Bastien Nocera <had...@hadess.net> wrote:
>> Second, OPW has been beneficial for GNOME. It has raised our profile
>> and further established our role as leaders in the Free Software
>> world. Our sponsors are enthusiastic about OPW (conversely, moving OPW
>> out of GNOME would give them one less reason to support us).
>
> While that was true when it was limited to participation in GNOME
> itself, that's not the case anymore. All of the branding is now
> "FossOPW":
> https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen

I'm pretty sure that our Ad Board members know that we administer the
programme. We also do our own marketing, such as the latest Annual
Report, which had a section on OPW, and was distributed to Ad Board
members.

> And reading a blog post like this:
> http://sarah.thesharps.us/2013/05/23/%EF%BB%BF%EF%BB%BFopw-update/
> it feels like it wasn't people in GNOME that came up with programme, but
> that GNOME was just the first organisation to benefit from it (see "What
> is the FOSS Outreach Program for Women").

While the interpretation isn't quite right, that blog post talks about
GNOME and does so positively. It's giving us good exposure.

Allan
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