Hi, I would like to work with Debian org, for outreachy 2018 (Winter). Kindly let me know where to start looking for the projects and how to begin to get selected? (I'm ready for taking up the work) :)
Regards, Sushma K On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Daniel Pocock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > -- K Sushma
