On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 09:37:59AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > > I also think it doesn't need to be the mentor's responsibility to find > > the funding. That can be up to an "org admin", and I don't think it > > should be too big a deal (I had no trouble getting funding from GitHub > > last year, and I don't expect any this year; I just didn't want to start > > that process until I knew we were serious about participating). > > My experience so far with org admins who don't mentor is that they are > likely to loose interest in the program over time and stop doing much > (which is natural, I don't blame anyone). This is what happened with > GSoC org admins (who don't mentor), so most of the admin work now > falls back on mentors (org admins that mentor). > > That's why I fear that in a few years the burden of finding funds for > Outreachy might fall back on the mentors too.
Yeah, I agree that might eventually happen. I think if there are admins willing to look for funds, though, we are better off saving our project money for now. -Peff
