Re: X.Org looking for projects and mentors for the Outreach Program for Women

[Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer-Pf4JEFdB4epeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>]

Just a reminder, if you have projects that are suitable for the OPW please
add them to the wiki page or, if you can't access the wiki, send me a
summary and I'll add it.

http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgOPW/

Prospective participants can start submitting applications on Sep 22 and
it'd be great if we had a nice range of projects available by then.
Note that unlike GSoC, the scope is not limited to coding (see below).

Cheers,
   Peter


On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 09:01:44AM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> X.Org will join the Outreach Program for Women (OPW) in Round 9 (December
> 2014 - March 2015). The OPW is "open to anyone who was
> assigned female at birth and anyone who identifies as a woman, genderqueer,
> genderfluid, or genderfree regardless of gender presentation or assigned sex
> at birth." 
> For more details on the program see https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen
> 
> We've secured funding for one participant and are currently looking for
> suitable projects and mentors. The scope of the program is "not limited to
> coding, but include user experience design, graphic design, documentation,
> web development, marketing, translation and other types of tasks needed to
> sustain a FOSS project."
> 
> So if you are interested in mentoring or you can think of a suitable
> project, please add it to the wiki page or alternatively email me.
> http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgOPW/
> 
> If you are interested in participating and you can think of a suitable
> project, please do the same and we'll try our best to find a mentor for you.
> 
> The applications will open on September 22, so let's get some good projects
> up there by then!
> 
> Cheers,
>    Peter, on behalf of the X.Org BoD
>