[Evergreen-governance-l] Google Summer of Code Fund

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Hi All,

I regret that I will be unable to attend our call this week.  Gotta take my
dog in to get his achilles tendon re-attached....would rather attend the
meeting.

I'm writing because I would like to get something on the agenda or at least
to begin discussing an idea.  The idea is that we establish a fund that we
can use this year and in subsequent years to fund interns for the Google
Summer of Code.

The developers applied and got two interns through this program, which I
understand is very impressive.  It takes an established open source project
of some note to garner Google's attention (or something like that...Dan can
probably fill you in).

To take advantage of Google's contribution, we are supposed to try to match
the amount of money that Google pays the intern or at least get something
reasonably close, as a stipend.  I believe the range is $3000-$5000 per
intern.  I believe one intern is paid for and I have $1500 to contribute
from the IMLS Grant Partners for the second intern (who is evidently slated
to develop an Android app for Evergreen).  We need at least another $1500
 to be able to fund this second intern.

The  IMLS Grant Partners feel that the Google Summer of Code provides an
excellent opportunity to increase the potential developer pool for Evergreen
so we're looking for a way to institutionalize community participation.  A
special fund seemed like one way to do that.

Could you discuss this and let me know what you think?  Anyone have any
suggestions for additional funding for this year?   I'll be asking on the
general mailing list too, of course, but thought it would be even better if
I could seek funders AND announce the establishment of a Google Summer of
Code Fund for next year at the same time.

Lori


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Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant
The Galecia Group // www.galecia.com
(707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre at galecia.com

<Lori.Ayre at galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID,
filtering,
workflow optimization, and materials handling
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