[council] #41: Budget Request: Outreachy Intern(s) for 2015 Winter Cycle

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#41: Budget Request: Outreachy Intern(s) for 2015 Winter Cycle
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 Reporter:  decause      |     Owner:  decause
   Status:  new          |  Priority:  major
Component:  General      |  Keywords:  outreachy, EDU Objective,
                         |  internship, interns, co-ops, D&I
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 Outreachy (formerly GNOME Outreach Program for Women) is administering
 their winter cycle, and there are members of the Fedora project willing to
 mentor on a handful of projects.

 You can view this year's proposed program on the Fedora Wiki (Work in
 Progress): https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Outreachy/2015

 General information about the Outreachy program can be found here:
 https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy

 Information Specific to this upcoming round can be found here:
 https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2015/DecemberMarch

 The cost of sponsoring an intern is $6,500 USD. They are paid
 incrementally 3 times over the course of their internship by the Outreachy
 program, who handles the administrative burden via the Software Freedom
 Conservancy. A $500 travel stipend is included in that cost, which could
 be used to help subsidize the intern's travel to FOSS conferences, Events,
 or workshops (ideally Fedora Events, FADs, or hackfests.)

 I would propose that we *provisionally* allocate funding for at least 1
 slot ($6,500), but ideally 2 slots ($13,000) pending suitable applicants
 to fill the slot(s).

 Outreachy program representatives will be available during our Monday
 meeting on 9/28 to answer our questions.

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