+1 on everything except the monies and sponsors mention. That's Fundraising's bailiwick. I would strike "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."
If you really want to mention it, I would change it to D&I will ask Fundraising to find sponsorship for up to 3 more interns. I would also add concrete terms if you can. This is expected to happen in "specific month". Will report monthly. etc. On 7/1/2019 10:56 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > Looks good to me but I wonder if you should totally avoid the money issue. > > D&I is not doing this because a sponsor exists. We are doing this because > Outreachy exists and we'd like the ASF to be able to participate. > > Phrases that mention money muddy the waters. For example "If D&I finds > funding for more than 3 interns, we intend to accept it," implies D&I will > seek funds. But that's not, as I understand it, the intent. I suggest this > phrase be replaced by "if Outreachy is able to offer more than 3 interns we > intend to attempt to match them with mentors." > > Similar rewording of all mentions of funding should make the proposal more > palatable. > > Ross > > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > ________________________________ > From: Swapnil M Mane <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 1, 2019 4:51:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Notify the board that D&I intends to coordinate an > Outreachy intern program > > 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. >> -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171
