Open Stack

Hi all,

We're actively recruiting both mentors and interns for the Outreach Program
for Women. Rackspace is sponsoring one intern, and I'm still seeking
funding for additional interns. Support levels start at $5750 for one
intern.

Here's a blurb you can send to your friends and neighbors on the Internets
to reach out specifically to women who want to learn how to work in open
source.

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OpenStack provides open source software for building public and private
clouds. We are constantly moving and growing and very excited to invite
newcomers to our community. For a third round, OpenStack is participating
in GNOME Outreach Program for Women, see
http://gnome.org/opw/ for details. As you may know, representation of women
among free and open source participants has been cited at 3% [1] as
contrasted with the percentages of computing degrees earned by women (all
at over 10% higher) in the US. Eek! At the October 2012 OpenStack Summit,
Anne Gentle led an unconference session about including more women in
OpenStack and identified one of the goals as bringing more newcomers to
OpenStack. The GNOME Outreach program is an excellent way for OpenStack to
meet that inclusion goal, and we specifically want to reach out to women
who are interested in open source. The program starts in December 2013,
going until March 2014. Also, we have been able to support our interns
meeting their mentors at the OpenStack Summit, which would be in April
2014. You can find out all the details about how to apply to an OpenStack
spot by going to https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OutreachProgramForWomen.
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Thanks for helping us spread the word! Feel free to ask me any questions on
or off list.
Anne

1. http://opensource.com/life/13/4/increasing-foss-participation
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