Hi, As you probably noticed[1,2,3], Debian is participating in the GNOME foundation's Outreach Program for Women. A targeted fundraising campaign[4] has been running, with the informal agreement that, if it was "quite" successful but not successful enough to fund one slot ($5750), the rest would be covered with Debian funds.
However, we are in the situation that the fundraising campaign has been very successful. Despite quite late announcement, $2240 have been raised at this point, which are matched by one of Debian's sponsors[5], turning this into $4480. Which means that the share paid from Debian funds would be rather limited. I am now considering using Debian funds to cover for up to two slots. The maximum cost for Debian would be $7020 (2*$5750 - $4480), but could be reduced as the fundraising campaign is not over yet, and the GNOME foundation could agree to waive some fees. The Outreach Program for Women aims at building a more diverse Free Software community, and I think that this is something we care about a lot in the Debian project. Even if it's only marginally improving Debian on a technical level, it's clearly a way to improve Debian as a project and as a community. This is the first time we participate, and we are doing that mostly as an experiment. Having two data points instead of one is clearly useful, and I also think that it is important not to put too much pressure on the mentor and the intern. >From a financial point of view, Debian could afford that (thanks to the fantastic work of the DC13 fundraising team) without restricting other standard expenses. I've informally consulted some people involved with fundraising, and they see it as an adequate use of Debian funds (= our regular donators are unlikely to read this as an insane way to spend their donations, that would jeopardize future donations). If you feel strongly about this, one way or another, please voice your opinion. [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/10/msg00002.html [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/11/msg00000.html [3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/11/msg00001.html [4] http://debian.ch/opw2013/ [5] http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/18/#opwmatch Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131115071811.ga28...@xanadu.blop.info
