Is the Foundation willing to fund pronunciation remediation this winter? On Wednesday, September 9, 2020, Srishti Sethi <sse...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello Chris, > > Yes, mentoring organizations provide funding for the Outreachy internships. > For the upcoming winter round, WMF will be funding up to 6 projects. > > Cheers, > Srishti > *Srishti Sethi* > Senior Developer Advocate > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 3:44 PM Chris Gates via Wikimedia-l < > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Is this funded by the WMF? I noticed it in the list of "promoters" but > was > > unable to discern whether there was funding involved. > > > > Regards, > > Vermont > > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 4:00 PM Gopa Vasanth <gopavasanth1...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > *(feel free to forward the message as is to your friends, family > members > > > &colleagues)* > > > > > > Hello folks, > > > > > > We would like to invite you to apply to the Outreachy program with the > > > Wikimedia Foundation (a non-profit organization behind Wikipedia)! > > > > > > *About the Outreachy program* > > > > > > Wikimedia will be mentoring ~6 projects in the Outreachy’s December > 2020 > > to > > > February 2021 Round, around data science and engineering. The initial > > > applications are due *September 20th at 4 pm UTC*. > > > > > > Apply today: <https://www.outreachy.org/apply/> [1] > > > > > > Outreachy offers three-month internships to work remotely in Free and > > Open > > > Source Software (FOSS) projects, coding, and non-coding related (e.g., > > > design, documentation, translation, outreach, and research), with > > > experienced mentors. Outreachy internships run twice a year – from May > to > > > August and December to March. Interns are paid a stipend of USD 5,500 > for > > > the three months of work. They also have a USD 500 stipend to travel to > > > conferences and events. Interns often find employment after their > > > internship with Outreachy sponsors or in jobs that use the skills they > > > learned during their internship. > > > > > > Outreachy is open to both students and non-students. Outreachy > expressly > > > invites the following people to apply: > > > > > > * Women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people. > > > * Anyone who faces under-representation, systematic bias, or > > discrimination > > > in the technology industry in their country of residence is invited to > > > apply. > > > * Residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are > > > Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American > > Indian, > > > Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander. > > > > > > Browse through the participants’ guides, to learn more about the > > > application process steps < > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Participants> [2] > > > > > > > > > *About the Wikimedia Foundation* > > > The Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> [3] is the > > > nonprofit organization that hosts and operates Wikipedia and the other > > > Wikimedia free knowledge projects < > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/> [4]. 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We host the Wikimedia > > > projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and > > sharing > > > Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who > > make > > > Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and > > > free knowledge to thrive. > > > > > > We hope you will help us spread the word about Wikimedia’s > participation > > in > > > these programs: < > > > https://twitter.com/gopavasanth1999/status/1299566047423377408> [5] > (by > > > retweeting the post in the link or by sharing this email). > > > > > > Looking forward to your participation! > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Pavithra, Gopa Vasanth & Srishti (Wikimedia organization administrators > > for > > > Outreachy) > > > > > > [1] https://www.outreachy.org/apply/ > > > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Participants > > > [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/ > > > [4] https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/ > > > [5] https://twitter.com/gopavasanth1999/status/1299566047423377408 > > > > > > -- > > > Regards > > > > > > Gopa Vasanth <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Gopavasanth> > > > Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham <http://www.amrita.edu/> | Blog > > > <https://gopavasanth.wordpress.com/> > > > amFOSS <https://amfoss.in/@gopavasanth> | GitHub > > > <https://github.com/gopavasanth> | Gerrit > > > <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/gopavasanth> > > > > > > “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or > lose.” > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
