Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-08 Thread Jeff King
On Sat, Sep 08, 2018 at 10:57:46AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Jeff King wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 11:51:49AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > > > >> Yeah, I think the https://git.github.io/Outreachy-17/ is not actually > >> necessary. > > > > I

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-08 Thread Christian Couder
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 9:34 PM, Jeff King wrote: > > By the way, I've got funding from GitHub lined up, so we are good on > that front. Great, thanks!

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-08 Thread Christian Couder
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Jeff King wrote: > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 11:51:49AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > >> Yeah, I think the https://git.github.io/Outreachy-17/ is not actually >> necessary. > > I think it still may be helpful for explaining in further detail things > like

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-06 Thread Jeff King
On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 11:58:16AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 3:14 AM, Jeff King wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 09:20:23AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > > > >> >> Thanks. I think sooner is better for this (for you or anybody else who's > >> >> interested in

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-06 Thread Jeff King
On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 11:51:49AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > > Thanks. I signed us up as a community (making me the "coordinator" in > > their terminology). I think the procedure is a little different this > > year, and we actually propose projects to mentor through their system. > >

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-06 Thread Christian Couder
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 3:14 AM, Jeff King wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 09:20:23AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > >> >> Thanks. I think sooner is better for this (for you or anybody else who's >> >> interested in mentoring). The application period opens on September >> >> 10th, but I think

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-06 Thread Christian Couder
On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 3:21 AM, Jeff King wrote: > On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 06:36:19AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > >> So here is a landing page for the next Outreachy round: >> >> https://git.github.io/Outreachy-17/ >> >> about the microprojects I am not sure which page I should create or

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-05 Thread Jeff King
On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 06:36:19AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > So here is a landing page for the next Outreachy round: > > https://git.github.io/Outreachy-17/ > > about the microprojects I am not sure which page I should create or improve. Thanks. I signed us up as a community (making me

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-05 Thread Jeff King
On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 09:20:23AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > >> Thanks. I think sooner is better for this (for you or anybody else who's > >> interested in mentoring). The application period opens on September > >> 10th, but I think the (still growing) list of projects is already being >

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-05 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Thu, Aug 30 2018, Jeff King wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 02:18:19PM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: >> > - it naturally limits the candidate pool to under-represented groups >> > (which is the whole point of the program, but if you don't >> > actually care about that,

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-05 Thread Christian Couder
On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 6:36 AM, Christian Couder wrote: > On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Jeff King wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 10:16:49AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: >> >>> > 2. To get our landing page and list of projects in order (and also >>> > micro-projects for

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-02 Thread Christian Couder
On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Jeff King wrote: > On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 10:16:49AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > >> > 2. To get our landing page and list of projects in order (and also >> > micro-projects for applicants). This can probably build on the >> > previous round at:

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-02 Thread Jeff King
On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 09:37:59AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > > I also think it doesn't need to be the mentor's responsibility to find > > the funding. That can be up to an "org admin", and I don't think it > > should be too big a deal (I had no trouble getting funding from GitHub > > last

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-02 Thread Christian Couder
On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Jeff King wrote: > On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 10:16:49AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: >> I can also look at getting outside funds. >> >> My opinion though is that it is probably better if the Git project can >> use its own fund for this, as it makes it easier for

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-01 Thread Jeff King
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 10:16:49AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote: > > 2. To get our landing page and list of projects in order (and also > > micro-projects for applicants). This can probably build on the > > previous round at: > > > >https://git.github.io/Outreachy-15/ > > > >

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-01 Thread Jeff King
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 01:30:05PM +0300, Оля Тележная wrote: > I was Outreachy intern last winter. I guess I need to speak up: I will > be happy if my feedback helps you. > At first, I want to repeat all thanks to Outreachy organizers and Git > mentors. That was unique experience and I am so

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-09-01 Thread Christian Couder
Hi Olga, On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 12:30 PM, Оля Тележная wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was Outreachy intern last winter. I guess I need to speak up: I will > be happy if my feedback helps you. > At first, I want to repeat all thanks to Outreachy organizers and Git > mentors. That was unique

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-08-31 Thread Оля Тележная
Hi everyone, I was Outreachy intern last winter. I guess I need to speak up: I will be happy if my feedback helps you. At first, I want to repeat all thanks to Outreachy organizers and Git mentors. That was unique experience and I am so proud of being a part of this project. But, I need to say

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-08-31 Thread Christian Couder
On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Jeff King wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 01:46:00PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > >> I am willing to mentor, and the only reason that kept me from already >> stepping forward and trying to brush up the landing page is this concern: >> traditionally, we (as

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-08-31 Thread Christian Couder
Hi, On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 5:14 PM, Jeff King wrote: > The Outreachy application period is set to begin on September 10th for > interns participating in the December-March program. Do we want to > participate? > > Details on the program are here: > > https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-08-30 Thread Jeff King
On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 02:18:19PM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > > It doesn't need to be. As far as I know, the main reasons (from the > > perspective of a project) to do it through Outreachy are: > > > > - being part of a larger program generates attention and gets the > >interest

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-08-30 Thread Jeff King
On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 01:46:00PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > On Wed, 29 Aug 2018, Jeff King wrote: > > > - it naturally limits the candidate pool to under-represented groups > > (which is the whole point of the program, but if you don't > > actually care about that, then it's

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-08-30 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Thu, Aug 30 2018, Jeff King wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 03:12:37PM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > >> > 2. To get our landing page and list of projects in order (and also >> > micro-projects for applicants). This can probably build on the >> > previous round at: >> >

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-08-30 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Peff, On Wed, 29 Aug 2018, Jeff King wrote: > - it naturally limits the candidate pool to under-represented groups > (which is the whole point of the program, but if you don't > actually care about that, then it's just a complication) > > So IMHO it's easily worth the trouble. I

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-08-29 Thread Jeff King
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 03:12:37PM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > > 2. To get our landing page and list of projects in order (and also > > micro-projects for applicants). This can probably build on the > > previous round at: > > > >https://git.github.io/Outreachy-15/

Re: Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-08-29 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Tue, Aug 28 2018, Jeff King wrote: > The Outreachy application period is set to begin on September 10th for > interns participating in the December-March program. Do we want to > participate? > > Details on the program are here: > > https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/ > > If we want

Git in Outreachy Dec-Mar?

2018-08-28 Thread Jeff King
The Outreachy application period is set to begin on September 10th for interns participating in the December-March program. Do we want to participate? Details on the program are here: https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/ If we want to, then we need: 1. Volunteers to mentor. This is