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Welcome, winter 2019 Outreachy applicants! And: seeking mentors! #6285

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jywarren opened this issue Sep 12, 2019 · 51 comments
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Welcome, winter 2019 Outreachy applicants! And: seeking mentors! #6285

jywarren opened this issue Sep 12, 2019 · 51 comments
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Hello folks from Outreachy - we wanted to say WELCOME and create this issue as a discussion zone. Please leave a comment to say hello, in part so we know who's interested in the program! @publiclab/reviewers @publiclab/plots2-reviewers @publiclab/mentors please keep an eye open for opportunities to welcome and support our Outreachy applicants! 👍 🎉

Our project this year is:

Refine Geographic UI and JS Integration for PublicLab.org
Deadline is Nov. 5, 2019 at 4pm UTC to record your contributions and create a final application.

You can find it when you sign in at https://outreachy.org

First contribution

We ask each applicant to try their hand at making a first contribution. 🙌 We've made this as easy as possible, and it should really help, as all our contributions follow this basic workflow. If you haven't yet, please see this page to get started:

https://code.publiclab.org

Seeking Mentors!

We're looking for some friendly, supportive mentors who know our community and practices well, and are looking to help people get started. We especially welcome mentors from groups underrepresented in free and open source software!

Mentors check in with a student at least once per week roughly during the program, and offer some project management guidance and encouragement... while relying on the chatroom and the @publiclab/reviewers group to provide code-specific input, so that we share the burden of specific technical support. We have weekly Check-Ins on GitHub (#4548) as well, and mentors are expected (along with students!) to be in the rotation to post these occasionally.

Remember that to be a mentor you don't necessarily need to know how to code -- we also need mentors who know Public Lab's community and practices well, and who can encourage students to speak up when they get stuck, and to ask the community for input and testing of their work. Students often get stuck when they don't know how something should look, or how a feature might be used by the community -- contextual info!

If you're interested in being a mentor, leave a comment here -- and read over our software outreach resources to get an idea of how we work!

Some key resources on mentoring:

Supporting tasks

Another area you might be interested in contributing (as an applicant OR a mentor) is in supporting other new people to the project. This is an often unrecognized part of a healthy collaborative project, so we've made these issues to encourage people to take part in this crucial activity. We'd love your help, and as a newcomer yourself, you know exactly what it feels like to be new, so you know how important it is to be welcoming and supportive!

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You can help new contributors in getting started by creating new FTO issues - #4963

CALL FOR OUTREACHY PROPOSALS

We'll be posting a more official call for proposals here very soon, so stay tuned!

Thanks and we're happy to answer questions!!

(building on previous versions of this post at #5022 and https://publiclab.org/notes/gauravano/03-12-2019/call-for-outreachy-2019-proposals)
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Hello everyone! I am one of the maintainers of the project and I work for the Public Lab non-profit. You'll probably see me all over and please know you're welcome here! 👍 😄 💯

As you may have guessed, our community runs on kindness and helping one another out 🙌 , so thanks to everyone who's taken their first steps, and ALSO to those who've helped someone else make their first contribution!

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debck commented Sep 12, 2019

Hello, @jywarren I am very much interested in being a mentor this year. Hope to help a lot of people in making their first contribution.

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IshaGupta18 commented Sep 13, 2019 via email

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rexagod commented Sep 13, 2019 via email

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Count me in.
Hi folks! Please fill the mentor application for Public Lab at official Outreach website if you are interested.
Thanks for making PL a wonderful place to collaborate.

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ananyaarun commented Sep 13, 2019 •
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Wow this is a very interesting project !! - "Refine Geographic UI and JS Integration for PublicLab.org"
Would love to help the winter round outreachy interns :)
Count me in too !

@SidharthBansal I don't think everyone has access to the outreachy website unless you were an intern or mentor previously. I don't see any such official application form on their site atm. Am i missing something ?

