[only foundation-list] On Sat, 2014-09-27 at 13:13 -0400, Marina Zhurakhinskaya wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Germán Poo-Caamaño" <g...@gnome.org> > > 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.
Is there other venues to address a possible issue? For example, requiring the organization to look for an alternate mentor in case of problem. Making legally liable a volunteer who is giving time and work for free is asymmetrical, where the volunteer has nothing to win, but a lot to lose. -- Germán Poo-Caamaño http://calcifer.org/ _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
