Hi All, Just a head’s up, very excited by this new possibility brewing and will likely apply for BRL-CAD to participate. We could definitely benefit from better documentation and better documentation management. Details below.
Cheers! Sean > Begin forwarded message: > > From: 'sttaylor' via Google Summer of Code Mentors List > <google-summer-of-code-mentors-l...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [GSoC Mentors] Google Season of Docs (GSoD) Proposal - your feedback > is appreciated > Date: October 16, 2018 at 1:47:30 PM EDT > To: Google Summer of Code Mentors List > <google-summer-of-code-mentors-l...@googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: sttaylor <sttay...@google.com> > > At the Mentor Summit we had Sarah Maddox, a tech writer at Google, come and > talk about her idea to bring more technical writers into open source > projects. We would like your feedback and ideas about her proposal too! If > you are intrigued, please keep reading. > > Sarah is proposing a Google Season of Docs (GSoD) to give open source > projects more opportunities to engage with technical writers, and vice versa. > See deck: https://goo.gl/3Bpris <https://goo.gl/3Bpris>. > > GSoD is similar to Google Summer of Code but focuses on docs and technical > writers, rather than on code and students. The target participants are > experienced tech writers who can work with you on your docs. The writing part > of GSoD will run for 3 months, similar to GSoC. Another difference is that > the technical writers will not be earning stipends, they will be doing this > to learn more about open source code and working on developer focused docs > with code and building their resume. And the writers will often have other > jobs, this would be a side project for them (not something they will be > focusing on for 30 hours a week - in most cases). > > We think GSoD will bring benefits for both parties: > Open source projects gain documentation mentors embedded into their community. > Tech writers gain mentorship in OSS and in developer products. > > This deck has more details, including ideas on how the mentors will work with > the tech writers, timing, and suggestions for projects: https://goo.gl/3Bpris > <https://goo.gl/3Bpris> > We're inviting you to fill out this form to help us gauge interest in the > proposal. All feedback is welcome: > https://goo.gl/2tfUQQ <https://goo.gl/2tfUQQ> > This is a proposal for a program, it is not a confirmed program, and it is > not clear which team at Google might manage it. Thanks! > > Best, > Stephanie Taylor
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