I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce @Carol Smith<mailto:car...@microsoft.com> who joined the list at my request.
Carol is a day job colleague, different teams, Carol is in the Open Source Programs Office, I'm in Azure, but we cross often when it comes to broad open source strategy. She used to run GSoC inside Google and is a director of the OSI. Most importantly for this thread Carol is active around the Outreachy activities, though I confess to not knowing details of her engagement there. I asked her to join us both from a sharing experiences perspective but also to specifically help us understand how we might work with Outreachy. Carol, please read the thread below and let us know your initial thoughts. Ross ________________________________ From: Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2019 8:28 AM To: diversity@apache.org Subject: Re: Outreachy Internships can Improve Diversity at The ASF I’ve done Outreachy once so far as a mentor (doing it again starting in a week or so) in the Jenkins project, though it was a project using an Apache library (Log4j Audit). Back then, I had figured that Apache couldn’t participate directly due to Outreachy’s funding requirements. However, if a third party company were to handle the funding, I think that we could participate. On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 07:47, Awasum Yannick <awa...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have watched from the shadows as the discussion on diversity at Apache > has evolved over the past few weeks. > > This made me to ask important questions like what initiatives are out there > doing great work to promote diversity? GSoC, Outreachy and the new Google > Seasons of Docs(GSoD) initiatives come to mind. > > Shane, on another thread mentioned Outreachy and other efforts. > > I keep asking myself why the ASF never participated in Outreachy? learn > more about Outreachy here: > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outreachy.org&data=01%7C01%7CRoss.Gardler%40microsoft.com%7Cb1847c861f4744437d6f08d6d6ee8abb%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=JjDJTLHQPzarVN4bxO%2BJG7mkZziuS4c86FNOphwS9XU%3D&reserved=0 > <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outreachy.org%2Fsponsor%2F&data=01%7C01%7CRoss.Gardler%40microsoft.com%7Cb1847c861f4744437d6f08d6d6ee8abb%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=bZjqhYAyh2mHHniYQb8ENbR3tQYET2N0VIgVaj1Pt4U%3D&reserved=0> > and > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOutreachy&data=01%7C01%7CRoss.Gardler%40microsoft.com%7Cb1847c861f4744437d6f08d6d6ee8abb%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=1mVEdlH8ZmR1wJZOFOnQO4ai9qq9DvPG6e3j%2B8ckipk%3D&reserved=0 > > Was it a problem of a lack of volunteers? I am willing to lead efforts if > and when the community decides to participate in Outreachy. > > Is it a lack of Projects? I see alot of issues which can be transformed > into Outreachy code and documentation projects. > > is it a lack of Funds? I have no idea If the Foundation can sponsor > Outreachy but I know when there is a will, there is a way. > > How does Outreachy Fund their program? Here is a detailed explanation on > how funding works over there: > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outreachy.org%2Fsponsor%2F&data=01%7C01%7CRoss.Gardler%40microsoft.com%7Cb1847c861f4744437d6f08d6d6ee8abb%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=bZjqhYAyh2mHHniYQb8ENbR3tQYET2N0VIgVaj1Pt4U%3D&reserved=0 > > How will Outreachy help us achieve more diversity? few things come to mind: > I am Black and since I was introduced to Open Source, most people/students > in my local community in Cameroon get inspired to contribute( those are > more under represented people flowing into Open Source and Apache > Foundations in particular). Except that is a problem, I dont see why we > should not participate in outreachy. > Giving and empowering a lady for a example will inspire ambition for others > like them. This over time builds. I cannot overemphasis what compound > interest can do here over time. > > Do we need our own Diversity Internships? Thats something we could discuss. > > This will lead us having well balanced, diversed and inclusive projects at > the Apache Foundation. > > > Thanks. > Awasum Yannick > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
