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One Month Before OPW Application

  1. Find mentors. Assume more than half of them will flake out. Of the ones that don't flake out, about half the mentors will be really responsive during the application period, and the other half won't review patches or interact with applicants very much. See Round 9 mentor section for where each mentor is in the process of getting involved.
  2. Pursue sponsorship. You may have to learn when to hit certain people's budget deadlines. Most people need at least a quarter's worth of notice before they will need to pay out the sponsorship.

First week of application period

September 12th for round 9:

From: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@intel.com>
To: OPW Kernel Applicants List <opw-kernel@googlegroups.com>
Cc: 
Bcc: 
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] OPW internship applications open tomorrow!
Reply-To: 

Greetings potential Linux kernel OPW interns!  Please read this *entire*
email, even if you have applied in the past, as some things have changed
for this OPW application round.


What is OPW?
------------

The next application round for the FOSS Outreach Program for Women (OPW)
internships starts tomorrow, September 12.  OPW interns are paid $5,500
to work on a full-time internship with an open source mentor from
December 9, 2014 to March 9, 2014.  Interns are also granted a $500
travel stipend to go to any conference approved by their mentor that
relates to their project.


Who can apply?
--------------

To qualify to apply for OPW, you must meet the following requirements:

 * You must be over 18,
 * You must be able to work full-time (40 hours per week) from
   December 9, 2014 to March 9, 2015,
 * You must be a woman (cis or trans), or a gender queer, gender free, or
   gender fluid individual, or an alumni of the Ascend Project, and
 * You cannot have participated in OPW or Google Summer of Code before.


What OPW projects can you apply to?
-----------------------------------

There will be several different open source projects participating in
this round of OPW, and the full list will be officially announced
tomorrow.

https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2014/DecemberMarch#Participating_Organizations

It's no secret that the Linux kernel project is participating again,
since we already have three new mentors listed on our wiki, and more
mentors will be announced soon.

http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWIntro


How do I apply to the Linux kernel project?
-------------------------------------------

The application process for the Linux kernel project is outlined here:

http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWApply

Basically, applicants will need to walk through our tutorial for
creating their first Linux kernel patch:

http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWfirstpatch

Applicants should also join the #opw IRC channel on irc.gnome.org, and
the #kernel-opw channel on irc.oftc.net.  If you're having trouble with
IRC, please ask for help on this mailing list.

One change from the last OPW round is that we are encouraging applicants
(once they have completed a number of Staging driver cleanup patches) to
complete some small tasks outlined by the mentors.  The task lists for
each mentor are linked from the OPWIntro page.

*Before* you start on a task, please claim that task through this page:

http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWTasks

Another change is that we added a tips section at the end of the
tutorial to outline what behaviors we look for in potential OPW interns.
I hope this will give more insight into our selection process.

http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWfirstpatch#tips

We've also noticed that applicants (and even accepted interns!) aren't
consistently using the email communication style preferred by the Linux
kernel community.  This style can be as important as coding style to
many community members, so please review the email style guidelines and
attempt to follow them:

http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWfirstpatch#head-9799d3ebaa1221875dfdb0a05c4063dc4eb474a1


When can I apply?
-----------------

The application period for the Linux kernel project during OPW Round 9
is September 12 to October 31.

Most OPW organizations have an application deadline of October 22,
however, the Linux kernel application period will be put on temporary
hold from October 10 to October 20. Most kernel mentors will be
attending conferences (LinuxCon Europe, Linux Plumbers Conf, and
Embedded Linux Conference Europe) during that time.

During the hold period, no new kernel application patches will be
accepted or reviewed, and mentors may not be available on the IRC
channel. Therefore, it is important to start sending patches early in
the application period. We suggest that you tackle a medium-sized
advanced project during that week, rather than preparing to send many
small clean up patches after the hold period is finished.


Good luck with your application!  If you have any questions, mentors
will be available via IRC or this mailing list.  Do not hesitate to ask
questions if you get stuck in the tutorial.

Sarah Sharp
Linux Kernel OPW Coordinator

Third week of application period

September 29th for round 9:

On-going tasks

Mailing list tasks

Mentoring

Promoting OPW

Sponsorship Management

Wrangling mentors

Form emails for initial contact with potential mentors

Cold call-email:

Hi ,

Someone suggested you might enjoy being a mentor for the FOSS Outreach
Program for Women (OPW).  Maybe you have some [PROJECT] tasks that would
be a good three month internship project?

The OPW program is open to women (cis and trans), and genderqueer,
genderfluid or genderfree individuals.  The program runs twice yearly,
with a one-month long application period, followed by a three month long
internship.

http://gnome.org/opw/

For this round, OPW is running a pilot program to expand OPW to support
other non-traditional applicants (people of color, people from low
income backgrounds, and people who identify as LBGTQ).  For this pilot,
alumni from the Ascend Project can apply to OPW.

http://ascendproject.org/

The next application period starts [DATE] and runs through [DATE].
The internships will run from [DATE] to [DATE].

