[Announce] GNOME Outreach Program for Women internships

[Vishnoo]

Hi,
I noticed the GNOME Outreach Program for Women internships [1] and poked Ubuntu-Women team about it.
Valorie Zimmermann mentioned forwarding it here would be appropriate too. Hence the announce. :-)


GNOME is an innovative free software desktop. It is easy to use and is the most popular desktop 
distributed with free operating systems.

In an effort to get more women involved in free software, GNOME project is sponsoring several
internships for women from December 15, 2010 to March 15, 2011. The application deadline for the 
program is October 25, 2010. The applicants need to get in touch with individual GNOME projects 
ahead of time to decide which project they are interested in working on. The stipend for the 
program is $4,500 (USD).

Participants will work remotely from home, while getting guidance from an assigned mentor and 
collaborating within their project’s team and the rest of the GNOME community. The projects 
include developing software for GNOME 3.0 desktop look, games, messaging, document and photo 
editing. There are also non-coding projects, such as graphic design, documentation, and marketing.

Please visit <http://www.gnome.org> to learn more and apply. The mentorship opportunities are also 
available throughout the year for anyone interested in getting started contributing to GNOME 
outside of the internship program.

Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone who might be interested.

[1] http://blogs.gnome.org/marina/2010/09/16/let%E2%80%99s-make-women-outreach-a-gnome-wide-effort/


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Cheers,
Vish