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Katia Rojas commented on DI-26:
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Hi folks,
Here is the email content that I will send today CET.
Subject: [ANN] Seeking volunteer mentors from all Apache projects to help
mentor under-represented contributors
To: [email protected]
Send from apache account
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Hello folks,
The ASF has successfully been accepted as a participating FOSS community in the
Outreachy Program [1] to work with Outreachy organizers to offer remote
internships to applicants around the world. With this program, we are looking
forward to improving inclusion in our communities by understanding what are the
barriers that underrepresented groups in the tech industry have while trying to
start their journey.
Outreachy's goal is to support people from groups underrepresented in the
technology industry. Outreachy interns will work remotely with mentors on
projects ranging from programming, user experience, documentation, illustration
and graphic design, to data science. Outreachy interns will receive stipends
for developing said projects full-time for three months.
Mentors will provide mentoring and project ideas and in return have the
opportunity to get new participants - most importantly - to identify and bring
in new committers from underrepresented groups.
If you are an ASF committer and you want to participate with your project, we
ask you to do the following things by no later than 2019-Sep-17 23:00 UTC
(project list submission are due a week later):
1. Ensure you can host an Outreachy intern
Understand the commitment to be a mentor [2] [4], we’ll also ask you that you
connect with the ASF D&I committee to ensure we capture a contribution friction
log from your interns. If you can fulfill this commitment, then move forward to
get consensus from your project’s PMC and move to the next step.
2. Register your project with Outreachy
Register your project on the Outreachy website [6]. Please be as specific as
possible when describing your idea. Include the programming language, the tools
and skills required, but try not to scare potential students away. They are
supposed to learn what's required before the program starts. Use labels, e.g.
for the programming language (java, c, c++, erlang, python, brainfuck, ...) or
technology area (cloud, xml, web, foo, bar, ...).
If you want help crafting your project proposal, please contact the Apache
coordinators: "Matt Sicker" <[email protected]>,. "Awasum Yannick"
<[email protected]>,. "Katia Rojas" <[email protected]>.
3. Curate a list of tasks for your Outreachy project
Add an “outreachy19dec” label to issues related to your project. You should
include links to search filters listing these issues in your project
application. It’s also useful to use a “newbie-friendly” label to distinguish
the starter tasks from the larger or more complex project tasks. This will
provide tasks for applicants to complete during the application process.
If your project doesn't use JIRA (e.g.httpd, ooo), you can use the Diversity &
Inclusion board to coordinate with your applicants, just use the “Outreachy”
component.
[4] Contains some additional information (this could be the FAQ page).
P.S.: this email is free to be shared publicly if you want to.
References:
[1] https://www.outreachy.org
[2] https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/#define-a-project
[3] https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/apache/
[4] https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/
[5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/DI
[6]https://www.outreachy.org/december-2019-to-march-2020-internship-round/communities/apache/submit-project/
https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/
> Call for mentors for Outreachy program
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>
> Key: DI-26
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DI-26
> Project: Diversity and Inclusion
> Issue Type: Task
> Components: Outreachy
> Reporter: Katia Rojas
> Assignee: Katia Rojas
> Priority: Major
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> Coordinate with marketing and publicity to help maximize exposure.
> - Elaborate email content (what do we want to say to our future mentors).
> - Identify the mailing lists to send the emails.
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