Now with blog post and some known faces. :) https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/18/new-foss-outreach-internships-female-technical-contributors/
Thank you to those who forwarded this email, and of course thank you to the mentors and candidates that are becoming increasingly active. On Wednesday, September 17, 2014, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear wikimedians, > > The Free and Open Source Souftware Outreach Program for Women offers paid > internships to developers and other technical profiles working on projects > together with free software organizations. Wikimedia is participating > again, and we welcome candidates. > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FOSS_Outreach_Program_for_Women/Round_9 > > This call is open to Wikimedia volunteers (editors, developers...) and > also to people that would contribute for the first time in our projects. In > the past editions we have seen that candidates coming through a direct > recommendation have good chances of success. It is also known that many > good potential candidates will be reluctant to step in, but they will if > someone (like you) encourages them to apply, or to contact us with any > questions. > > You can make a difference. If you know women with software development or > open source background / interest and full time availability between > December and March, please forward them this invitation. Thank you! > > > -- > Quim Gil > Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil > -- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
