Sign up to mentor for Outreachy Round 15

2017-09-01 Thread Molly de Blanc
Thanks Mattia, Hans-Cristoph, Tong, and Daniel for your interest in mentoring in the upcoming round of Outreachy. There's a wiki page with a submission system. It might even work. No promises. https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/projects Even if you submitted in past rounds for the same pr

Re: Sign up to mentor for Outreachy Round 15

2017-09-06 Thread Molly de Blanc
; like that? Who can I talk to about making this happen? > > I would love to help in any other way I can in the project too. > > Regards, > Keerthana > > On 1 Sep 2017 22:25, "Molly de Blanc" <mailto:debl...@riseup.net>> wrote: > > Thanks Mattia, Ha

Re: Introduction Mail

2017-09-06 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi Dhara, Welcome to the mailing list! It sounds like you've done some cool stuff already. Daniel Pocock is the mentor for those projects. I'm sure he'll respond soon. I just wanted to make sure someone said hi and welcomed you. :) Cheers, mdb On 09/06/2017 10:21 AM, Dhara Vihol wrote: > Hello,

Re: Android SDK Tools in Debian

2017-09-08 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi Shreya, The #debian-mobile channel on OFTC is probably the best place to get in touch with _hc and seamlik (the project mentors). Here is some information on logging onto IRC: https://wiki.debian.org/IRC. If you have any other questions about IRC, feel free to e-mail the list or me. Cheers, Mo

Re: Outreachy Round 15 Candidate

2017-09-08 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi Katerina, That's great to hear. Welcome to the debian-outreach list. :) Cheers, mdb On 09/07/2017 01:04 PM, Katerina Kabardi wrote: > ​Hi all, > > I'm Katerina, I am a python developer from Greece . > ​I'd like to contribute to Debian, ​ under Outreachy 2017 > > *project* : /Add a Text Ed

Re: Interested to be in for Outreachy 2017, Round15

2017-09-08 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi Sushma, Welcome to the debian-outreach list. :) Cheers, Molly On 09/07/2017 11:23 AM, kukkadapu sushma wrote: > Hi, > > I am Sushma, final year CSE student from India. > I am an open source contributor to Fossasia organization. But, due to my > internship at Amazon previously, I couldn't get

Re: outreachy dec - mar

2017-09-09 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi Lata, I'm probably going to overly explain this, and I appreciate your patience with that. :) We have the funds for 2 interns. Since we want to help new contributors work on things they find interesting, we came up with a lot of possible projects. Once the application period is over, the ment

Re: Interested in contributing to Debian under Outreachy

2017-09-09 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi Prathyusha, Welcome to the debian-outreach list! If you have any questions or need a hand with the application, don't hesitate to ask on the list or on IRC (https://wiki.debian.org/IRC). Cheers, Molly On 09/09/2017 07:42 AM, Prathyusha Sukumar wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm Prathyusha. I l

Re: Sign up to mentor for Outreachy Round 15

2017-09-17 Thread Molly de Blanc
Our completely arbitrary internal deadline for signing up to mentor is upon us! Please finish submitting project ideas and mentorship proposals. https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/Projects Interested in participating, but not sure what to do? Feel free to mail outre...@debian.org or messag

Re: Reminder : Outreachy Applicant

2017-09-17 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi Pragya, Welcome to the Debian Outreach mailing list! I don't see tis projected listed anymore on the projects page (https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/Projects). I e-mailed the person previously listed as the mentor, to see if they're no longer interested. I'll update you once I know.

Re: Contribution to calendar database of social events and conferences

2017-09-17 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi and welcome to the debian-outreach list! You should also feel free to reach out to people on IRC. For more details on that, https://wiki.debian.org/IRC. cheers, molly On 09/16/2017 02:38 PM, Kiran Shahdadpuri wrote: > Greetings! > > I am interested in contributing to calendar database of soci

Re: Outreachy Round 15 Participation

2017-09-17 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi and welcome to the debian-outreach mailing list! Feel free to also message people on IRC. More details on irc are at: https://wiki.debian.org/IRC. cheers, molly On 09/09/2017 02:26 AM, Poonam Mishra wrote: > Hi all > > I am Poonam Mishra, a third year undergraduate from BITS Pilani, India > p