If you're interested in mentoring, you will need to come up with a
project for your intern to work on for three months.  Please read the
following pages for more information about OPW and mentorship duties:

http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWMentor
https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/Admin/InternshipTime

If you're interested in being an OPW mentor or have any questions about
the program, please let me know!

Sarah Sharp

Indicated they would like to be a mentor at a conference:

Hi ,

At [CONFERENCE], you said you would be interested in
volunteering to be a mentor for the FOSS Outreach Program for Women
(OPW).  The OPW program is open to women (cis and trans), and
genderqueer, genderfluid or genderfree individuals.  The program runs
twice yearly, with a one-month long application period, followed by a
three month long internship.

http://gnome.org/opw/

For this round, OPW is running a pilot program to expand OPW to support
other non-traditional applicants (people of color, people from low
income backgrounds, and people who identify as LBGTQ).  For this pilot,
alumni from the Ascend Project can apply to OPW.

http://ascendproject.org/

The next application period starts September 12 and runs through October
31.  The application period will be put on hold from October 10 to 20
for ELCE and Plumbers.  The internships will run from December 9, 2014
to March 9, 2015.

If you're interested in mentoring, you will need to come up with a
project for your intern to work on for three months.  Please read the
following pages for more information about OPW and mentorship duties:

http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWMentor
https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/Admin/InternshipTime

If you're interested in being an OPW mentor or have any questions about
the program, please let me know!

Sarah Sharp

Past OPW mentor:

Hi ,

I just wanted to follow up with our conversation at [CONFERENCE].
Have you thought of a good OPW project?

The next application period starts [DATE] and runs through [DATE].
The internships will run from [DATE] to [DATE].

I know I sent you the links before, but here's the mentorship time
commitment and duties list again:

http://gnome.org/opw/
http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWMentor
https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/Admin/InternshipTime

There are a few changes to the OPW kernel process this time around.
 
For this round, OPW is running a pilot program to expand OPW to support
other non-traditional applicants (people of color, people from low
income backgrounds, and people who identify as LBGTQ).  For this pilot,
alumni from the Ascend Project can apply to OPW.

http://ascendproject.org/

We're also encouraging people to put up small tasks for their project
for people to complete during the application process.  I hope that will
cause applicants to interact more with mentors, and mentors can get a
better sense of whether applicants are suited to their project.

If you're interested and come up with a project, please put it up on
http://kernelnewbies.org/OPWIntro

Sarah Sharp

Round 9 Mentor Wrangling

Contacted with initial email:

In process:

Ping next round:

Mentor

Project

Kernelnewbies account?

Subscribed to google groups

Project on wiki?

Contact info linked?

Interacting with applicants?

subscribed to opw gnome list?

Josh Tripplet <josh.triplett@intel.com>

tinification

Y

Y

Y

Y

Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>

coccinelle fault finding

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@imag.fr>

coccinelle fault finding

Y

Y

Y

Y

Arnd Bergman

2038 time_t cleanup

Y

Y

Y

Y

Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@intel.com>

IIO cleanup

Y

Y

Y

Y

Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@intel.com>

IIO cleanup

Y

Y

Y

Y

Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

Raid acceleration cleanup

Y

Y

During Application Period

Hi ,

I'm going to subscribe you to three lists:

opw-kernel is for applicants to send patches during the application period, and ask questions.

opw-kernel-interns is for accepted interns and mentors only, and will be used once interns are chosen.

opw-kernel-mentors is a private list for mentors only.  It's used during the intern selection process and in case we need to communicate with all mentors privately.

Sarah Sharp

"Meta" tasks:

Application period: One week before round closes

For round 9, this is October 21st, when the application period opens again.

Internship wrap-up tasks

Mailing list tasks

Greetings OPW interns!

The [TIME PERIOD] OPW internship period has ended, and we now have
[NUMBER OF PAST INTERNS] new OPW kernel alumni:

 - [INTERN] worked on [PROJECT] with her mentor, [MENTOR]

Thank you to all the OPW mentors who helped out in this last round!  The
OPW kernel internships would not be possible without your guidance and 
mentoring.

As this internship period ends, I'm moving all past interns and mentors 
from the opw-kernel-interns mailing list to the opw-kernel-alumni
mailing list. 

opw-kernel-alumni is a low-traffic mailing list for past OPW interns to
ask for advice, post their successes, or look for jobs.  All past OPW
mentors are subscribed to this list, so you are welcome to use us as a
sounding board.  OPW alumni and mentors are encouraged to post
internship or job opportunities, conference CFPs, speaking opportunities
to this list, or diversity outreach efforts, as long as they are related
to Linux or open source.

You will also be subscribed by Marina to a general OPW alumni list, 
opw-alumni@gnome.org.

KernelNewbies: OutreachyCoordinators (last edited 2014-09-22 21:55:32 by SarahSharp)