----- Original Message ----- > From: "Germán Poo-Caamaño" <g...@gnome.org> > To: "Marina Zhurakhinskaya" <mari...@redhat.com> > Cc: "GNOME Foundation" <foundation-list@gnome.org>, "desktop-devel-list" > <desktop-devel-l...@gnome.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 12:44:13 PM > Subject: Re: Call for OPW project ideas > > On Sat, 2014-09-27 at 11:45 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Germán Poo-Caamaño" <g...@gnome.org> > > > To: "Marina Zhurakhinskaya" <mari...@redhat.com> > > > Cc: "GNOME Foundation" <foundation-list@gnome.org>, "desktop-devel-list" > > > <desktop-devel-l...@gnome.org> > > > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 11:23:34 AM > > > Subject: Re: Call for OPW project ideas > > > > > > On Fri, 2014-09-26 at 23:48 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote: > > > > Dear Foundation, > > > > > > > > The application process for the new round of Outreach Program for > > > > Women internships has recently started, and we are looking for people > > > > willing to mentor GNOME projects in this round. Because we only > > > > usually have a few participants in OPW, this round we would only like > > > > to offer projects that are most strategic for GNOME. These include, > > > > but are not limited to, projects in the area of privacy [1], developer > > > > experience, GTK+ [2], core experience, core applications [3], and web > > > > infrastructure. We would also like people to think ahead of time how > > > > they will be able to provide excellent mentorship to the interns > > > > before, during, and after the internship, and whether there is a > > > > larger project team the intern will be able to receive support from. > > > > Matthias Clasen, Allan Day, and Sriram Ramkrishna have kindly agreed > > > > to be a part of a cross-team triage committee for proposed project > > > > ideas. Please add ideas you are willing to mentor to the wiki page for > > > > the round [4] by early next week. > > > > > > Hi Marina, > > > > > > Will the mentors still be required to sign a document that makes them > > > legally liable? > > > > Hi Germán, > > > > Yes. The legal liability is only for gross negligence, recklessness or > > intentional wrongdoing. This is covered on > > https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#Contracts > > > > This is not unique to OPW. GSoC has similar terms mentors have to > > agree to, which are much more broad - > > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/org_admin_agreement > > . > > The difference is that the GSoC agreement is between the organization > and Google, no mentor becomes legally liable (though, IANAL).
By having agreements directly with mentors, we recognize that free software organizations that participate might only have a limited control over the mentors who participate. > > In that sense, it would preferable to leave the OPW mentorship to people > who work for companies that support their involvement in FOSS, so they > would have a legal support from their companies. > > For 100% volunteers, it is just taking a risk for free. There is always > a risk of a misunderstanding becoming a big pain, even if proven right > in court. > > -- > Germán Poo-Caamaño > http://calcifer.org/ > > _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
