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Debian is participating in the 14th Round of Outreachy.
Background
Debian has been encouraging women to increase their engagement in the free software community for many years. We strongly believe this is a win-win situation for women (who open up new opportunities for themselves through community networking) and the wider free software movement (who benefit from the untapped potential of talented female developers). Statistics show that although we have increased the number of women participants, we still have plenty of room to grow. With this initiative we hope more women will see opportunities to become involved in the Debian project.
Thanks to the efforts of the program organizers, Outreachy has now been expanded to other underrepresented groups in the Free Software community, which is perfectly in line with Debian's Diversity Statement
For whom
Eligible participants must meet all the following requirements:
- (i) you are a resident or national of any country or region other than Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Sudan and identify as a woman (cis or trans), trans man, or genderqueer person (including genderfluid or genderfree) or (ii) you are a resident or national of the United States of any gender who is Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander
- you are or will be 18 years of age or older by May 30, 2017
- you have not previously participated in an Outreachy, Outreach Program for Women, or Google Summer of Code internship
- you are available for a full-time, 40 hours a week internship, and you will not be in school full-time and will not have another full-time job for at least seven weeks between May 30, 2017 and August 30, 2017; being enrolled in school during a semester when you are taking more than half of the typical number of credits a full-time student takes or having an exams session is considered to be a full-time school commitment; Outreachy can be done to satisfy a project requirement and receive credits for it, in which case all other credits received during the semester should be no more than half of the typical number of credits a full-time student takes
- you are eligible to work in the country or countries in which you will reside throughout the duration of the program
- you are not a person or entity restricted by US export controls or sanctions programs
Timeline
February 16 |
Application period opens : https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Submit_an_Application |
February 16 - March 30 |
Applicants need to get in touch with at least one project and make a contribution to it |
March 30 |
Application deadline at 4pm UTC |
March 30 - April 28 |
Applicants are encouraged to continue making contributions for the project they applied for; submitted applications are open for editing |
April 28 |
Accepted participants announced on https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2017/MayAugust |
May 30 - August 30 |
Internship period |
What to do
Choose a project
- Make a small contribution.
- Once you have chosen your project, contact its corresponding mentor and ask him/her what small contribution related to the project you could do.
Submit your application on the Outreachy website: https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Submit_an_Application
Make sure you notify us that you have done so : email <outreach AT debian DOT org> and the mentors for your project with a link to your application
Please, read more about this program here: http://gnome.org/outreachy and https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/
Projects
The project ideas are shared with SummerOfCode2017/Projects
Where to start
Debian is a huge project, so we have created a welcoming atmosphere:
IRC: #debian-outreach in the OFTC network (irc.debian.org)
Coordinators of the program:
- Nicolas Dandrimont (irc: olasd)
email contact: <outreach AT debian DOT org>
Applications
Will happen on the main program site at https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Submit_an_Application