Hello all and apologies for cross-posting! There is less than a week to go to be an Outreachy mentor for that project you've always wanted help with. :) Please add your project information before September 11th at 4pm UTC, on the Outreachy page for Wikimedia projects: https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/wikimedia/.
Also, it'd be fantastic if you can add that same project information as a subtask to Round 29's Phabricator tracking task: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T372834. More information is in the email below, and as always, please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. Cheers, Deb -- deb tankersley (she/her) senior technical program manager Wikimedia Foundation On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 4:55 PM Deb Tankersley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm happy to announce that Wikimedia is participating in Round 29 of the > Outreachy program https://www.outreachy.org/ [1] that runs from December > 2024 through March 2025! The deadline to submit projects on the Outreachy > website is September 11, 2024 at 4pm UTC and the project list will be > finalized by September 18, 2024. > > We are currently gathering a list of interesting project ideas. If you > have some ideas for coding or non-coding (design, documentation, > translation, outreach, research) projects, please share them on this task: > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T372834 [2]. > > *About the Outreachy Program* > > Outreachy is a paid, remote three-month internship program. Outreachy's > goal is to support people from groups underrepresented in tech. We help > newcomers to free software and open source make their first contributions > 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 7000 for the three months of work. > Outreachy internship projects may include programming, user experience, > documentation, illustration, graphical design, or data science. Interns > often find employment after their internship with Outreachy sponsors or in > jobs that use the skills they learned during their internship. > > Outreachy is open to applicants around the world and the program is open > to both students and non-students; complete eligibility rules > <https://www.outreachy.org/docs/applicant/> [3]. Outreachy expressly > invites the following people to apply: > > - Women (both cis and trans), trans men, non-binary people, 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 America of any > gender who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native > American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific > Islander. > > *Tips for mentors for proposing projects* > > As a mentor, you will engage with potential candidates in the application > period during October and help them make small contributions to your > project. You will work more closely with the accepted candidates during the > internship period from December through March. > > Each mentor will need to submit an intern project proposal: > https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/wikimedia/ [4]. The project > proposal will then be reviewed and approved by the FOSS community > coordinators. Additional co-mentors for the intern project will be able to > sign up for the project after it has been approved by the community > coordinator. > > *Guidelines for Crafting Project Proposals* > > - Follow this task description template when you propose a project in > Phabricator: > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects [5]. > - Add *Outreachy (Round 29)* tag > - Project should require an experienced developer ~15 days and a > newcomer ~3 months to complete. > - Each project should have at least two mentors, with one of them > holding a technical background. > - Ideally, the project has no tight deadlines, a moderate learning > curve, and fewer dependencies on Wikimedia's core infrastructure. Projects > addressing the needs of a language community are most welcome. > - If you don't have an idea in mind and would like to pick one from an > existing list, check out these projects: > - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects > [6] > - To learn more about the roles and responsibilities of mentors, visit > our resources on MediaWiki.org: > - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors [7] > > We look forward to your participation! > > > > Cheers, > > > Deb > > > [1] https://www.outreachy.org/ > > [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T372834 > > [3] https://www.outreachy.org/docs/applicant/ > > [4] https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/wikimedia/ > > [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects > > [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/outreach-programs-projects > > [7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Mentors > > > > -- > > deb tankersley (she/her) > > senior technical program manager > > Wikimedia Foundation > > >
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