Hi everyone, At our March 12, 2015 meeting, the Software Carpentry Foundation Steering Committee discussed whether and under what terms to provide workshops to for-profit corporations. There were no objections to the idea of doing workshops for corporations, but it is something new to Software Carpentry. We’ve decided to run a pilot program encompassing five corporate workshops so we can learn more about working with corporations. The pilot program will allow us to gauge corporate interest and collect feedback from instructors, coordinators, and others about how things go. During the pilot, workshops will be run on these terms:
- Hosts will pay $5000 for their first workshop and $3000 for subsequent workshops - The money will be split according to the same ratios as for workshops for non-profit entities - As with our other workshops, instructors will be volunteers and their travel expenses will be covered by hosts - Three-quarters of the money directed to the SCF will be earmarked to underwrite administrative fees for non-profit organizations - Fee waivers/discounts will be available to corporations on a case-by-case basis just as with non-profit organizations We are in the process of updating our workshop operations description [1] to reflect this new policy. Because it has already been arranged, the upcoming workshop at Monsanto will pay the lower administrative fee of $1250, but it will count toward the five-workshop sample for the pilot program. At the end of the pilot program the Steering Committee will consider whether to continue doing workshops for for-profit entities, taking into account such factors as whether the instructors, coordinators, and students involved had positive experiences, and whether there seems likely to be continued interest from corporations. The Steering Committee may also elect to change the terms under which corporate workshops are provided. Thank you all for sharing your perspectives on this matter. They have been helpful insights for our discussions. Steering Committee members will be on the April 1 lab meeting calls [2] if you have questions about this or other SCF activities. Best, Matt Davis Vice-Chair, Software Carpentry Foundation Steering Committee [1]: http://software-carpentry.org/scf/workshops.html [2]: http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2015/03/april-2015-lab-meeting.html
_______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
