On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 11:19:56AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote: > $6,500 is a bargain if we could guide an intern and help set the > course to become a competent open source person. It would be nice > if the intern stays in our community, but I do not even mind if the > investment follows the intern elsewhere and enrich other open source > projects. Agreed on all counts. I am still dotting i's and crossing t's, but I am pretty sure I have outside funding lined up anyway, though. > It is a different matter if our mentor pool is rich enough to give > sufficient support and training to the intern, but if you are > volunteering to mentor, I wouldn't have any worries. I do agree > with you that it would be a good idea to polish the project-ideas > page. We actually need to put together a "landing page". The guidelines are at: https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/landing-page-requirements/ Timing-wise, the application period opens this Thursday. So I'll plan to work on it over the next day or two, but I'd appreciate any help that others can provide (even if I end up as the only available mentor). -Peff