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SidharthBansal commented Sep 13, 2019 via email

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Steps to become a mentor

  1. Authenticate at Outreachy.org
  2. Go to Volunteers on the upper navigation bar
  3. Click on Co-mentor
  4. Choose Public Lab from the list.
  5. Select a project to co-mentor (Refine Geographic UI and JS Integration for PublicLab.org)
  6. Fill in the form
  7. Wait for the approval from mentors.

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ebarry commented Sep 16, 2019

Hi! I'm working a lot on the moderation workflow this week. :D

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Here is a direct link to the mentor application form i think -
https://www.outreachy.org/december-2019-to-march-2020-internship-round/communities/public-lab/refine-geographic-ui-and-js-integration-for-public/cfp/mentor/submit/

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IshaGupta18 commented Sep 17, 2019 via email

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@IshaGupta18 I am a little bit confused. what Publiclab is looking for? a outreachy intern or outreachy mentors.

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IshaGupta18 commented Sep 17, 2019 via email

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Both actually, you have to decide what you want to do. Mentors are people from within the organization, however people from outside are welcome to mentor as well, if they contribute and get some idea of atleast one of the codebases. Outreachy applicants or interns, are the people who will be working on the projects. Do you have some clarity now?
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On Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:33 PM Saurabh Kanswal @.***> wrote: @IshaGupta18 https://github.com/IshaGupta18 I am a little bit confused. what Publiclab is looking for? a outreachy intern or outreachy mentors. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#6285?email_source=notifications&email_token=AJXHQZZTE2VN76GW67PUYQ3QKDWT3A5CNFSM4IWJ7J42YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD642ZTQ#issuecomment-532262094>, or mute the thread https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJXHQZ3PVQR4I4EYDTAK553QKDWT3ANCNFSM4IWJ7J4Q .

@IshaGupta18 thanks for your answer. so how i can apply for outreachy intern? should I firstly make some contribution to any codebase?

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SidharthBansal commented Sep 17, 2019 via email

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Hi Saurabh, Please check the eligibility criterion for Outreachy Students, I think India can participate in summers only. If you are Indian(which I think you are), then you cannot apply as a student. However you can participate as a mentor Thanks all!
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On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:49 PM Isha Gupta @.> wrote: Absolutely! I would recommend that you go Outreachy's official site and read some guidelines about how to become an intern and contribute and whether or not, you fit in an apt category to become an Outreachy intern. On Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:45 PM Saurabh Kanswal @.> wrote: > Both actually, you have to decide what you want to do. Mentors are people > from within the organization, however people from outside are welcome to > mentor as well, if they contribute and get some idea of atleast one of the > codebases. Outreachy applicants or interns, are the people who will be > working on the projects. Do you have some clarity now? > … <#m_7561222893880859091_> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:33 PM Saurabh Kanswal @.***> wrote: @IshaGupta18 > https://github.com/IshaGupta18 https://github.com/IshaGupta18 I am a > little bit confused. what Publiclab is looking for? a outreachy intern or > outreachy mentors. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#6285 > <#6285 >?email_source=notifications&email_token=AJXHQZZTE2VN76GW67PUYQ3QKDWT3A5CNFSM4IWJ7J42YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD642ZTQ#issuecomment-532262094>, > or mute the thread > https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJXHQZ3PVQR4I4EYDTAK553QKDWT3ANCNFSM4IWJ7J4Q > . > > @IshaGupta18 https://github.com/IshaGupta18 thanks for your answer. so > how i can apply for outreachy intern? should I firstly make some > contribution to any codebase? > > — > You are receiving this because you were mentioned. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > < #6285?email_source=notifications&email_token=AJXHQZ6FQB624N42LFEYYOLQKDYBNA5CNFSM4IWJ7J42YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD644DMA#issuecomment-532267440 >, > or mute the thread > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJXHQZ6SFBQG2QP3BP6PNDDQKDYBNANCNFSM4IWJ7J4Q > > . > — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#6285?email_source=notifications&email_token=AFAAEQ7B47HPSIYWIG6W4FDQKDYRNA5CNFSM4IWJ7J42YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD644S2Y#issuecomment-532269419>, or mute the thread https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFAAEQ4F5L7RGMS2SNCTATDQKDYRNANCNFSM4IWJ7J4Q .

