[Qgis-psc] Suggestion to Join Outreachy for Improving Diversity in QGIS

[Marco Bernasocchi]

Thanks Valentin for the input.
I'll check it out and will bring this to the next psc.

Cheers Marco

On Sun, 9 Mar 2025, 23:15 Valentin BUIRA via QGIS-PSC, <
qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi PSC,
>
> I have been to only one developer meeting so far, but I already heard
> the joke that "The only diversity among core contributors is how bald
> they are..."
>
> Behind the joke, this highlights the lack of diversity in open source
> projects, and QGIS is no exception to the rule.
>
> In order to alleviate the issue, I would like to suggest for the QGIS
> project to apply to the outreachy [0] program. To quote their website:
>
> "Outreachy provides internships in open source. Outreachy provides
> internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by
> underrepresentation in the technical industry where they are living."
>
> In short:
>  * Outreachy provides a stipend of $7 000 USD  for 3 months of work
>  * While outreachy doesn't specifically target women, 92% of interns
> are women ( and 64% people of color)
>  * While the format is somewhat similar to Google Summer of Code. This
> is not a replacement for GSoC, in fact, they work with communities to
> avoid overlapping projects with GSoC.
>  * The open source communities that have already joined include:
> Debian, Firefox, Git, Gnome, Libre office, and others[1] ...
>
> There are two cohorts per year, one in June and one in December. The
> application deadline for open source communities for June 2025 has
> sailed last month, but I invite the PSC to add the next deadline in
> early august to their calendar...
>
> I hope this could be the first step for a more diverse and a more fair
> for everyone QGIS
>
> [0] https://www.outreachy.org/
> [1] https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-dec-2024-internship-cohort/
>
> Best regards,
> Valentin
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