KernelNewbies:

Timeline

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

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:

Subscribed to opw-kernel, opw-mentors, and opw-interns:

Said yes, waiting on them to create kernelnewbies account:

Has a project on [:OPWIntro:OPWIntro]:

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

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 2014-09-10 00:48:20 by SarahSharp)