Re: tips for writing your proposal

[Daniel Pocock]

On 13/03/18 20:12, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> 
> Some general ideas for things to put in the proposal.
> 
> Personally, I prefer to see 1 or 2 pages + extra pages for diagrams.
> Other mentors may want other things in the plan.
> 
> Not all of these things impact the assessment, some of them simply help
> me understand how you want to work.
> 


Another tip I would like to add for people finishing their proposal,
please consider including answers to the following:

- where will you work?
  - home?
  - on campus?
  - coffee shop?
  - your local hackerspace?
  - a local company who will give you a desk,
 maybe it is somewhere you work part time?

- will other students potentially work in the same location?

Please think about at least two of those options: sometimes people find
their first option doesn't work.  For example, they try to work from
home but they encounter distractions or pressure from other people.  If
you have an alternative plan now you will have less problems during the
project.

For any students who only joined the list, you can find the history of
this thread here:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-outreach/2018/03/msg00069.html

Regards,

Daniel

Re: tips for writing your proposal - more details (tools)

[Daniel Pocock]

On 13/03/18 20:12, Daniel Pocock wrote:

> 
> - tools you want to use:
>   - communication (names of IRC channels, email lists, other tools?)
>   - project management (will you use Kanboard or something else?)
>   - your IDE, e.g. Eclipse
>   - your desktop environment / Linux of choice
> 

I've started looking at student proposals, I'll send some individual
replies but also some general tips for everybody.

Please remember that in Debian, we are keen to avoid proprietary
services that hide their source code when there is a free alternative
available.

Here are some example:

Instead of Hangouts, some mentors prefer to use Jitsi Meet or rtc.debian.org

Instead of Github, some projects use salsa.debian.org

Instead of Slack, Debian uses IRC

Instead of Trello, some people use Kanboard


Why not visit https://meet.jit.si and try to make a call with a friend,
another student or even one of the mentors?  The Jisti Meet software is
all free software.

If your project proposal includes any specific tools, why not ask about
them on IRC?

I started a page about this here:

https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Outreach/Tools

and mentors and students are welcome to contribute.

If you want to use Kanaboard, which instance will you use and how will
you get an account to log in?  Please share your ideas about it.

Re: tips for writing your proposal

[Sanjay Prajapat]

Sir, I am writing proposal for "Wizard/GUI helping students/interns apply
and get started
"
and i have a doubt. What do you mean by "searching for *free software
groups* in their local area and installing useful development tools on
their computer." ? Sir Can you please clear this point , it will really
help me in writing good proposal.

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 12:42 AM, Daniel Pocock  wrote:

>
> Some general ideas for things to put in the proposal.
>
> Personally, I prefer to see 1 or 2 pages + extra pages for diagrams.
> Other mentors may want other things in the plan.
>
> Not all of these things impact the assessment, some of them simply help
> me understand how you want to work.
>
>
> - your availability (specify any weeks for vacations, etc)
>
>
> - links (your page on wiki.debian.org, contributors.debian.org and any
> external links like your blog, Github, ...)
>
>
> - tools you want to use:
>   - communication (names of IRC channels, email lists, other tools?)
>   - project management (will you use Kanboard or something else?)
>   - your IDE, e.g. Eclipse
>   - your desktop environment / Linux of choice
>
>
> - your aim - what it will look like when finished (1 paragraph)
>
>
> - week by week plan, example:
>
> early May / bonding period:
>   - upgrade to Debian stretch
> Week 1:
>   - create main window
> Week 2:
>   - create module Foo
>   - create unit tests for Foo
>
>  ...
>
> Week 13:
>   - present my project at DebConf17 in Taiwan
>   (depends on travel funding)
>
>
> - architecture diagrams, flowcharts and mock-up of GUI if relevant
>- even hand-drawn diagrams are acceptable
>
>
> - between 3 and 10 links to recent contributions
>- bug fixes, pull requests, commits in your own Git repository, blog
> posts, anything you did between January and March 2018
>
>