Hello all, This is the final reminder email :) We have recruited five cool technical projects to promote via Outreachy related to quality assurance, tool, and bot development.
The deadline for mentors to submit projects has been extended to *September 29 at 4 pm UTC*. If you are still thinking about a project, please get in touch. There is only one slot remaining! Cheers, Srishti On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 3:32 PM Srishti Sethi <sse...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > This message is a reminder for folks who might be interested in mentoring > a project as part of the Outreachy program. Now would be the time to > express your interest (see details in this thread above). > > So far, we have received interest from 3 projects, and we can fund up to 7 > in the next round. We would also be happy to walk you through the process > individually if this will be your first time mentoring in the program. > > Drop a note here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289893 > > Cheers, > Srishti > > (on behalf of the organization team) > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 3:46 PM Srishti Sethi <sse...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> Wikimedia is participating in the winter edition of this year's Outreachy >> <https://www.outreachy.org/> [1] (December 2021–February 2022)! The >> deadline to submit projects on the Outreachy website is *September 30th, >> 2021*. >> >> If you would like to share an idea for a project that you would like to >> mentor or you are not familiar with the program and want to learn anything >> more about it, feel free to reply to this email or leave a note on < >> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289893> [2]. >> >> *About the Outreachy program*: >> Outreachy offers three-month internships to work remotely in Free and >> Open Source Software (FOSS), coding and non-coding projects with >> experienced mentors. These internships run twice a year–from May to August >> and December to March. Interns are paid a stipend of USD 5,500 for the >> three months of work. They also have a USD 500 stipend to travel to >> conferences and events. Interns often find employment after their >> internship with Outreachy sponsors or jobs that use the skills they learned >> during their internship. This program is open to both students and >> non-students. Outreachy expressly invites the following people to apply: >> >> - Women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people. >> - Anyone who faces under-representation, systematic bias, or >> discrimination in the technology industry in their country of residence. >> - Residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are >> Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/American Indian, >> Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander. >> >> See a blog post highlighting experiences and outcomes of interns who >> participated in a previous round of Outreachy with Wikimedia < >> https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2021/06/02/outreachy-round-21-experiences-and-outcomes/> >> [3] >> >> Some tips for mentors for proposing projects: >> >> - Follow this task description template when you propose a project in >> Phabricator: < >> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects/> >> [4]. Add #Outreachy (Round 23) tag to it. >> - Remember, the project should require an experienced developer ~15 >> days to complete and a newcomer ~3 months. >> - Each project should have at least two mentors, and one of them >> should hold a technical background. >> - When it comes to picking a project, you could propose one that is: >> - Relevant for your language community or brings impact to the >> Wikimedia ecosystem in the future. >> - Welcoming and newcomer-friendly and has a moderate learning >> curve. >> - A new idea you are passionate about, there are no deadlines >> attached to it; you always wanted to see it happen but couldn't due to >> lack >> of resources help! >> - About developing a standalone tool (possibly hosted on Wikimedia >> Toolforge), with fewer dependencies on Wikimedia's core >> infrastructure, it >> doesn't necessarily require a specific programming language. >> >> See roles and responsibilities of an Outreachy mentor < >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors> [5]. >> >> We look forward to your participation! >> >> Cheers, >> Srishti >> >> (On behalf of the organization team) >> >> >> [1] https://www.outreachy.org/ >> >> [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289893 >> >> [3] >> https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2021/06/02/outreachy-round-21-experiences-and-outcomes/ >> >> [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects/ >> >> [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors >> >> >> *Srishti Sethi* >> Senior Developer Advocate >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> >>
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