All:
I am pleased to announce that oVirt will be participating in the next round of the GNOME
Foundation's Outreach Program for Women, an internship program designed to foster more
gender-diverse participation within the free and open source software communities.
Currently, we have at least one intern position lined up for the program (with hopefully
more if our board members decide to sponsor more internships). Right now, we are seeking
developers who would be willing to act as mentors from the oVirt project. Details about
the program and mentor requirements are available on our OPW landing page[1].
Essentially, this program is very much like the Google Summer of Code project, where we
match up interns with projects within oVirt that they can finish up during this round of
OPW (December 9, 2014 to March 9, 2015). There is one key difference, that mentors should
note: the application process is very interactive, and potential interns are expected to
work with program mentors even as they are applying. oVirt mentors will work with
participants before and after the application process to help integrate potential interns
into the oVirt ecosystem, and continue working with accepted interns as the program
progresses.
Interested mentors should do the following:
1. Check out the application process[2] for interns so you can see what they are required
to do and, in turn, know what will be expected from mentors.
2. Visit the Information for Mentors section[3] of the oVirt OPW page to walk through the
process.
3. Fill in the Mentor Information section[4] with your name and contact info.
If you have any questions about the program, please let me know. We would like to have
mentors lined up as soon as possible, given the upcoming application deadline and the need
to have applicants involved with oVirt as soon as possible.
We had a pretty good experience with Google Summer of Code, and it will be very cool to
continue a similar experience with this new internship program!
Peace,
Brian
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Brian Proffitt
Community Liason
oVirt
Open Source and Standards, Red Hat -
http://community.redhat.com
Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP
IRC: bkp @ OFTC
[1]
http://www.ovirt.org/Outreach_Program_for_Women
[2]
http://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#Application_Process
[3]
http://www.ovirt.org/Outreach_Program_for_Women#Information_for_Mentors
[4]
http://www.ovirt.org/Outreach_Program_for_Women#Mentor_Information