From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65EBC847 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 19:23:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62D2E25B for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 19:23:45 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 21:23:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Julia Lawall To: James Bottomley In-Reply-To: <1438629566.2173.58.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Message-ID: References: <1438629566.2173.58.camel@HansenPartnership.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Recruitment; Outreach Programmes List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 3 Aug 2015, James Bottomley wrote: > I think this is part of the broad recruitment topic, but it's worth > considering in its own right. We should probably begin by reviewing the > current outreach programmes and whether they're effective. The > currently running one is the Outreach Programme for Women: > > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2013/04/announcing-outreach-program-women-internships-linux-kernel-please > > Which has been running successfully for a while. The questions for us > are > > 1. Should the programme be broadened (the current OPW one only > reaches women, not everyone who might need outreach) There are plans to broaden it somewhat, but I don't know the details. julia > 2. Assuming we do decide broader is better, what's the next group > to reach out to? > 3. Is this type of outreach better than non group specific > outreach? One can argue the kernel mentors list was non group > specific and it didn't seem to get much uptake, so perhaps group > specific is better? Essentially is it better for us to invest > our efforts in specific segments rather than generally? > > Just on the premise of 3 we can still improve our overall acceptance > processes, as we have been discussing, in a general way because outreach > is what you do to pull people in, not what processes you have in place > to help them once they are pulled in. > > James > > > _______________________________________________ > Ksummit-discuss mailing list > Ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss >