Weekly Community Check-In #80 - Outreachy Application (Winter 2020) Ends Soon!

[Cadreia]

Hi everybody! 👏

We all at Public Lab 🎈 - learn, grow, work, brainstorm ideas, contribute together so why not share about our weekly goals and the awesome work we have done at Public Lab with each other, so we can support and collaborate with each other better. We have a Community Check-In each week, where every community member can share something about their work from the past week and about their current week's goal 🎯 . You are also welcome to share fun-fact 😄 , new ideas 💡 , your learning goals ☑️.

We believe in collaborative efforts to support our community. We are running a learning platform which helps a newcomer to become a leader of tomorrow. 💯

Deadline Reminder for Outreachy Proposal and Application Submission

All Outreachy aspirants are reminded that the Call for Outreachy proposals is still open and given that Outreachy applications will be closed in 5 days, you are called upon to post your 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.
Once you're done, it's advisable for you to post the link here or on Gitter so that contributors and mentors can comment, give feedback and help you improve on your proposal before you submit it on the Outreachy website. Doing this early enough will give others more time to comment on your proposal, and give you time to make modifications where necessary!

You can find details on the two projects available for this round below:

1. Comment Editor Overhaul Project:
   Github: publiclab/PublicLab.Editor#630
   Outreachy: https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2020-internship-round/communities/public-lab/#comment-editor-overhaul-project

2. New Dashboard Implementation Project: Bootstrap 4 and Rails :
   Github: [Planning] New Dashboard Implementation Project (Outreachy) #8513
   Outreachy: https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2020-internship-round/communities/public-lab/new-dashboard-implementation-project-bootstrap-4-a/cfp/

Summary

• We hope that everyone has submitted their proposal on the PublicLab website otherwise please do it asap.
• If facing any kind of difficulties or have doubts feel free to ask here
• Deadline: October 31, 2020.

Thank you note to focus issues contributors

The Public Lab Community is saying thank you to everyone who completed an FTO, reviewed PRs, and offered assistance to others in one way or another. Congratulations to those whose first pull requests were merged in the past week: 🥇 @sashadev-sky, 🥇 @shivarajloni, 🥇 @Kennygrace, 🥇 @adi-mohan, 🥇 @ps9793, 🥇 @MinervaLong, 🥇 @AnneThor, 🥇 @kimcheung, 🥇 @stacytonui, 🥇 @edward-hong, 🥇 @mlcomeau, 🥇 @IjayAbby, 🥇 @sonylomo, 🥇 @varun-b-g, 🥇 @shivarajloni, 🥇 @DhrutikPatel

Not forgetting all those who provided reviews on the PRs 🥇 @jywarren, 🥇 @cesswairimu, 🥇 @VladimirMikulic, 🥇 @Uzay-G, 🥇 @Tlazypanda, 🥇 @tawahpeggy, 🥇@karenefereyan, 🥇@RuthNjeri, 🥇@urvashigupta7

We appreciate you all for the efforts you put in this past week.

To everyone following the conversations, learning, and providing support, we appreciate you too 1st_place_medal

Next Check-in

If you would like to open the next check-in...Leave a comment below. We are happy to help if it's your first time

Thanks to everyone for making Public Lab awesome ❤️
Have a great week ahead all 🎈

[cesswairimu]

Thanks @Cadreia 🎉
Next check-in: @karenefereyan

[RuthNjeri]

Thanks for posting this @Cadreia 🎉
Hi, @cesswairimu I have posted my first draft but it seems I need to wait for the moderators to approve the post so that it's published.. does that take long?

[cesswairimu]

Hi @RuthNjeri nope, it shouldn't take long. Pinging @ebarry and she will approve it when she gets a min. Thanks

[fiona-byte]

Thank you for posting this @Cadreia

[stacytonui]

Thank you @Cadreia

[urvashigupta7]

@Cadreia Thanks!! 😄

[cesswairimu]

@RuthNjeri and anyone else already drafting their proposals I am so sorry I had linked the wrong template on the call for proposal post https://publiclab.org/notes/cess/10-02-2020/call-for-proposals-outreachy-winter-2020 . I have updated to the correct template which has pointers and subheadings that you could follow to make a more comprehensive proposal. Please consider clicking the draft a proposal button and create a new proposal or copy the contents of the body there and use it to improve your proposal.
Thanks all and good week ahead everyone

[IjayAbby]

@Cadreia thank you.
Good job on such a great work!!

[IjayAbby]

@cesswairimu thank you for the heads up!

[RuthNjeri]

Thanks for the clarification @cesswairimu, I've reposted it.. I'm currently waiting for the moderator to approve the post. I have deleted the previous one I made. The post is not active right now, will it help if I share the link to it?

[MinervaLong]

Thank you @Cadreia My next goal is step 2 (Help someone else out) with my newbie skills :)

[tawahpeggy]

Great job @Cadreia, @cesswairimu please i'll like to do the next check-in after @karenefereyan.

[fiona-byte]

Thanks for the clarification @cesswairimu. I'd love to do the next check-in after @tawahpeggy

[Shreets]

Thank you @Cadreia for the check in. Congratulations to all the contributors!

I have posted my proposal but it is yet to be approved by the moderators.

I will post the link once it is published.

[cesswairimu]

I will ping the moderators for approval. Thanks everyone

[jywarren]

Hi all! Thank you so much @Cadreia for posting this. I continue to love the medals given out 😄 ❤️

I just went in and left some comments and clarifications and questions to the proposals, now that @ebarry approved them! They are all looking wonderful and I hope what I've responded is helpful. Please feel free to ask any clarifications!

[Cadreia]

Thanks, everyone. It was a pleasure creating this week's check-in. Good luck, @karenefereyan on that for next week!

[jywarren]

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/

[ghost]

@Cadreia amazing job this week. I hope I'll be able to do half as good as you did next week. Hahaha
@jywarren when exactly is the next check in due?

[cesswairimu]

@karenefereyan you can create it on Sunday evening or Monday morning. Thanks

[cesswairimu]

forgot to close this. thanks all