[IAEP] [SLOB] Outreachy

[Walter Bender]

On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Avni Khatri <avni at kidsoncomputers.org>
wrote:

> Hi Walter,
>
> What about doing a fundraising drive for the Outreachy internship? If
> there's an easy way for folks to donate, we can promote it on the SL
> site/blog and on respective volunteer social media accounts.
>

Sounds great. But we need to let Outreachy know ASAP regarding inclusion in
this round as we are late to the party. So while I am all for your
suggestion (maybe we can raise enough for multiple interns) we need to
commit as an org now.

thx

>
> Avni
>
>
>
> Avni Khatri
> Kids on Computers, Inc.
> http://kidsoncomputers.org/blog
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Unless I hear otherwise, I plan to submit an application to Outreachy
>>> [1] on behalf of Sugar Labs. Outreachy is an SFC program that helps people
>>> from groups underrepresented in free and open source software get involved.
>>> I'm also preparing a SL Outreachy landing page in the wiki [2].
>>>
>>> regards.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> [1] https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/
>>> [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Outreachy
>>>
>>>
>> I was not 100% up to speed when I sent this note last week. It seems we
>> need to come up with funds for at least 1 intern ($5500). I think it is a
>> worthwhile expenditure from our general funds, especially in light of the
>> many $1000s we have gotten from Google for mentoring students. That said, I
>> will also do my best to raise at least some of the funds from external
>> sources. But I do need a thumbs up (or down) from the Oversight Board in
>> short order.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> --
>> Walter Bender
>> Sugar Labs
>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>> <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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Walter Bender
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