[Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] Kernel mentors for OPW
Ben Hutchings
ben at decadent.org.uk
Wed Jul 24 03:05:47 UTC 2013
On Tue, 2013-07-23 at 09:44 -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I would love to do a brief presentation about how Linux kernel developers
> can get involved with mentoring women through the FLOSS Outreach Program
> for Women (OPW).
>
> I propose giving a brief summary of how the program works, from the
> application process to the three-month internship, as well as what's
> expected from mentors.
>
> The results from the last OPW application process were pretty amazing:
>
> - 41 women applied for 6 Linux kernel internships.
> - In 13 days, 374 patches were submitted, and 137 patches were accepted.
> - Diff stat for accepted patches:
> 105 files changed, 3889 insertions(+), 4872 deletions(-)
>
> I expect a similar number of women to apply for OPW for the next round.
> We could only accept seven of the 41 women, because that's how many
> mentors we could find. I would love to have the option to accept more
> applicants.
>
> Please let me know if there's interest in this presentation.
Yes, I'd be interested.
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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