[Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Outreachy

[Walter Bender]

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org> wrote:

> I agree with Lionel.
>
> Outreachy was the highest investment we have had in many years.
>

I am not sure why this is significant. Is there a reason not to spend money
on things we as a community find worthwhile?

>
> it would be nice to understand the logic and procedures for this
> experience. For example it the procedure to select the Project is still a
> mystery to me.
>

At the time, we discussed focusing on a project that was potentially
appealing and had experienced mentors available. We have not discussed what
project(s) we might do in the next iteration.

>
> Walter,
>
> I (one of the few active women) been asking for financial support for
> Sugar Network project and have been rejected by you several times with no
> real justification.
>

>

> *If your objective is for us girls to participate more in design and
> development in the community, please just pay attention to contributors
> needs <http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-April/019577.html>.*
>
>
> Regards,
> Laura
>
>
>
>
> 2017-08-24 12:08 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Lionel Laské <lionel.laske at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not for the idea
>>> Basically GSoC and GCI is free for us (it even allow us to gain money),
>>> Outreachy participation will cost us 6500$.
>>> If the objective is to expand the developer community, we could use this
>>> money in a better way.
>>> If the objective is to improve/develop some parts of the existing code,
>>> let's wait for GCI et GSoC.
>>>
>>
>> Actually, the objective is to reach a constituency we don't otherwise
>> reach: women and minority developers. Prior to our involvement with
>> Outreachy, we had only one female GSoC intern. This year, we had more
>> qualified applicants than we could handle, all of whom came through
>> Outreachy.
>>
>> As far as the cost of these programs, the money is trivial compared to
>> the time and effort invested by our mentors.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>>>
>>>             Lionel.
>>>
>>> 2017-08-24 9:01 GMT+02:00 Samson Goddy <samsongoddy at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> I like the idea... +1
>>>>
>>>> Samson
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 23, 2017 8:31 PM, "Dave Crossland" <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think supporting Outreachy, even at a small loss, is worthwhile
>>>>>
>>>>> On 23 August 2017 at 18:58, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been approached by Outreachy [1] regarding our potential
>>>>>> participation in the next round (this fall in the northern hemisphere). We
>>>>>> are just wrapping up our summer program with them, which coincided with
>>>>>> Google Summer of Code and I think the work accomplished by Prachi, our
>>>>>> Outreachy intern, was very good [2]. But it came at a price ($6500), which
>>>>>> was essential a wash, since we got $7000 from Google for our participation
>>>>>> in GCI. (I expect ~$4500 from the GSoC 2017 program). As you can see from
>>>>>> the schedule below, we have to move quickly on this, so you timely feedback
>>>>>> would be appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Outreach schedule
>>>>>>     September 7 - application period opens
>>>>>>     October 23 - contributions and applications are due
>>>>>>     November 9 - interns announced
>>>>>>     December 5, 2017 to March 5, 2018 - internship period.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -walter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Walter Bender
>>>>>> Sugar Labs
>>>>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] https://www.outreachy.org
>>>>>> [2] https://medium.com/outreachy-diaries/outreachy-2017-3-67
>>>>>> ee854ed246 (She has not written up her final report yet.)
>>>>>> <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Dave
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