> <a href="mailto:klussier@masslnc.org" target="_blank">klussier@masslnc.org</a><br>
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> #evergreen IRC: kmlussier<br>
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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 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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