Participating in Outreachy

[Austin English]

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com> wrote:
> On 02/08/2017 12:12 PM, Erich E. Hoover wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:00 AM, André Hentschel <nerv at dawncrow.de> wrote:
>>> ...
>>> The website says 6500$ or sponsored by another org:
>>> https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/Admin/InfoForOrgs#Action
>>
>> Clearly I should have read further ;)  I don't know how our benevolent
>> funding overlords feel about this, but it seems like a good idea to
>> me.  We did spend a lot of time at WineConf trying to figure out ways
>> to get more people to participate, maybe this project can help.
>
> As far as I can read it, the requirements are $6,500 and a commitment to
> mentor (and they want a promise of 5 hours per week).
>
> The Wine project has that much (although not a lot more), and I know a
> guy at CodeWeavers who could help with funding.
>
> The other piece we would need is someone willing to sign us up and to
> create a landing page for this.
>
> Do we have someone willing to volunteer to sign us up and someone
> willing to mentor?
>
> And the deadline is tomorrow :-/.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeremy
>
>

I can do the signup/coordinating. We'll need a mentor though.

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-Austin
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