RGSoC 2020 Sponsor Pitch

Rails Girls Summer of Code is an award-winning global fellowship program aimed at bringing more diversity into Open Source by helping women and non-binary people gain a footing in the world of coding. This slide deck summarises stats and information about the program.

Find out why it would be awesome for your company to get involved in 2020.

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1. SPONSOR PITCH
   

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2. Rails Girls Summer of Code is an
   award-winning global fellowship program
   aimed at bringing more diversity into Open
   Source.
   This programming language agnostic
   project welcomes all women and
   non-binary applicants who want to gain a
   footing in the world of programming and
   further expand their knowledge and skills.
   The focus is on advanced beginners who
   want to go into programming full-time.
   RGSoC is a project run by not-for-profit
   organization Travis Foundation. It operates
   solely on the generous donations of
   sponsors and individuals from the
   community.
   About
   Rails Girls
   Summer of
   Code
   

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3. ● Full-time or part-time
   ● Three months
   ● Sponsored
   FULL-TIME
   SPONSORED
   PART-TIME
   SPONSORED
   Our Scholarships
   

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4. 33 companies funded
   13 teams
   =
   14 full time &
   12 part time students
   2018 Students
   

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5. RGSoC 2018 Sponsors
   Partner
   Platinum
   Silver
   

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6. Participating
   Open Source projects
   have been in Clojure,
   JavaScript, PHP,
   Python, Ruby, Rust,
   and Java
   RGSoC Projects
   

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7. Some of the 2018 Teams
   

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8. RGSoC in Statistics
   

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9. Since our first edition, we have received
   700+ Team Applications
   

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10. Since inception, we have contributed to
    76 Open Source projects
    

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11. “RGSoC for me was an opportunity to help
    two smart people get their feet wet in Open
    Source (which can be incredibly intimidating).
    The contributions to the project were valuable
    and as a bonus, I got some insights into how I
    can improve the experience for new
    contributors in the future.”
    Katrina Owen,
    Exercism.io Mentor (USA)
    RGSoC Mentors
    

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12. “Rails Girls Summer of Code changes the tech
    community more than one can assume at first
    glance. Women learning new things and
    getting their foot in the door are only the tip of
    the iceberg.
    This program also alters mindsets of people
    around, setting new standards of how the
    tech community should look.
    Year by year, we spread the idea of
    diversifying tech to make today's diversity
    challenges build up tomorrow's new reality,
    where diversity is just a normal and usual
    state of things. This is what we aim for.”
    Maria Ronacher,
    Organizer (Austria)
    RGSoC Organizers
    

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13. “I got involved, because I believe
    that the program empowers
    women in a field that is both
    exciting and scary, and because
    I would have benefited from this
    kind of support myself
    10 years ago.”
    Alexandra Leisse,
    Supervisor (Germany)
    Supervisors
    

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14. Support us
    Sponsor us today and help diversify Open Source
    railsgirlssummerofcode.org/sponsors/packages
    

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