On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 22:33, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote:
> I realize that this question might be viewed as a bit of a reset, but let's
> soften that by saying that it is a hypothetical reset.
>
>
> So ...
>
> My question is whether the ASF would have a problem if Outreachy came to us
> and said "We have funding for 5 internships to work on Apache projects, can
> you help us select which interns and help interns find projects
> of interest?". This is basically the same as GSoC from the point of view of
> the ASF.
>
> My theory is that the response would be about the same. "Sure". At the
> level of five interns, it is likely that the process would be a bit
> different (as in, it is likely that one or two people would have a
> high-touch approach to helping interns match up to projects).
>
> The reason that I think that the answer would be yes is that there is a
> strong similarity to an existing arrangement and because no money comes
> from ASF to make this happen.
This is exactly how it would work - from the Outreachy website[1]:
“Internship stipends for a specific set of Free and Open Source (FOSS)
communities.”
[1] https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/
Niall
>
>
> Assuming that this is the response, my second question is whether we could
> make things
>
