Re: OPW; Where does the 500$ for each GSoC goes?

[Andreas Nilsson <lists andreasn se>]

On 09/17/2014 01:58 PM, Sébastien Wilmet wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 09:51:15AM +0100, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote:
> > The approach to budgeting is similar in that the Foundation and Google
> > both have a budget, but our budgets are quite different. Any spending
> > in any area means that that money cannot be spent in another area.
> What if the Foundation decides to just organize OPW, which is already a
> good contribution, but doesn't sponsor itself interns? By doing that,
> the saving permits to spend the $10k or $5k on something else, like
> sponsoring an experienced member of the Foundation instead of sponsoring
> newcomers.

I think we need think more long term than that. I think OPW and GSOC 
internships are excellent ways for people to get their first foot into 
the community.
A lot of the current long term contributors are being paid well by their 
employers to hack on GNOME. I think that's great, and it would be hard 
for the Foundation to compete with that kind of salaries.
I would also add that the cost of an internship is not only money, but 
mainly time taken away from an existing contributor that could be 
focusing on their own work. I think it's worth that though.

But yes, how do we get the most buck for the money is a good question.
Maybe the GNOME project need to make harder choices for what projects to 
pick for internships projects to work on.
I've not mentored anyone myself for a while now. Partly because it's a 
lot of work, but also because I think that websites or graphics design 
isn't our greatest challenges as a project right now.

- Andreas