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Welcome Outreachy Aspirants Winter 2020 #8448

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cesswairimu opened this issue Oct 2, 2020 · 79 comments
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Welcome Outreachy Aspirants Winter 2020 #8448

cesswairimu opened this issue Oct 2, 2020 · 79 comments
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cesswairimu commented Oct 2, 2020 •
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🎉 Welcome Outreachy applicants for Winter program 🎉

We are so excited to have you here ❤️ . This is a discussion issue for all of you. Please say hello in a comment below, so we get to know you. Ask any questions that you might have here and we will be sure to answer them as soon as possible. If you would like to checkout our large community you can find us on gitter https://gitter.im/publiclab/publiclab and also we do weekly check-ins where folks say what they are working on and ask for help if blocked. You can find the link to the latest check-in here #5627

First Step 💻

We suggest you make a first contribution. We have issues with the first-timer-only label which are specifically tailored for a first time contributor. You can find them here https://code.publiclab.org/ along with the guidelines on how to start contributing. Please be sure to check if someone is already working on an issue before you take it up. Kindly leave a comment on the issue to let other people know you are working on an issue. If you can't find any issues that are available, please feel free to leave a comment below and we will find you one asap.
After you solve the first issue you can browse through our "help-wanted" issues. Feel free to tag @publiclab/mentors if you need more context for you to solve an issue.

Outreachy Winter Projects 📝

We have 2 projects for this round.

1,Comment Editor Overhaul Project:

  1. New Dashboard Implementation Project: Bootstrap 4 and Rails :

Call for Proposals 📃

We request applicants to post their proposals on the PublicLab website. Here is a link to call of proposals to the PL website, which also has a template for drafting the template, sample proposals for past interns and helpful pointers while drafting the proposals.
Kindly submit early and post the link here or on gitter so that contributors and mentors can give feedback and help you improve on your proposal before you submit it on the Outreachy website.

These tips are general tips.

Are you tensed? overwhelmed? No need to worry!!! We all are there to help you at each stage of the way. Feel free to reach out in case of anything ☺️
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ebarry commented Oct 7, 2020

Welcome Outreachy applicants! We're excited that you're here. Do you have any questions?

@FrankieMFerreira
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Hello! I just want to thank you all for your contribution towards making this an open and friendly community!

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jywarren commented Oct 7, 2020

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to meet you all! My name is Jeff, he/him/his, and I'm in Rhode Island, on the US east coast. I like cooking and woodworking 🍜 🛠️ and helping newcomers get situated with our community!

I've been mentoring with Outreachy since 2017, and it's always been a wonderful experience! Several Outreachy alums are with us as regular contributors still, and a lot of awesome work has been done through Outreachy projects. We're here to help, so please ask if you have any questions! And, if you'd like a first-timers-only issue to work on, and one isn't available, we can make one for you!

We are really looking forward to this round of Outreachy! Thank you for coming!

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ana-vela commented Oct 7, 2020

Hello! I'm looking forward to making contributions to PublicLab! What a welcoming environment so far!

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Hello Everyone and awesome mentors 🙂 , I am looking forward to contributing and doing amazing work with Public lab during the course of this internship and afterwards

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Annysah commented Oct 7, 2020 •
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Hello, I'm Anisat Akinbani an Outreachy applicant and I must say it feels so welcoming to be here. I would love to be a part of the Public Lab project and really looking forward to making contributions!!.

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jywarren commented Oct 7, 2020

Welcome all! And not to put her on the spot but Cess is an Outreachy alum! 🔥

@urvashigupta7
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I started my Opensource journey with PublicLab. This was the first org I contributed to. Thankyou all for being so welcoming always. Looking forward to make more contributions ❤️🎉

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Hello everyone 👋 It's so great to have you all here! 🎉 Here are some common queries answered in the previous Outreachy season for your reference:-

#7617 (comment) Thank you all! ✌️

@nibble0101
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Hi. My name is Joseph, an outreachy applicant. Interested in contributing to this project.

@GabriellaAmah
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Hello everyone, My name is Gabriella and i am an Outreachy applicant. i look forward to working with the maintainers and contributors of this project.

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Hi all. I'm Hafsah, an Outreachy applicant. I m so excited to be here, and I look forward to contributing to this project.

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Shreets commented Oct 8, 2020

Hello everyone, I am Shreeti- an Outreachy applicant and I am super psyched to be starting my open source contribution with Public Lab. Can't wait to work with and learn from this community and the mentors. Cheers!

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Hi, PublicLab team and Outreachy applicants!
I'm Ruth Waiganjo, an Outreachy applicant, I'm looking forward to learning and collaborating with you all :)

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Hi, @cesswairimu I'm trying to figure out which issue to pick up, most issues have been already assigned.. are there issues you could point me to? I'm okay if it's not a first-timer-only issue

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Hi @RuthNjeri , sure, let me find one for you.

@cesswairimu
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@RuthNjeri checkout this one #6685 and leave a comment there if you would be interested to work on it

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Cadreia commented Oct 8, 2020

Hi @cesswairimu , I'm an Outreachy Applicant and would like to work on an issue. Please can you create one and assign it to me? It's my first contribution.

