Presentation about the GNOME Outreach Program for Women < http://gnome.org/opw/ > at 9-July-2014 Women Who Code SF panel discussion about getting involved in free / open source software development. Plus, information about panel host, Mozilla. Presenter: Larissa Shapiro ( @larissashapiro ), Head of Community Development at Mozilla

1. Logistics
● Welcome!
§ Where things are – bathrooms etc
● Make yourselves at home!

2. Who Mozilla is
Mozilla has been around since 1998
Known for being the makers of Firefox
We are that but we are also
Internet Champions who empower people to reach their full
potential through open systems
Started as a tiny open source project now a community of 10k+
actively contributing people globally, about a 10:1 volunteer/staff ratio
(and millions of engaged users and supporters)
And, we’ve been involved in OPW for three years
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mission/
http://www.mozilla.org/contribute

3. Outreach Program for Women
The Outreach Program for Women (OPW) helps
women (cis and trans) and genderqueer get involved
in free and open source software. We provide a
supportive community for beginning to contribute any
time throughout the year and offer focused internship
opportunities twice a year with a number of free
software organizations.
(from https://gnome.org/opw/)

5. Timeline for OPW
Round 9
10/22/2014 -- application deadline
Nov 2014 -- intern selection
Dec 9, 2014 - Mar 9, 2015 -- internship
Round 10 Tentative Dates:
Mar 2015 -- application deadline
Apr 2015 -- intern selection
May - Aug 2015 -- internship

6. Approx. Payment Schedule
Stipend:
$5,500 stipend
$500 at start
$2250 to interns in good standing at midpoint
$2750 to interns who successfully complete
$500 travel allowance to attend relevant
conference or meeting

7. Application Process
• Three Steps:
• explore the participating organizations & their projects
• make a small contribution to the project of your choice
• submit an application to OPW
• Tips and tricks:
• don't submit the application until you've made the required initial
contribution (unless it's only a few days until the application deadline and you
are already working on your contribution)
• can apply to multiple organizations
• submit one application per organization
• if you contribute to multiple projects for same organization, list in single
application
• can list multiple projects or organizations you have not contributed to, but
would be interested to work on if your first choice was not available, in the
question about what projects you are interested in.
• even though you *can* apply to multiple organizations, you are
encouraged to focus on one project that interests you the most
• if you have a strong application overall, but the project you are applying
for has too many strong applicants, we will be sure to redirect you to a
different project

8. Next Women Who Code nd
OPW/GSoC Event – hands on
session at DevBootCamp
Saturday August 16th
10-4pm
More details to follow

9. More information and social…
● https://gnome.org/opw/
● @WomenWhoCode #WWCode
● @MozSF
● @fossopw #opw
● @gsoc #gsoc
Thanks! Find me at lshapiro@mozilla.com