The Cassandra community is also interested in participating in GSoD 2022. But the new rules seem to require ASF-level involvement.
> On Mar 9, 2022, at 3:18 AM, Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com> wrote: > > BTW. We have time to 25th of March for the submission. > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 12:14 PM Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> In Apache Airflow we have some people who have some ideas around improving >> our documentation and we would like to participate in Google Season of Docs. >> >> https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs >> >> We already participated in 2019 and back then it was agreed that the >> projects should submit their proposals individually (not as Apache Software >> Foundation but as Apache Airflow) because that increased the chances of >> getting more projects (there were limits of projects per organisation). >> >> However looking at the FAQ [1], there are significant changes this year >> and they require much more of an "organization" to manage - i.e. Google >> will give grants to the organisations, and the organizations are supposed >> to pay the writers. So it is much more "formal" and I am not sure how it >> plays with the ASF rules. >> >> Is there anyone who could help with that? >> >> Here is the relevant part from the FAQ: >> >> How does the current program differ from Season of Docs 2019 and 2020? >> The current Season of Docs program has significant changes from prior >> years, including: >> >> * Technical writers no longer apply through Google to be matched with >> organizations >> * Organizations submit project proposals as part of their application, >> including a budget and proposed metrics >> * Accepted organizations receive grants, which they use to pay technical >> writers >> * Organizations submit final evaluations and case studies >> >> [1] https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/faq >> >> J. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
