Re: Next meeting Wednesday 11 of June 19:00 UTC

[Karen Sandler <karen gnome org>]

On 2014-06-12 06:54, Oliver Propst wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-06-12 at 00:35 -0400, Karen Sandler wrote:
> I'm overdue for getting some interview questions to Chris DiBona, as
> I've mentioned a couple of times in #engagement.
>
> I thought it would be nice to do a little interview that features a
> sponsor of both OPW and GNOME, and Chris was very happy to accommodate.
> This is great, thanks for taking this initiative (and coming up with
> questions)!
>
> Anyway, I'm not the best at coming up with these questions (and I 
> always
> leave off the fun ones that Flavia is really good at!) but here's an
> attempt...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Google has been a longstanding supporter of OPW and one of the first
> funders that supported the program generally (as opposed to just 
> interns
> for a particular participating organizations). Why is it important to
> you and to Google to support the program?
>
> As you know, OPW was in large part inspired by GSoC. We know that 
> Google
> is doing its own outreach to include women and other underrepresented
> groups in GSoC and Google Code-In - what have you found to be the most
> effective?
>
> Marina and Karen have both appeared in a Google Women Techmaker series
> to talk about OPW, which was a great platform to spread the word about
> the program. What kinds of initiatives do you think we'll see in the
> future?
>
> Google has been a member of GNOME's advisory board for quite a while
> (thank you!), what do you like best about GNOME (or GNOME 
> technologies)?
>
> Think this are great questions, if I come up with some else I will let
> you know, when is the deadline?

Thanks! I guess I'll send them to Chris tomorrow :)

karen