Hey all, We've already discussed the finer points and alternatives here. But we need a concrete proposal. And because we are talking about pre-selecting proposals and interacting with other projects, I want us to give the board a heads up. I'd like to suggest that we provide the notification below to the board.
As always, patches welcome. But warning: I'll *scream* if anyone mentions 'core tenant' or 'first principle' one more time. (Here's my scream for my own mention: AAAAH! ; o) Best Regards, Myrle Krantz D&I n00b ----------------- Subject: [NOTICE] D&I intends to coordinate an Outreachy intern program. Background: D&I has been approached by a potential sponsor who wishes to support the participation of Outreachy in ASF projects by donating directly to Outreachy. D&I wishes to perform UX research on the experience of members of underrepresented groups as they get started with our communities. This offer provides us with an excellent opportunity to do so. Currently offered funding levels are enough to cover 3 interns. D&I plans to accept this offer, and provide the following support: * Advertise this opportunity to projects and seek proposals. * Manage the project submission process to Outreachy, including filtering out unsuitable project proposals, and, if necessary, making a final selection of intern-project pairs. * Ask interns for feedback on their experiences at various times throughout the internship. * Provide appropriate and useful feedback to the Foundation and to the projects about opportunities to improve how welcoming we are, and what we can improve on. * Use this as an opportunity to increase awareness and acceptance of the ASF in communities which we are currently not reaching as well as we would like. If D&I finds funding for more than 3 interns, we intend to accept it, but we plan to keep the initial rounds of this project relatively small for learning purposes. ----------------- The road ahead on this proposal is as follows (** indicates where we are now): * Start a [DISCUSS] thread. ** Allow the discussion to run as long as *new* points are being made. * Start a [VOTE] thread to run for 72 hours. * Submit a [NOTICE] to the board. * Wait 72 hours for potential board objections. * Get to work.
