On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Avni Khatri <a...@kidsoncomputers.org> wrote:
> Hi Walter, > > What about doing a fundraising drive for the Outreachy internship? If > there's an easy way for folks to donate, we can promote it on the SL > site/blog and on respective volunteer social media accounts. > Sounds great. But we need to let Outreachy know ASAP regarding inclusion in this round as we are late to the party. So while I am all for your suggestion (maybe we can raise enough for multiple interns) we need to commit as an org now. thx > > Avni > > > > Avni Khatri > Kids on Computers, Inc. > http://kidsoncomputers.org/blog > > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Unless I hear otherwise, I plan to submit an application to Outreachy >>> [1] on behalf of Sugar Labs. Outreachy is an SFC program that helps people >>> from groups underrepresented in free and open source software get involved. >>> I'm also preparing a SL Outreachy landing page in the wiki [2]. >>> >>> regards. >>> >>> -walter >>> >>> [1] https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/ >>> [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Outreachy >>> >>> >> I was not 100% up to speed when I sent this note last week. It seems we >> need to come up with funds for at least 1 intern ($5500). I think it is a >> worthwhile expenditure from our general funds, especially in light of the >> many $1000s we have gotten from Google for mentoring students. That said, I >> will also do my best to raise at least some of the funds from external >> sources. But I do need a thumbs up (or down) from the Oversight Board in >> short order. >> >> regards. >> >> -walter >> >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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