From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D88D1F428 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2018 08:45:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726007AbeIBM6C (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2018 08:58:02 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:36640 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1725834AbeIBM6C (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2018 08:58:02 -0400 Received: (qmail 15114 invoked by uid 109); 2 Sep 2018 08:43:03 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 08:43:03 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 16967 invoked by uid 111); 2 Sep 2018 08:43:13 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) SMTP; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 04:43:13 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 02 Sep 2018 04:43:01 -0400 Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 04:43:01 -0400 From: Jeff King To: Christian Couder Cc: git Subject: Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar? Message-ID: <20180902084301.GA21979@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20180828151419.GA17467@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20180901084321.GC25852@sigill.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 09:37:59AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > > I also think it doesn't need to be the mentor's responsibility to find > > the funding. That can be up to an "org admin", and I don't think it > > should be too big a deal (I had no trouble getting funding from GitHub > > last year, and I don't expect any this year; I just didn't want to start > > that process until I knew we were serious about participating). > > My experience so far with org admins who don't mentor is that they are > likely to loose interest in the program over time and stop doing much > (which is natural, I don't blame anyone). This is what happened with > GSoC org admins (who don't mentor), so most of the admin work now > falls back on mentors (org admins that mentor). > > That's why I fear that in a few years the burden of finding funds for > Outreachy might fall back on the mentors too. Yeah, I agree that might eventually happen. I think if there are admins willing to look for funds, though, we are better off saving our project money for now. -Peff