Re: Google Summer of Code 2018

2018-01-09 Thread Molly de Blanc
We just started discussing it at outreach@. The deadline for organization applications is January 23rd. I spoke with Josh Simmons (at GSoC), who is enthusiastic about renewed Debian participation as well. In order to proceed, we need to have mentors and projects to submit with our organization ap

Re: Google Summer of Code 2018

2018-01-12 Thread Molly de Blanc
luable contributions via Debian GSoC. I CC'ed Chirayu Desai and >> Kai-Chung Yan. Both are Debian GSoC alums who now want to mentor. So >> we'd be co-mentors for Android Tools again so we can have up to 3 >> students. We had co-mentors with multiple students before and

Re: co-mentoring some of my projects?

2018-01-17 Thread Molly de Blanc
Thanks, Daniel! On 01/17/2018 11:01 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > Hi all, > > I've resurrected a few project ideas on the wiki[1] for GSoC 2018 > > If anybody doesn't have time to post their own project but would like to > co-mentor please feel free to add your name. > > Regards, > > Daniel > > 1. ht

Fwd: Fwd: GSoC 2018: Debian Project has been accepted as a mentor organization!

2018-02-12 Thread Molly de Blanc
-- Forwarded message -- From: *Google Summer of Code* mailto:summerofcode-nore...@google.com>> Date: Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 12:06 PM Subject: GSoC 2018: Debian Project has been accepted as a mentor organization! To: mollydebl...@gmail.com __

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

2018-02-19 Thread Molly de Blanc
More admins are -definitely- needed all around--for Outreachy and GSoC. In addition to things other people have already mentioned doing (posting announcements, welcoming people, etc), there is administrative work in setting up GSoC and Outreachy participation, picking participants, and generally k

Re: Regarding Google Summer of Code 2018

2018-02-19 Thread Molly de Blanc
Related comments from the Outreachy mentors list: On 02/19/2018 03:39 PM, Outreachy Organizers wrote: > Other mentors who have applicants contacting them privately - > Please also note that if (and only if) you add your chat/IRC/forum > nickname to your mentor information, applicants will see the

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

2018-02-26 Thread Molly de Blanc
> - admins are backup mentors - if there are a lot of mentors, then the > admins never have to step in but it is always possible that admins may > be asked to mentor. This is why it is important to have systems in > place (e.g. the student wiki page like Renata[1]) that allow admins to > get their

Re: updating the project ideas list

2018-03-10 Thread Molly de Blanc
But is Debian an umbrella organization? :P A big part of answering the question "should this be a Debian project?" is practically relevant when it comes times to dispersing resources. Without getting into a debate about how much we should ask GSoC for, I will say: When it comes to decision time, d

Fwd: Review Outreachy applicants and application deadlines

2018-03-10 Thread Molly de Blanc
Quick reminder from Outreachy: If you want to extend your application deadline, you can! Cheers mdb. Forwarded Message Subject: Review Outreachy applicants and application deadlines Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2018 20:48:38 - From: Outreachy Organizers To: Molly de Blanc Hi

Making decisions for GSoC and Outreachy

2018-03-10 Thread Molly de Blanc
As we come up on decision time (well, it's a few weeks away), I'm looking for two to three other people to help make final decisions on who we'll be accepting for the two programs. It would be better if these people were not mentors who are enthusiastically recommending their mentees. However, it's

Re: Applications feedback

2018-03-20 Thread Molly de Blanc
On 03/20/2018 02:13 PM, Daniele Nicolodi wrote: > feedback: should mentors organize so that all > applications get some feedback from mentors before the submission deadline? This is my first year doing this, so someone else should feel free to weigh in. While I suspect it's probably not necessa

Re: selecting Debian mentors for the mentor summit

2018-08-09 Thread Molly de Blanc
I think it would be good for us to send one mentor and one admin. Jaminy (who has been a great admin) expressed interest. Are there any objections? Unless anyone else has strong feelings, I'm inclined to literally roll the dice and randomly pick someone. Cheers, Molly On 08/09/2018 03:47 PM, Da

Re: [project idea] Privacy tags in Debian

2018-08-16 Thread Molly de Blanc
How about we start recording ideas for projects on: https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/ideas ? Cheers, Molly On 2018-08-16 08:07, Ulrike Uhlig wrote: > Hi! > > I also have an idea for a GSoC or Outreachy internship. > > Debian's Debtag project allows anybody with an account to tag packages. [1]

Outreachy December - March Round!

