On 22/08/13 at 14:23 +0200, Margarita Manterola wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Mònica Ramírez Arceda > <mon...@debian.org> wrote: > > Past round, the first one that Debian participated, coincided with the > > GSoC project, so we took advantage of their projects and mentors. Rounds > > that OPW don't coincide with GSoC will need more work because we need to > > find projects as well as mentors. > > I recently re-read all the threads related to OPW and I was surprised > to see that there was a very strong reaction regarding the money. > Several people declared that they were against Debian paying for this > on a regular basis; and although it was deemed ok for this to be done > once (as an experiment), future instances should get the money from > somewhere else (i.e. a sponsor that is earmarking their donations for > this and not for general Debian money). > > The previous instance didn't end up spending any money, because the > accepted project was also accepted by GSoC, and thus dropped from OPW. > However, given how vocal the opposition was in the previous round, I > think that this issue needs to be addressed and cleared before > investing any effort in gather projects and mentors. > > So, has this been approved as a continuation of the previous > experiment, that never got to spend any money? Or do we need to do > some fundraising first?
Hi, Yes, there is quite a lot of opposition to using general Debian reserves for OPW, which I can understand. I really think that this 'experiment' should cover all aspects of Debian participation in OPW, and that includes testing our ability to raise money specifically for this. Now, I know that time is pressing, so I'm willing to compromise a bit. If we are able to raise a significant amount of money for Debian's OPW participation, but still not enough to have one intern, I would be willing to argue for the use of some pure-Debian money for that. But clearly, the two most pressing issues are: 1. find people willing to act as "admins/organizers". Many people have expressed their willingness to help, but we still a least one person to do the coordination. 2. fundraising. Here, many people said they would be willing to help, but we need coordinator(s). Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-women-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130822125409.ga9...@xanadu.blop.info
