User:Mchua/Internships

This is a draft proposal for a future program - it is not a formal program (yet).

An internship program operating in 3-month cycles (intern terms may be for any multiple of 3 months) where Interns go to work (on specific projects, on many projects, on general help, on inter-organization collaborations) for Foster Orgs at their offices.

Funding for the intern positions comes from Umbrella Orgs, which also act as "facilitation umbrellas" to get different interns and foster orgs talking, updating, and collaborating (...and they can send out t-shirts, too).

One level above that is the overall program, which:

• provides an easy way to handle legal and funding issues and assists foster and umbrella orgs in cutting through the red tape *: acting as a donation channel

  escrow and payment distribution service

  can assist with visas, taxes, etc

• points towards resources for collaboration (potentially hosts mailing lists, etc.),
• moderates and hosts the application process (although applicants are all chosen by umbrella and foster orgs),
• sends out reminderpings at set dates throughout the 3-month cycles
• and runs a publicity/recruitment campaign in general.

Small, well-specified projects that can be completed fairly independently should be handled by Google's Summer of Code, the Summer of Content program, or the Bounty program.