12 January 2022
Attendees: Allen Stetson (Blizzard), Aliza Carpio, Annie (UX), JT Nelson ,Sergio Rojas, Karen Ruggles, Ferby Cremer, Kirstyn Salehi, Shannon Deoul (Agency), Carol Payne, Tom Szenher, Rachel Rose, Kaitlin Pollock, Jen Goldfinch (ASWF outreach), Greg Grusby
Notes
Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/academysoftwarefdn/shared_invite/zt-118b4n8df-3kdNQ0RSNImzDh_f50_9Ug
- Google Summer of Code (https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)
- ASWF would like to participate this year (could not participate last year)
- Deadline as mentor org is next month (beginning of Feb) - time crunch
- Need to submit the application
- What is Google Summer of Code? https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ … students are paid stipend and has evolved and its focus is open source software
- Orgs apply to mentor and students apply for a spot
- New! Removed requirement to be a student with proof of enrollment
- A lot of projects benefit
- Point is to help the intern learn
- We want more ideas now than what we will actually have…most likely will have 3-4 max interns from this program which means not every project will get an intern
- Per Carol, we will ask for suggestions and feedback when draft is sent out.
- If we get great really good response for our projects and get mentors, then we can consider moving forward with “our own”
- (per JT Nelson) Google also has "Season of Docs" project which is like GSoC but for documentation.
- Possibility of our own internship program (this would be in addition to SLP, Summer Learning program)...we would be building on what exists today - not from scratch
- Got ideas? Let’s write them down: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SqyIqzzSG8a8BR-nN_sMM_V4u11b2m8oMFBtkHIuT-Y/edit?usp=sharing
- Could this work in tandem with Google Summer of Code?
- Legal impact
- Please add your thoughts on this survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6cCARDzFVAer3qs3rDGK1jcTfM9yAt53hKXcOjs0O8H3pDA/viewform
- “Behind the Screens” - well received
09 February 2022
Attendees: Carol Payne, Rachel Rose, Joshua Minor (Pixar & OpenTimelineIO), Shabnam Abbarin, Kevin Clark, Ferby Cremer, Allen Stetson, Jen Goldfinch, Joanna Anthony (Wevr), Sonia Bhatia (Sony), Sergio Rojas, Eric Enderton, Aliza Carpio (Autodesk), JT Nelson, Shoni Doe
Agenda
Welcome new members: Joanna, Sonia
- Open Source Forum
- Review D&I Working Group Plan (GSoC + Ambassador Program + Blogging + SLP)
Open Source Forum (Jen)
- March 10 in LA's Academy Museum
- Afternoon event - see pic below on agenda, 1- 5 pm (lunch available too as option)
- Will post on Slack and you can email Jen, Jen.goldfinch@foundry.com
Review D&I Working Group Plan
Google Summer of Code
- is biggest lift that needs help - application deadline is coming up towards the end of the month
- Need help review the application - Carol is leading this and will post on Slack for review and most likely, Carol will also send email
- Ambassador Program
- will be heavy lift for all of us
- Sergio created glossary and welcome message - for those who are new to the community…starting with Open Timeline I/O
- TSCs and Working Groups (JT Nelson)
- Blogging
- we have a good list of potential topics (thanks, Barathy Rangarajan)
- Reach out to Jen Goldfinch to be featured for Behind the Screens
- Summer Learning Program
- We had focused on a particular group last year...what do we want to focus on this year?
- Check out this Article: https://www.aswf.io/blog/stories-from-the-academy-software-foundations-first-summer-learning-program/
09 March 2022
Attendees: Karen Ruggies. Aliza, Carol Payne, Allen Stetson, Kirstyn Salehi, Ferby Cremer, Rachel Rose, Barathy Rangarajan, Victoria Wong, Kaitlin Pollock, JT Nelson, Sergio Rojas, Varun Talwar
New: Victoria Wong, Kistyn Salehi
Agenda
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Update
- National Science Fair Information and Meeting Schedule
- Summer Learning Program (SLP)
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Update
- https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2022/organizations/academy-software-foundation
- Request is to have folks share with our own networks
- Carol Payne will work on a draft by Tuesday next week
- There will be resources to help people be successful
- Need volunteers from coaches to administrative
- Interested? Join Slack channel - #gsoc-2022
National Science Fair Information and Meeting Schedule
- A meeting and invite outreach and diversity working groups to learn about this program and understand how we move forward) - April 6th (noon PST)
SLP (Karen)
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yVzzIEyYZ7VN2n5YTosKgw44MtQN5nXx?usp=sharing
- You can be mentor and team lead - looking for 3 to 4 team leads (see screenshots below)
Focus Group Discussion
- BIPOC, broaden or narrowly focus?
- Make connections now
- Neurodiversity
- What does this structure look like?
- Latinx
- I (Aliza) have a connection to #Latinageeks
- Please take the poll to help us make the decision on a direction: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqAcs0iWKM9SvSyZmDOGaUPhoHW3nAz4L9D3pnAUpNUNDm9A/viewform?usp=sf_link
- BIPOC, broaden or narrowly focus?
- Timing and planning updates