Sure. I just didn't see any thread that focused and was directed at a foundational question: Why Outreachy.
All threads just seemed to assume that sponsor/support of Outreachy was important/critical/useful and that doing so was just a 'given'; I just thought that somewhere there should be some discussion 'proving' (or at least providing a basis for) that assumption. Basically, why and what do we expect to get out of it. I think it's a valid question to ask since it has the potential to change and alter a lot of things. As such, I'm adding dev@diversity to this thread in hopes that people respond. Cheers. > On Jun 19, 2019, at 8:41 AM, Sam Ruby <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 8:08 AM Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Is some sort of engagement w/ Outreachy really that critical and crucial to >> our success related to D&I? I am still not understanding this perceived need >> that somehow we 'need' to figure out some way to sponsor/support Outreachy; >> of it being some sort of priority. A lot of energy seems to be going into >> this and I'm not sure I grok the actual value to the ASF and our projects >> being worth it. > > Perhaps that should be discussed on dev@diversity? > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a02217bcc050fe713d33fe73fa14503c173db92a1e1a6c0b174a338c@%3Cdev.diversity.apache.org%3E > > - Sam Ruby
