On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 12:39:59PM -0700, Emily Shaffer wrote: > > Funding is still up in the air, but in the meantime I've tentatively > > signed us up (we have until the 24th to have the funding committed). > > Next we need mentors to submit projects, as well as first-time > > contribution micro-projects. > > I'm interested to mentor too, but I haven't done anything like this - > official mentoring, intern hosting, anything - so I will need to learn > :)
Great! I think a big challenge is coming up with an appropriately scoped project for the intern. You can take a look at previous Outreachy and GSoC proposals[1] to get the general idea, and then think about some area you feel comfortable working in. You're welcome to send ideas or drafts to the list to get feedback. If you're feeling overwhelmed (or even if you're not), it might make sense to try to partner with somebody else as a co-mentor, especially if they've participated in the past. (It might also be that you can offer to co-mentor with somebody else's project proposal). -Peff [1] Older materials can be found at https://git.github.io/, though these days the proposed projects go directly into the Outreachy system.
