I have reached out to them seeking clarification. Will let you all know when I hear back.
Dinesh > On Apr 2, 2019, at 10:33 PM, Sharan Foga <sha...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi Aizhamal > > The rules are that a maximum of 2 technical writers will be allocated per > organisation - and we are asking for the maximum. This is a Google constraint > not ours. And even though we have asked for 2, if accepted there is also the > possibility that we get allocated only 1. > > My thought is that unlike GSoC where there are lots of students wanting to > apply and participate, there is only a limited number of technical writers > available so to ensure accepted organisations get at least one writer - it is > being limited. > > Thanks > Sharan > > On 2019/04/02 21:57:20, Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy <aizha...@google.com.INVALID> > wrote: >> Hi Sharan, >> >> We plan to prepare ideas list for at least 2 Apache projects, in particular >> for Airflow, Beam and possibly Spark. I am sure there are other projects >> that would like to participate, therefore I’m wondering whether 2 tech >> writers will be enough? Can we ask for more? >> >> I’m happy to chat further to figure out what’s the best course of action. >> >> Thanks, >> Aizhamal >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 14:03 Sharan Foga <sha...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi All >>> >>> As mentioned the applications for the Google Season of Docs opened today >>> and I'm working my way through it on behalf of the ASF. >>> >>> If accepted, we will be allocated either one or two techical writers. >>> Google will also pay the ASF a stipend of $500 per technical writer >>> mentored (which I hope can go directly to fundraising :-) >>> >>> Each project that wants to participate must provide two mentors for each >>> documentation project. >>> >>> As part of the application process there are a few things that we need to >>> setup. >>> >>> 1. Season of Docs Page and List of Project Ideas >>> We need to create a public webpage about Season of Docs that contains the >>> list of project ideas for documentation. I have created a page on the >>> ComDev wiki https://s.apache.org/w4CH with a table for projects to >>> record their ideas. >>> >>> 2. Alternative administrator. >>> I’ve set myself up as the primary admin and Maxim as the alternative admin >>> (Maxim, I need to confirm your contact email and you will also need to >>> register as the alternative admin and I will email you the link offline) >>> >>> 3. Mentors >>> All mentors from the projects interested in participating must register >>> individually at the following link : https://forms.gle/a1x26WQGzURLerv66. >>> >>> 4. Application Form: Documentation / Technnial Writer Collaboration >>> There is a section to fill in about experience with documentation and any >>> previous collaboration with technical writers. I know a few projects have >>> used various tools for documentation - but not sure about any technical >>> writing collaboration (so if you know of any then please let me know) >>> >>> 5. Application Form: GSoC >>> There is a section to complete at our participation in GSoC.I think I have >>> the details from our application this year so can follow up with Maxim or >>> Uli about it >>> >>> This is all I have at the moment and we have until the 23rd April 2019 to >>> finalise all the application details. Ideally I want to have it done well >>> before then :-) >>> >>> Please pass on this information within your various projects and as with >>> GSoC - I'll see how we can get this information out to all our project >>> mailing lists. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Sharan >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >>> >>> -- >> >> *Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy* >> >> Open Source Program Manager >> >> 646-355-9740 Mobile >> >> 601 North 34th Street, Seattle, WA 98103 >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
