On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 at 05:01, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> This seems like a nice little initiative. > > What would be good proposals for potential internship projects ? > > Ideas would be: > > 1. Improvements to OpenMeetings migration of building JavaScript using > NPM and moving more of the current code into NPM modules > IMO this one is implemented > 2. Improvements to the Conference room testing application (add more > metrics and tests, convert to stand alone application) > 3. Improvements to OpenMeetings API & Integration - Improve API, create > a swagger document in OpenAPI format automatically from the code, add > and > improve APIs > 4. Improvements to OpenMeetings performance logging and metrics - > Improve ability to quickly extract performance metrics in order to > measure > and propose changes to scale OpenMeetings with large volume of users > this one is questionable :( such code needs to be completely turned OFF in production Is it possible? if no, it will live in a separate branch forever :( > > > I think 1/2/3 are good topics for an internship. 4 is quite advanced, > requires quite specific performance metrics and relevant background > knowledge. Which might be hard for a student. But we could try. > Who will mentor the students? :) > > Thanks, > Seb > > Sebastian Wagner > Director Arrakeen Solutions, OM-Hosting.com > http://arrakeen-solutions.co.nz/ > https://om-hosting.com - Cloud & Server Hosting for HTML5 > Video-Conferencing OpenMeetings > < > https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/da4e8828-743d-4968-af6f-49033f10d60a/public_url > > > < > https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/b7e709c6-aa87-4b02-9faf-099038475e36/public_url > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Matt Sicker <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 at 03:12 > Subject: [ANN] Apache participating in Outreachy May-Aug 2021 - call for > project proposals and mentors > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > > > Apache is participating once again in the Outreachy program [1], a > remote internship program where interns contribute to free and open > source software communities over a three month full-time stipend. This > program is somewhat comparable to Google Summer of Code, though the > eligibility requirements for both projects and interns are somewhat > different. 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. > > An FAQ [2] is available for those looking for details on project and > mentor requirements. If you would like to mentor, co-mentor, or > otherwise get involved in making a project proposal (or multiple > proposals), register at [3] and click "Submit a Project Proposal" to > mentor a new proposal or follow the other form to co-mentor an > existing project proposal once available. > > Questions can be emailed to [email protected] mailing list or > to the Apache Outreachy coordinators directly at > [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected], or > they can be sent to #outreachy-general on the-asf.slack.com. > > ## Timeline > > 07 Mar 2021: deadline for mentors to submit project proposals > 15 Mar 2021: beginning of applicant contribution period > 16 Apr 2021: end of applicant contribution period > 10 May 2021: deadline for selecting interns from applicants > 12 May 2021: intern selection finalized by Outreachy > 17 May 2021: intern selection publicly announced > 24 May 2021: beginning of internship > 24 Aug 2021: end of internship (can be extended if necessary) > > [1]: https://www.outreachy.org/ > [2]: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/EDI/Outreachy+FAQ > [3]: https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/apache/ > > -- > Matt Sicker > Secretary, Apache Software Foundation > VP, Logging Services, ASF > -- Best regards, Maxim
