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<p>On behalf of the Outreachy team at the GNOME Foundation, I'd like
to let you know that applications to participate in Outreachy are
now welcomed from women worldwide - including Australia. <br>
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<span class="anchor" id="line-3"></span>Applications are now open for Outreachy, an internship program for people traditionally underrepresented in tech. Outreachy offers remote, three-month internships with a $5,500 stipend and a $500 conference travel stipend. These internships are open world-wide to all women (cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people. Additionally, they are open in the U.S, to all Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander people.
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<span class="anchor" id="line-5"></span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/">https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/</a>
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<span class="anchor" id="line-7"></span>Interns work remotely with experienced mentors in free and open source software projects. The internships are often focused on programming tasks, but some projects offer internships in user experience design, graphic design, documentation, web development, marketing, translation, and more.
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<span class="anchor" id="line-9"></span>The Outreachy internships run from May 30 to August 30. More details and eligibility criteria can be found here:
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<span class="anchor" id="line-11"></span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Program_Details">https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy#Program_Details</a>
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<span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span>Applying to Outreachy is a little different than other internship programs. During the application period (February 16 to March 30), potential interns are expected to make contact with one or more of the open source project mentors, and make a contribution to the project. Outreachy coordinators have found that the strongest applicants contact mentors early, ask a lot of questions, and continually submit small contributions throughout the application period.
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<span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span>One of the Outreachy coordinators (Sarah Sharp) can give a virtual introductory talk with interested organizations or universities in the coming weeks. You can see her availability and schedule a meeting here:
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<span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://doodle.com/sarahsharp">http://doodle.com/sarahsharp</a>
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<span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span>Please let me know if you have any questions about the program. The Outreachy coordinators (Marina, Karen, Sarah, Cindy, and Tony) can all be reached at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:outreachy-admins@gnome.org">outreachy-admins@gnome.org</a>
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<span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span>I hope you'll help us spread the word about the Outreachy internships!
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<span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span>p.s. Please note that Google Summer of Code is also accepting applications for their internships: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/">https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/</a></pre>
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Kathy Reid
President
Linux Australia
0418 130 636
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:president@linux.org.au">president@linux.org.au</a>
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Linux Australia Inc
GPO Box 4788
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
ABN 56 987 117 479 </pre>
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