@SidharthBansal I think you are right. maybe I apply next year in summer. thanks for support.

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pydevsg commented Sep 29, 2019 •
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I am excited to be part of the Outreachy program and work as a mentor for publiclab. 😄

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Hi everyone, I wouldn't be able to mentor Outreachy round this time, but would be just a message away(https://gitter.im/gauravano) in case any help is required.

All the best to everyone applying 💯

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Count me in!
Hey, I am interested to be an Outreachy Mentor! Let's do this!

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jywarren commented Oct 5, 2019

Hi all! I've created a first-timers-only issue for Outreachy folks in particular. Please check it out here, and I'll make a few more in the next day or two!

#6399

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jywarren commented Oct 5, 2019

Here is another! #6400

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Hello everyone. I'm Ruchika, I got my initial Outreachy application approved and I have also created my first PR with public labs. I'm new to this community so, please guide my way further towards contributing.Looking forward to do so.

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IshaGupta18 commented Oct 6, 2019 via email

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Ruchika06 commented Oct 6, 2019 •
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Sure M'am,
PR Link:#6403
This solves issue #6400
@IshaGupta18 could you please reference me any repositories and issues which will help me dive deep into the code-base.
Thank You

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IshaGupta18 commented Oct 6, 2019 via email

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Certainly, Thank you

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I remember back in 2017, i also used to address @jywarren with sir and @ebarry with maam :P Took me some time to call them with their first name 😄 !

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@jywarren what is the procedure for becoming an Outreachy mentor?

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Hi @samagragupta
Here is a direct link to the mentor application form i think -
https://www.outreachy.org/december-2019-to-march-2020-internship-round/communities/public-lab/refine-geographic-ui-and-js-integration-for-public/cfp/mentor/submit/

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starkblaze01 commented Oct 7, 2019 •
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Hi all!! A few applicants have been asking about the Outreachy eligibility rules. Here is the link for the rules: https://www.outreachy.org/docs/applicant/#eligibility. Please go through it and take care of the geographical region of your school because students of the Southern Hemisphere will only be eligible for the December to March round as per rules.
Also, don't get demotivated if you are not selected or not eligible for this round. You can help us with GCI-19 for mentoring students and creating the task. You can find details here. And each contribution counts also it will help in the selection of candidates ineligible for this round in the next round.
Good Luck with your applications!

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crisner commented Oct 8, 2019

Hello everyone! My name is Renisha Christie. I am an Outreachy applicant and I am new to publiclab. Looking forward to make my contributions to the project.

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#5004 here's one!

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#5360 another one!

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#5338 is also open now I think!

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Hello everyone! My name is Iveta and I am Outreachy applicant. I am happy to be here and be part of this awesome and helpful community. I am new to PublicLab, as I am new to GitHub in general too. I am looking forward to make my contributions to the project.

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jywarren commented Oct 17, 2019 via email

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Hi everyone! I am Shweta Singh, recent graduate from IIT Roorkee, India. I am an Outreachy Applicant. I want to contribute to this project.

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Hey, I am super interested to be an Outreachy Mentor! @jywarren @gauravano
I have filled the mentorship form on outreachy also

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@subhahu123 Where is the form?

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Hey @subhahu123 @samagragupta, thanks for the interest of being a mentor... @subhahu123 after filling the form you can go ahead look for the Publiclab project and click a button I believe is co-mentor this project(if you have not done that yet) or something close and Jeff will approve your request. @samagragupta just go ahead to outreachy.org and sign up to participate as a mentor, and then follow the above steps. Make sure you check out the resources provided on the description on this issue. Thanks all

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jywarren commented Dec 2, 2019

Thank you all so much, and congratulations to @nstjean @crisner -- but ALSO thank you to each and every person who participated so far! You are all welcome in our community and please consider applying with us again in the future. ❤️

We're working on next steps here: #6887

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Hi, all! New call for SoC mentors for 2020 is up here! #7360

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