On Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 12:58 Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2019/06/22 00:34:40, Sage Sharp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks,> > > > > I'm Sage Sharp, an Outreachy organizer. I'm here to answer any > questions> > > you have about the Outreachy program.> > > > > The one I was specifically asked to answer is this:> > > > > "How does this, fundamentally, differ from the ASF simply hiring> > > interns from under-represented populations and having them work> > > on Whimsy (or whatever)? This is basically what we are doing,> > > just using Outreachy as a sort of main contractor to do so."> > > > > > > So, how is that different from the ASF running its own internship > program> > > vs participating in Outreachy?> > > > > The Outreachy interns are independent contractors under Outreachy's > fiscal> > > sponsor, the Software Freedom Conservancy. They would not be ASF > employees> > > or contactors. ASF would be providing a tax-deductible donation to > Software> > > Freedom Conservancy to cover the $5,500 intern stipend, $500 travel> > > stipend, and the $500 accounting fee for each intern working on an ASF> > > project.> > > > > So basically: > > 1. The interns are not contractors or employees > - So basically whatever benefit, if any, that provides to > the sponsoring org. >
No, they are indeed Outreachy's contractors/employees. But not the target OSS project's contractors/employees. 2. The sponsor org gets to write-off the donation. > Both ASF and Outreachy are 501.c orgs. So, yes, but commercial sponsors don't worry about that the same way individual contributors do.
