Re: [DISCUSS] Notify the board that D&I intends to coordinate an Outreachy intern program

[Jim Jagielski <ji...@jaguNET.com>]

On 2019/07/01 16:39:53, Ross Gardler <R....@microsoft.com.INVALID> wrote: 
> Feel free to keep the funding reference, but if I were to be donating money to Outreachy all I would care about is that the ASF were configured to match mentors to interns on the terms Outreachy set. Such a donor would not require ASF board approval and, frankly, would likely be upset at the idea that the ASF board can dictate how a charitable donation to another foundation can be used.> 
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> Why is this important? Because your first line says "D&I has been approached by a potential sponsor who wishes to support the participation of Outreachy in ASF projects by donating directly to Outreachy.". What is there is another sponsor who has not approached the ASF? I really think you should just drop that first sentence. This is not about the approach of a sponsor, this is about your second sentence "D&I wishes to perform UX research on the experience of members of underrepresented groups as they get started with our communities. "> 
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> Furthermore, you say "currently offered". What if there is another Outreachy sponsor who has not "offered" anything to the ASF?> 
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> I appreciate you are trying to accommodate a specific offer from a specific sponsor but I believe you are unnecessarily narrowing the opportunity in doing so. I believe the existence of a sponsor is irrelevant to what we are notifying the board of. The only thing that I believe the board can say yay or nay to  (in the above scenario) is whether they are willing to accept the idea of D&I building a bridge between Outreachy and ASF so that Outreachy interns can find ASF mentors.> 
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> All that said, if you really want to keep it in there then go ahead.> 
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++1. Glad to see this being resolved and the possibility of real work being done on the horizon.