2018-09-16 Thread Molly de Blanc
It's that time of the year again: Outreachy December - March application round! Outreachy is a project that provides three-month internships for people underrepresented in tech, focused entirely on free and open source software projects. Read more about Outreachy: https://www.outreachy.org/ D

Re: Outreachy December - March Round!

2018-09-21 Thread Molly de Blanc
Yes, that is something a mentor should do if they're interested in participating. Cheers, Molly. On 2018-09-20 17:54, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana wrote: > Hi Jaminy > > - Mensagem original - >> De: "Jaminy Prabaharan" >> Para: "Paulo Henrique" >> Cc: "debian-outreach" , "alteholz"

Re: Being an admin on GSOC 2019

2018-11-21 Thread Molly de Blanc
Dear Team, These are also the conditions of my participation in GSoC 2019. Cheers, Molly On 2018-11-21 12:02, Lucas Kanashiro wrote: > Hi, > > On 11/21/18 9:38 AM, Alexander Wirt wrote: >> Hi, >> >> as already said a few months ago I am still interested in being an admin >> again for the debian

Re: Google Summer of Code '19

2018-11-23 Thread Molly de Blanc
Dear Akash, Thanks for reaching out! While GSoC was recently announced, we won't know the mentor organizations for some months. Until then, we won't know for certain if Debian will be participating. Birger recently wrote about getting involved with Debian when you're interested in GSoC. You can r

Re: GSoC 2019 admin team and Organization apllication.

2019-02-01 Thread Molly de Blanc
I think at the last meeting we made a plan to reach out to -project, -outreach, and -devel, but failed to assign the task to someone. Would someone take this task on? The purpose of the email will be to ask people to submit project ideas by February 4th, so we can work on our org application befor

Re: GSoC 2019 admin team and Organization apllication.

2019-02-03 Thread Molly de Blanc
to be *that* text exactly). > > Cheers > > > >> Best Regards, >> Jaminy. >> >> On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 4:08 PM Molly de Blanc >> wrote: >> >>> I think at the last meeting we made a plan to reach out to -project, >>> -outreach,

Re: Would like to contribute and get selected in GSoC in New Contributor Wizard project

2019-02-15 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi Manas, It's great to hear you're interested in Debian! We've applied to be a mentor organization for GSoC 2019, but decisions have not been made. Organizations will be announced on February 26th, at which point we will know if Debian will be participating. Cheers, Molly On 2019-02-15 11:33, M

Re: Introduction

2019-03-30 Thread Molly de Blanc
Dear Ngwa, Thanks for your interest in Debian and GSoC! You can read more about the program overall at: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/. To read about Debian participation, check out: https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019#I_want_to_participate_as_student I hope this helps. Cheers, Molly

Re: Google Summer of Code Application Format

2019-03-30 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi Matt, We're discussing whether we want to have specific guidelines. At the moment, we do not. However, consider including a general timeine of your anticipated activities, what you expect from a mentor, and your goals in participating in Debian GSoC. Cheers, Molly On 3/21/19 3:34 PM, Matthew

Re: About the slot in Google Summer of Code

2019-04-02 Thread Molly de Blanc
For your application, it's recommended to contact a mentor -- to get to know them, to make sure you understand the project, etc -- before you submit a GSoC proposal. After all the student proposals are in, we will request a number of internship slots from Google -- their response determines the nu

Re: Google Summer of Code

2019-04-07 Thread Molly de Blanc
Hi Supriya, I checked out which projects require C++ and only saw Android SDK tools (https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/Projects#SummerOfCode2019.2FApprovedProjects.2FAndroid_SDK_Tools_in_Debian.Android_SDK_Tools_in_Debian). I would recommend checking out the application tasks and seeing if

Re: GSoC[Introduction/Query]

2019-04-07 Thread Molly de Blanc
Dear Akshat, At this point, I recommend contacting the mentors directly. Their contact information is available on the project description: https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019/Projects#SummerOfCode2019.2FApprovedProjects.2FDebianCloudImageFinder.Debian_Cloud_Image_Finder. Cheers, Molly On 4