On 2019-06-19 4:11 p.m., Jim Jagielski wrote:
I would even go further: if someone on the D&I cmmt (or elsewhere in the ASF)
wished to contact their employer directly and see if they would sponsor Outreachy
(directly) to work on an ASF project (or projects) then again, I would not see any
problem w/ that. How could I? Similar things have happened since Day 1.
Since we would not be the middle-man, so to speak, we would not be paying for
development; nor would we need to figure out some 'loophole' or 'work-around'
around that principle; nor would this effort in any way chip away at that
principle nor create some precedent 'around' it.
This is all moot anyway. The Board has denied the funding for Outreachy.
Let's drop the topic, nothing good will come from it.
The committee will continue to work on the secondary funding option,
which has been proposed in parallel by about 20 people. ;)
What I'd like (as a member of the committee) is for people involved in
ASF projects who are on this list to start surveying to find out:
* would you like an Outreachy intern?
* do you have the people/hours to mentor effectively (6h/week)?
* during which of the upcoming 2x Outreachy cohort periods would you
be able to participate (August 2019, late January 2020?
The more we know about which projects might be interested, the clearer
our mission re: external fundraising and sponsorship will be.
-Joan "moving on" Touzet
