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Applicant was not accepted
Respond directly to the application that was sent in. If you can't find it, use "OPW application follow-up" as a subject. Please CC opw-list@gnome.org in your response.
Applicant made a contribution
No full-time job
Dear [APPLICANT FIRST NAME], Unfortunately, we were not able to select you for this round of the Outreach Program for Women internships with [APPLICANT'S ORGANIZATION]. The response to the program has been very high this round, with many applicants successfully completing a contribution and establishing a relationship with a project they applied for. We looked at the applicant's contribution, history of involvement in [APPLICANT'S ORGANIZATION] and Free and Open Source Software, strength of their background in the area they applied for, and ability to focus on the internship as their main activity during the internship dates when making the selection decisions. We hope what you learned about [APPLICANT'S ORGANIZATION] and Free and Open Source Software community through this experience will lead to more opportunities for you in the future. We'd like to encourage you to keep contributing to [APPLICANT'S ORGANIZATION] and apply for the next round of the outreach program [ADD IF APPLICANT IS A STUDENT: "and for Google Summer of Code - http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014 "]. The next round will have internship dates from May 19 to August 18, 2014, and an application deadline on March 19. There will also be another round in a year. Please feel free to ask [FIRST NAME OF MENTOR APPLICANT WORKED WITH] for guidance and help with your future contributions. [SPECIFIC ADVICE ABOUT STAYING INVOLVED, e.g. "Reading Planet GNOME, signing up for gnome-women-list, hanging out on the #gnome-shell, #gnome-hackers and #gnome-women IRC channels, signing up for GNOME Shell Bugzilla and commit updates are all excellent ways to stay in touch with the GNOME community and GNOME Shell project."] The list of accepted participants is posted on https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2013/DecemberMarch Thanks again for your interest to work on [APPLICANT'S ORGANIZATION] [[ADD IF APPLICANT MADE A CONTRIBUTION: ", contribution to [PROJECT APPLICANT CONTRIBUTED TO],"] and taking the time to apply for the program! Sincerely, [RESPONDER FIRST NAME]
Full-time job
Dear [APPLICANT FIRST NAME], Unfortunately, we were not able to select you for this round of the Outreach Program for Women internships with [APPLICANT'S ORGANIZATION]. This program is expected to be a full-time effort, so it is not a good fit for someone with a full-time job. We would like to encourage you to continue contributing to [APPLICANT'S ORGANIZATION] in your spare time, develop more experience contributing to Free and Open Source Software, and apply for a full time job in the field. You can find many opportunities available at https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/Opportunities Please feel free to ask [FIRST NAME OF MENTOR APPLICANT WORKED WITH] for guidance and help with your future contributions. [SPECIFIC ADVICE ABOUT STAYING INVOLVED, e.g. "Reading Planet GNOME, signing up for gnome-women-list, hanging out on the #gnome-shell, #gnome-hackers and #gnome-women IRC channels, signing up for GNOME Shell Bugzilla and commit updates are all excellent ways to stay in touch with the GNOME community and GNOME Shell project."] The list of accepted participants is posted on https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2013/DecemberMarch Thanks, [RESPONDER FIRST NAME]
Applicant did not make a contribution
Hi [APPLICANT FIRST NAME], Thank you for your interest in the program! Completing a small contribution to the project you are interested in is required for applying for the program. Because you have not made the required contribution, we were not able to consider your candidacy for this round. I would like to encourage you to learn more about [APPLICANT'S ORGANIZATION] and other Free and Open Source Software projects, try out the technology they create, start contributing to one of them in your spare time, and apply for the next round which will have internship dates from May 19 to August 18, 2014, and an application deadline on March 19 or for the round after that in a year. [ADD IF APPLICANT IS A STUDENT: "I would also like to encourage you to apply for Google Summer of Code - http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014 ."] The list of accepted participants is posted on https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2013/DecemberMarch Thanks, [RESPONDER FIRST NAME]