On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@debian.org> wrote: <snip> > And I also think that in terms of internship programs (=~ "full-time > work inside the project during the summer"), we should explore joining > other programs and/or creating our own.
If there's anything that I hope to see happen from this discussion, it's probably the above. I think that Debian can benefit greatly from having its own (semi-)formal internship/mentorship program, in addition to existing channels (i.e. mailing lists and IRC). The closest thing we have right now are team initiatives like Debian Med's MoM, but I'm hoping for a project-wide initiative. We want to attract contributors to the project that stay long-term, and having a bit of a personalized touch would definitely help new and prospective contributors to stay and engage with the rest of the community, and to continue working on Debian even after GSoC/GCI, or whatever internship program they were involved in, ends. I'm not sure about the details, but we could look into establishing something similar to X.org's EVoC [1] program, although possibly without the cash prizes (I doubt that there's going to be enough interest for funding to be justified). Regards, Vincent [1] http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgEVoC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caczd_ta1t4zxr3rjnxwsqutlxxajbapekzfyljtu2_twtar...@mail.gmail.com
