I'll write up a post about this, and highlight it in my next couple presentations.
Regards, Colin Colin McNamara People | Process | Technology -------------------------------------------- Mobile: 858-208-8105 Twitter: @colinmcnamara Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/colinmcnamara Blog: www.colinmcnamara.com Email: co...@2cups.com On Oct 10, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Anne Gentle <a...@openstack.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > We're actively recruiting both mentors and interns for the Outreach Program > for Women. Rackspace is sponsoring one intern, and I'm still seeking funding > for additional interns. Support levels start at $5750 for one intern. > > Here's a blurb you can send to your friends and neighbors on the Internets to > reach out specifically to women who want to learn how to work in open source. > > --8<-- > OpenStack provides open source software for building public and private > clouds. We are constantly moving and growing and very excited to invite > newcomers to our community. For a third round, OpenStack is participating in > GNOME Outreach Program for Women, see > http://gnome.org/opw/ for details. As you may know, representation of women > among free and open source participants has been cited at 3% [1] as > contrasted with the percentages of computing degrees earned by women (all at > over 10% higher) in the US. Eek! At the October 2012 OpenStack Summit, Anne > Gentle led an unconference session about including more women in OpenStack > and identified one of the goals as bringing more newcomers to OpenStack. The > GNOME Outreach program is an excellent way for OpenStack to meet that > inclusion goal, and we specifically want to reach out to women who are > interested in open source. The program starts in December 2013, going until > March 2014. Also, we have been able to support our interns meeting their > mentors at the OpenStack Summit, which would be in April 2014. You can find > out all the details about how to apply to an OpenStack spot by going to > https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OutreachProgramForWomen. > --8<-- > > Thanks for helping us spread the word! Feel free to ask me any questions on > or off list. > Anne > > 1. http://opensource.com/life/13/4/increasing-foss-participation > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org > Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack
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