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Debian is participating in the 15th Round of Outreachy.

Background

Debian is dedicated to increasing the diversity of contributors to the project. We strongly believe this is a win-win situation for people coming from backgrounds currently underrepresented in free software (who open up new opportunities for themselves through community networking) and the wider free software movement, which benefits from a range of skills, experiences, and viewpoints. Statistics show that although we have increased the diversity of participants, we still have plenty of room to grow. With this initiative we hope more people 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

From The main program page

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 December 1st, 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 December 1st, 2017 and March 31st, 2018; 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

More details coming soon.

What to do

1. Choose a Project

2. 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.

3. Submit your application on the Outreachy website: https://outreachy.org

4. 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: https://outreachy.org.

How to communicate with us

Debian is a huge project, so we have created a welcoming atmosphere:

• IRC: #debian-outreach in the OFTC network (irc.debian.org)

• Lists: https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/

Coordinators of the program:

• see the Outreach team page on the wiki

• direct email contact: <outreach AT debian DOT org>