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From what I understand at a cursory glance the salaries are meant to be for the members of the organization, not for programmers working on open source projects

From what I understand at a cursory glance the salaries are meant to be for the members of the organization, not for programmers working on open source projects (which would be a bad idea for so many reasons...)

bryanlarsen 16y ago
"It is clear from the FAQ that TAI hopes that fundraising will provide the financial resources to allow the organization to dig into projects that are difficult or impossible for all-volunteer organizations to take on." This implies to me that it will actually pay programmer salaries. Why would this be a bad idea? Most open source software is developed by developers paid to do so. Secondly, I certainly hope that Valerie Aurora does more than administer the project. I want my union mounts!
- sciurus 16y ago
  I think when they use the words project and program to describe their work, they don't mean software. Their focus seems to be on "helping women get careers in open technology through recruitment and training programs for women, education for community members who want to help women, and working with corporations and projects to improve their outreach to women." The initiatives they have listed so far are * Development of guidelines and policies to encourage women’s attendance at conferences, recruitment of women to your company, and participation of women in community projects. * Workshops to train community members and employees on practical skills for encouraging women. * Public relations advice for developing and maintaining a women-friendly reputation. * First Patch Week, a week in which companies and communities sponsor open source software developers to mentor women while they write and submit their first patch. * Women in open technology and culture survey, a survey of a representative cross-section of projects and communities to develop a baseline for measuring progress in women’s participation. * Improving women’s participation in Wikipedia and other open data projects. This seems very different from, and more valuable than, paying programmer salaries.

bryanlarsen 16y ago

"It is clear from the FAQ that TAI hopes that fundraising will provide the financial resources to allow the organization to dig into projects that are difficult or impossible for all-volunteer organizations to take on." This implies to me that it will actually pay programmer salaries. Why would this be a bad idea? Most open source software is developed by developers paid to do so. Secondly, I certainly hope that Valerie Aurora does more than administer the project. I want my union mounts!

sciurus 16y ago
I think when they use the words project and program to describe their work, they don't mean software. Their focus seems to be on "helping women get careers in open technology through recruitment and training programs for women, education for community members who want to help women, and working with corporations and projects to improve their outreach to women." The initiatives they have listed so far are * Development of guidelines and policies to encourage women’s attendance at conferences, recruitment of women to your company, and participation of women in community projects. * Workshops to train community members and employees on practical skills for encouraging women. * Public relations advice for developing and maintaining a women-friendly reputation. * First Patch Week, a week in which companies and communities sponsor open source software developers to mentor women while they write and submit their first patch. * Women in open technology and culture survey, a survey of a representative cross-section of projects and communities to develop a baseline for measuring progress in women’s participation. * Improving women’s participation in Wikipedia and other open data projects. This seems very different from, and more valuable than, paying programmer salaries.