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

[McKinney, Elizabeth]

Great idea Lori.  Will put this on the agenda for the meeting.  How exciting! 

Elizabeth

Elizabeth McKinney 
PINES Program Director 
Georgia Public Library Service 
A Unit of the University System of Georgia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lori Bowen Ayre" <lori.ayre at galecia.com>
To: "Elizabeth McKinney" <emckinney at georgialibraries.org>
Cc: "evergreen-governance-l Governance" <evergreen-governance-l at list.georgialibraries.org>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 8:55:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Evergreen-governance-l] Google Summer of Code Fund



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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