[gnome-web-www] Update eligibility and dates.



commit 2fd1ced0e8edbbb112203d99d3b1829ed6e52808
Author: Marina Zhurakhinskaya <marinaz redhat com>
Date:   Tue Sep 15 17:35:08 2015 -0400

    Update eligibility and dates.

 theme/outreachy/index.html |   15 ++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/theme/outreachy/index.html b/theme/outreachy/index.html
index e6ebf72..72b2408 100644
--- a/theme/outreachy/index.html
+++ b/theme/outreachy/index.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                       <ul class="nav">
                         <li><a href="#participants" class="scroll">Participants</a></li>
                         <li><a href="#sponsors" class="scroll">Sponsors</a></li>
-                        <li><a href="#partners" class="scroll">Partners</a></li>
+                        <li><a href="#organization" class="scroll">Organization</a></li>
                         <li><a href="#apply" class="scroll">Apply</a></li>
                         <li><a href="#about" class="scroll">About</a></li>
                         <li><a href="#donate" class="scroll">Donate</a></li>
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
     <div class="container" id="home">
         <div class="span24 top-intro">
             <p>Outreachy helps people from groups underrepresented in free and open source software get 
involved. We provide a supportive community for beginning to contribute any time throughout the year and 
offer focused internship opportunities twice a year with a number of free software organizations.</p>
-            <p>The upcoming round of internships will be open to women (cis and trans), trans men, and 
genderqueer people. We are planning to expand the program to more participants from underrepresented 
backgrounds in the future.</p>
-            <p>Free and open source software organizations and supporting companies are <a 
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/Admin/InfoForOrgs";>invited</a> to express interest in offering 
internships or sponsoring the program in the upcoming round by September 21, 2015. The <a 
href="http://outreachy.org#apply";>applications</a> for the program will open on September 22 and the deadline 
for applying will be October 26.</p>
+            <p>The current round of internships is open internationally to women (cis and trans), trans men, 
and genderqueer people. Additionally, it's open to residents and nationals of the United States of any gender 
who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific 
Islander. We are planning to expand the program to more participants from underrepresented backgrounds in the 
future.</p>
+            <p>Free and open source software organizations and supporting companies are <a 
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/Admin/InfoForOrgs";>invited</a> to express interest in offering 
internships or sponsoring the program in the upcoming round by September 28, 2015. The <a 
href="http://outreachy.org#apply";>applications</a> for the program will open on September 29 and the deadline 
for applying will be November 2.</p>
             <div class="clearfix"></div>
         </div>
 
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@
         
         </div>
 
-        <div class="span24 section" id="partners">
-            <h2>Partners</h2>
+        <div class="span24 section" id="organization">
+            <h2>Organization</h2>
 
             <p class="span16" style="padding-top:15px"><strong>Software Freedom Conservancy</strong> 
provides organizational home for Outreachy.</p>
             <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/";><img alt="Software Freedom Conservancy" 
src="css/img/sponsor-sfc.png" class="span4 offset3"></a>
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
         <div class="span24 section" id="apply">
             <h2>Apply</h2>
            
-            <p>Organizations participating in the <a 
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2015/DecemberMarch";>upcoming round</a> will be <a 
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2015/DecemberMarch#Participating_Organizations";>posted</a> through 
September 21, 2015. The <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Submit_an_Application";>application</a> 
system will open on September 22. The application deadline will be October 26. The full-time internships will 
run from December 7, 2015 to March 7, 2016. Coding, design, documentation and other projects will be 
available. The applicants will be asked to select a project with one of the participating organizations and 
collaborate with a mentor listed for that project to make a relevant contribution to the project during the 
application process. Starting to contribute to one of the <a 
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Participating_Organizations";>organizations that participated in the 
past</a> will help prepare to apply for a
 n internship with any organization. Many of the mentors participating in the program are happy to offer 
informal mentorship any time throughout the year, however you need to review the information for the 
organization you are interested in to see if it has mentors available. <a 
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy";>Detailed information</a> about the background for the program, 
requirements for participants, how to select a project, and how to make a contribution is available.</p>
+            <p>Organizations participating in the <a 
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2015/DecemberMarch";>current round</a> will be <a 
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2015/DecemberMarch#Participating_Organizations";>posted</a> through 
September 28, 2015. The <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Submit_an_Application";>application</a> 
system will open on September 29. The application deadline will be November 2. The full-time internships will 
run from December 7, 2015 to March 7, 2016. Coding, design, documentation and other projects will be 
available. The applicants will be asked to select a project with one of the participating organizations and 
collaborate with a mentor listed for that project to make a relevant contribution to the project during the 
application process. Starting to contribute to one of the <a 
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Participating_Organizations";>organizations that participated in the 
past</a> will help prepare to apply for an
  internship with any organization. Many of the mentors participating in the program are happy to offer 
informal mentorship any time throughout the year, however you need to review the information for the 
organization you are interested in to see if it has mentors available. <a 
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy";>Detailed information</a> about the background for the program, 
requirements for participants, how to select a project, and how to make a contribution is available.</p>
 
             <p> The accepted participants work remotely, while being guided by their mentor, and receive 
$5,500 stipend. It's expected that the participants are able to have the internship work be a primary focus 
during the internship dates and spend 40 hours a week on it.</p>
 
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@
 
         <div class="span24 section" id="about">
             <h2>About</h2>
-            <p>Outreachy is the successor of the Outreach Program for Women (OPW). OPW was inspired by 
Google Summer of Code and by how few women applied for it. The GNOME Foundation first started OPW with one 
round in 2006, and then resumed the effort in 2010 with rounds organized twice a year. In the May 2012 round, 
Software Freedom Conservancy joined OPW with one internship with the Twisted project. In the January 2013 
round, many other free and open source organizations joined the program. For the May 2015 round, the program 
was renamed to Outreachy with the goal of expanding to engage people from various underrepresented groups and 
was moved to Software Freedom Conservancy as its organizational home.</p>
+            <p>Outreachy is the successor of the Outreach Program for Women (OPW). OPW was inspired by 
Google Summer of Code and by how few women applied for it. The GNOME Foundation first started OPW with one 
round in 2006, and then resumed the effort in 2010 with rounds organized twice a year. In the May 2012 round, 
Software Freedom Conservancy joined OPW with one internship with the Twisted project. In the January 2013 
round, many other free and open source organizations joined the program. For the May 2015 round, the program 
was renamed to Outreachy with the goal of expanding to engage people from various underrepresented groups and 
was moved to Software Freedom Conservancy as its organizational home. In the December 2015 round, the program 
opened to people of color from groups underrepresented in technology in the United States, in addition to 
being open to women (cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people internationally.
+</p>
 
             <p>This program is a welcoming link that connects <strong>talented and passionate 
newcomers</strong> with people working in free and open source software and guides them through their first 
contribution. Through Outreachy, participants learn how exciting and valuable work on software freedom can 
be, while helping us to build a more inclusive community. </p>
             


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