Re: Mentor for and promote Outreachy!

[Carlos Soriano <csoriano gnome org>]

Sounds good, thanks for the work on that!

Best
--
Carlos Soriano
GNOME Foundation
Treasurer, Board of Directors


On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Marina Zhurakhinskaya
<marinaz redhat com> wrote:
> Hi Carlos,
>
> In the previous rounds, GNOME Foundation preferred that the sponsorship is provided by some other 
> organization, when possible, while also making the sponsorship available when necessary. This round, I was 
> able to line up $6,500 in sponsorship towards one intern from Red Hat, which is sufficient for GNOME to 
> participate in Outreachy. I am checking with other potential sponsors about whether they want to sponsor 
> additional interns.
>
> Thanks,
> Marina
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carlos Soriano" <csoriano gnome org>
> To: "Marina Zhurakhinskaya" <marinaz redhat com>
> Cc: "desktop-devel-list" <desktop-devel-list gnome org>, "foundation-list" <foundation-list gnome org>, 
> "gnome-women-list" <gnome-women-list gnome org>, gnome-outreachy-list gnome org
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2017 3:35:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Mentor for and promote Outreachy!
>
> (removed from CC everyone except foundation-list and Marina)
>
> Hello Marina,
>
> That sounds good!
>
> Just a question, what is the sponsorship of Red Hat and how that
> influences whether GNOME can participate in Outreachy? Couldn't we
> sponsor the students from the GNOME foundation money?
>
> Best
> --
> Carlos Soriano
> GNOME Foundation
> Treasurer, Board of Directors
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 4:16 AM, Marina Zhurakhinskaya
> <marinaz redhat com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Thanks to a confirmed sponsorship from Red Hat, GNOME is participating in Outreachy in the upcoming 
> > December round! Please consider adding your project idea and yourself as a mentor at 
> > https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreach/Outreachy/2017/DecemberMarch to help someone from an underrepresented 
> > background become a part of our community.
> >
> > Because GNOME only usually has a few participants in Outreachy, we are looking to offer projects that are 
> > most strategic for GNOME. These include, but are not limited to, projects in the area of privacy, GTK+, 
> > core experience, core applications, developer experience, and development infrastructure.
> >
> > Please add your ideas as soon as possible. The application period for Outreachy is already open and the 
> > application deadline is October 23.
> >
> > You can help spread the word about Outreachy by using the flyer, tweet, or prepared e-mail text from 
> > https://www.outreachy.org/promote/
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marina
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