I'm interested in mentoring the Android Tools project again, be it for Outreachy or GSoC. I remember putting up on the wiki for Outreachy in the past. Do I need to update it?
.hc Daniel Pocock: > > > Hi all, > > Has Debian applied to participate in Outreachy again? > > At the end of September/early October I'll be visiting Albania and > Kosovo again. There there are several potential candidates for > Outreachy and also GSoC 2018. If other mentors have their projects up > on the wiki and candidates I meet personally want to discuss them I'll > be happy to get them started, introduce them to other mentors, etc. > > Regards, > > Daniel > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [Outreachy announcement] Call for mentors for Outreachy > internships > Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:51:46 -0700 > From: Outreachy Organizers <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > > > > Greetings, > > The next round for Outreachy, which is a three-month paid internship > program for people traditionally underrepresented in tech, will soon open! > > If you're interested in applying as an Outreachy intern, hang on for a > bit! We'll announce when the application period opens in a separate email. > > If you're interested in mentoring or being an Outreachy community > coordinator, read on. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Dear coordinators and mentors, > > Thank you for being a part of our internship program! Our timeline for > the next round is: > > * September 7 - application period opens > * October 23 - contributions and applications are due > * November 9 - interns announced > * December 5, 2017 to March 5, 2018 - internship period. > > If your organization is interested in participating in the next round, > *please let us know by September 4 if you will participate.* > > > New website > > We are shifting to a set of new Outreachy resources this round: > > * The newly redesigned website <https://www.outreachy.org> for the > program. The Outreachy pages on the GNOME wiki will soon be > redirected here. > * [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> - This is > the new email address for Outreachy organizers (Cindy, Tony, Sarah, > Marina, and Karen) > * [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> - > This is the new Outreachy public announcements mailing list > <https://lists.outreachy.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce> > * [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> - > This is a private list for Outreachy coordinators and mentors > <https://lists.outreachy.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mentor> who > want to participate in the program > > Our goal with the new website is to allow coordinators and mentors to > add their community landing pages and projects pages directly to the > Outreachy website. This allows us to add useful features in the future, > like allowing applicants to search for projects with a particular > programming language or skill. The information listed on the community > landing pages will be the same as what we recommended in the past. We > encourage organizers and mentors to update their current landing page, > so that the information is ready when we have the new website features > in place. > > > Resources for Coordinators and Mentors > > If you are participating as an Outreachy community for the first time, > you'll need to: > > * Review the community participation guidelines > <https://www.outreachy.org/mentor> > * Apply as a community <https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/community-faq/> > * Make sure other mentors understand the mentor requirements > <https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/>, especially the > 5-hour weekly time commitment requirement and the requirement to > sign the mentor agreement > > If you've participated as an coordinator or mentor in the past, please: > > * Secure funding <https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/> for your > community to sponsor at least one intern ($6,500) > * Update your community's landing page according to the guidelines > <https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/landing-page-requirements/> > * Come up with your project ideas and recruit other mentors > * Make sure other mentors understand the mentor requirements > <https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/>, especially the > 5-hour weekly time commitment requirement and the requirement to > sign the mentor agreement > * Let us know by emailing [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> that your community is > participating by September 4 > > We plan on having a twitter chat about Outreachy on September 25 at 4pm > UTC / 11am EST, to spotlight the communities that are participating. > Participation in the chat is optional, but many of our participants find > out about the program through Twitter. > > Please contact Karen, Marina, Tony, Cindy, and myself at > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> if you have > any questions. We hope you can join us for this round! > > Thanks, > Sarah Sharp > Outeachy Organizer >
