Thank you Myrle, the draft looks good to me.
- Best Regards, Swapnil M Mane On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 1:43 PM Myrle Krantz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