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Hi @Cadreia, let me find you one

@cesswairimu
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@Cadreia here you go #8496

@cesswairimu
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There is this open issue if anyone else is looking for one #8497

@kofosu2289
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Hello everyone, I am an Outreach applicant and am very excited to begin my contributions to this organization. Everyone seems to be so welcoming!

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jywarren commented Oct 8, 2020

Made a new one in #8501 if anyone is looking for one!

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jywarren commented Oct 8, 2020

I believe #3440 and #6598 are still available too! Please mention you're part of Outreachy when you claim them. And... if it's a pretty old issue, there is always a chance it's already complete or obsolete, so just be aware in case you get confused! Always feel free to ask if you get stuck :-) 🤝 🙌 🎉

Thanks, folks!

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Hello Everyone, My name is Damilola and I look forward to working with you.

@saitgulmez
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Hi,
I'm Mehmet, an applicant of Outreachy Dec 2020 internship program. I'm interested in open source projects and would like to join to this community.

@edward-hong
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Hi I'm Edward an applicant of Outreachy. This projects intrigues me and seems very first-timer friendly. I look forward to working with all of you!

@IjayAbby
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Hello Everyone I feel honored by the welcome wishes from the mentors and community at Public Lab. I am Ijay an Outreachy applicant would love @cesswairimu & @jywarren to kindly tag me to any available first timer issues to work on.

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@IjayAbby here you go #8615

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cesswairimu commented Oct 19, 2020 •
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Hello everyone 👋 , its great to have you all here and hope everything is going on well. If you still haven't got a first-timer issue to work on please let us know and we will try to find you one. The application deadline is 2 weeks away, this would be a good time to start drafting a proposal to give mentors a chance to give feedback and improve your proposal before you post the final draft on the Outreachy website.
Thanks all

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Agreed with @cesswairimu , it is good time to start writing your draft proposals and share with us sooner to get better reviews and then you will have plenty of time to incorporate the changes if any in your proposals 😄

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Hi everyone!
Thanks for the reminder @cesswairimu and @sagarpreet-chadha

It's this week's focus in the weekly check-in

@AnneThor
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Hello! My name is Anne and I'm an outreachy applicant looking for a first time issue, is there anything out there for me? :)

@tawahpeggy
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Hello @AnneThor this is a first timer issue: #8625 check if its still available and you can work on it if its okay by @jywarren. incase you encounter any problems you can ping me.

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Hi Anne - I've just created one at #8639 if you leave a comment there you can claim it!

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saitgulmez commented Oct 20, 2020 via email

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@saitgulmez you can checkout this one #8652

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saitgulmez commented Oct 21, 2020 via email

@cesswairimu
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Hi @saitgulmez, its much easier to develop with Linux. If you would like to give Ubuntu installations another try we could help, there is a thread here that has almost all the issues encountered when installing and their solutions if you have a new error you can post it there or on the chat. If you are doing first-time installation this works great. Either way, whichever OS works for you is okay. Thanks

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nk183 commented Oct 22, 2020

Hello! I'm looking for a first time issue, is there anything out there for me?

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ghost commented Oct 22, 2020

Hello! I'm looking for a first time issue, is there anything out there for me?

We should be able to find something for you. @jywarren @cesswairimu any new timer issues up for grabs?

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There's a first timer issue available if anyone is looking for one..
#8690

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jywarren commented Oct 28, 2020 •
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Hi all! Just a reminder!

Please be sure to file your proposal on the Outreachy website as well as on our PublicLab.org page. You can use a lot of the same text. See Outreachy's text below!

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In order to be eligible to be selected as an Outreachy intern, each applicant must:

  1. Fill out an initial application at https://www.outreachy.org/eligibility/
  2. Record a contribution to your project on the Outreachy site.
  3. Complete a final application for your project.

The deadline for final applications is Oct. 31, 2020 at 4pm UTC. Applicants will not be able to create a final application after the deadline. Applicants can edit their final application until the deadline.

Applicants who submit a final application will be able to continue recording and editing their contributions to your project. They can record contributions until the intern announcement on Nov. 23, 2020 at 4pm UTC. Applicants who have not submitted a final application will not be able to record or edit their contributions.

It's very important that you encourage the applicant(s) you want to accept for your project to complete their final application before the final application deadline. If you do not see the applicant you want to select on this list, contact them ASAP and tell them to record a contribution and submit a final application at this URL (which only works for eligible applicants, not mentors):

https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2020-internship-round/communities/public-lab/comment-editor-overhaul-project/contributions/

https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2020-internship-round/communities/public-lab/new-dashboard-implementation-project-bootstrap-4-a/contributions/

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cesswairimu commented Nov 23, 2020 •
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Thank you everyone for applying with PublicLab. We had great proposals from all you and had a significant spike on contributions last month all thanks to you, we got two slots but we would have loved to take in more..For those who did not get selected, please know that we are extremely grateful for your work with us to date and that we welcome you to continue being part of this community. Thank you for understanding and we hope you’ll apply again ❤️

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cesswairimu commented Dec 1, 2020 •
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Thanks everyone once more for applying with us ❤️ and Congrats @RuthNjeri and @noi5e 🎉 🎉

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Hello! I'm looking for a first time issue, is there anything out there for me?

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Hello @harshdhonchak, I have reserved one for you here #8910 thanks

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