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Please help us spread the word about the December - March round of the Outreachy internships by sending the information to the university departments in the Southern Hemispher, Free and Open Source Software groups, posting the flyer on university campuses or handing it out at conferences, as well as posting the information on the social networks or encouraging people personally to apply. If you have GNOME wiki access, please update this section with the information on where you promoted or are planning to promote the program, and, if not, please e-mail outreachy-admins AT SPAMFREE gnome DOT org, so that we know which universities, organizations, or conferences are covered.
Text for an E-mail with Information about the Programs
Feel free to post a translation here if you come up with one. When appropriate, you can optionally attach the relevant flyer and ask for them to be posted on campus or distributed at events.
Subject: Outreachy - remote internships in Free and Open Source Software Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is software that gives the user the freedom to use, share, study, and improve it. FOSS contributors believe that this is the best way to develop software because it benefits society, creates a fun collaborative community around a project, and allows anyone to make innovative changes that reach many people. In an effort to improve diversity in FOSS, a number of organizations are offering remote and mentored Outreachy internships through a program organized by Software Freedom Conservancy. These internships are open internationally to all women (cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people. Additionally, they are open in the U.S, to all Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander people. The stipend for the program is $5,500 (USD). Applicants must be available for full-time, 40-hours a week, internships. The application deadline is October 17, 2016 and the internship dates are December 6, 2016 to March 6, 2017. College students from the Southern Hemisphere who will have a school summer break during most of this time are particularly encouraged to apply. Coding, user experience design, documentation, bug triage, community engagement, and other types of projects are available. To apply, you need to connect with a participating organization early, select a project you want to work on, make a few relevant contributions with the help of a mentor, and create a project plan. Learn more at http://outreachy.org Please consider applying for Outreachy, encourage someone else to apply, or help spread the word by forwarding this message to any interested university and community groups. To learn more, please join mentors, coordinators, and alums of Outreachy for a Twitter chat with a hashtag #OutreachyChat at 3pm UTC on September 21 (11am EST).
Sample Dent / Tweet
Here are the Twitter handles of participating organizations: Cadasta (@CadastaOrg), Debian (@debian), Fedora (@fedora), FFmpeg (@FFmpeg), GNOME (@gnome), Linux kernel (@linuxfoundation kernel), Mozilla (@Mozilla), Open edX (@OpenEdX), Open Source Robotics Foundation (@OSRFoundation), OpenStack (@OpenStack), Perl (@perlfoundation), Wikimedia (@Wikimedia), Xen Project (@XenHypervisor), Zulip
FOSS internships for women (cis&trans), trans men, genderqueer people world-wide & people of color underrepresented in tech in US @outreachy
or
Women (cis&trans), trans men, genderqueer ppl world-wide & ppl of color underrepresented in US tech, apply for @outreachy FOSS internships
or, if contacting a group
@DearGroup Pls RT FOSS internships 4 women (cis&trans), trans men, genderqueer ppl world-wide & POC underrepresented in US tech @outreachy
Sample Google+ / Facebook Update
No need to be so cryptic with this one!
Cadasta, Debian, Fedora, FFmpeg, GNOME, Linux kernel, Mozilla, Open edX, Open Source Robotics Foundation, OpenStack, Perl, Wikimedia, Xen Project, Zulip are offering paid, mentored, remote internships to people from groups underrepresented in Free and Open Source Software as part of the Outreachy initiative. This round is open internationally to women (cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people. Additionally, it is open in the U.S. to Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander people. Coding, user experience design, documentation, bug triage, community engagement, and other types of projects are available. Internship dates are December 6 to March 6. Learn more and apply by October 17. Please re-post to help spread the word! http://outreachy.org
Flyers
For Prospective Applicants
Please print out or attach the PDF version that is right for the paper format used at your locale. The flyer is CC-BY-SA - artists: Marie Nordin, Máirín Duffy
For Prospective Organizations
Please print out or attach the PDF version that is right for the paper format used at your locale. The flyer is CC-BY-SA - artists: Marie Nordin, Máirín Duffy
Logos
See the logos on the main spread the word page.
Presentation Materials
See the presentation materials on the main spread the word page.
Covered Universities, Organizations, Conferences
If you have GNOME wiki access, please add the online and physical spaces where you promoted the program here. Otherwise, please e-mail outreachy-admins AT SPAMFREE gnome DOT org with this information.
Universities
Conferences
ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing - Sep 14 -16 - Sarah Sharp, Tony Sebro
Events
Underrepresented People in Technology Groups
FOSS Groups