Git in Outreachy? (December 2022)

Git in Outreachy? (December 2022)

[Taylor Blau]

Hi all,

Christian and I both got emails from the Outreachy organizers asking if
we are interested in participating again this year. Last year we
submitted projects, but ultimately did not select anybody from the
program.

I think it would be good to participate in this year's December cohort.
September 9th is the initial community application deadline.

If we're interested, the project submission deadline is September 23rd
By then, we'd need:

  - Volunteers to act as mentors
  - Updates to our applicant materials on git.github.io (project ideas,
    as well as potential microprojects).

If folks are interested, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions
about participating, and overall logistics of the program.

Thanks,
Taylor

Re: Git in Outreachy? (December 2022)

[Christian Couder]

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 6:57 PM Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Christian and I both got emails from the Outreachy organizers asking if
> we are interested in participating again this year. Last year we
> submitted projects, but ultimately did not select anybody from the
> program.

Yeah, let's hope we get more people applying this year.

> I think it would be good to participate in this year's December cohort.

Yeah, thanks for your email about this.

> September 9th is the initial community application deadline.
>
> If we're interested, the project submission deadline is September 23rd
> By then, we'd need:
>
>   - Volunteers to act as mentors
>   - Updates to our applicant materials on git.github.io (project ideas,
>     as well as potential microprojects).
>
> If folks are interested, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions
> about participating, and overall logistics of the program.

I am interested in mentoring and org admin.

Yeah, we need to update our microproject ideas on git.github.io. About
project ideas, we need some, but I think we need to add them into
Outreachy's website. It would be nice also if we could discuss with
Outreachy organizers, and ask them how we could increase our chances
to get some good applicants.

Thanks,
Christian.

Re: Git in Outreachy? (December 2022)

[Christian Couder]

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 8:53 AM Christian Couder
<christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 6:57 PM Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:

> > Christian and I both got emails from the Outreachy organizers asking if
> > we are interested in participating again this year. Last year we
> > submitted projects, but ultimately did not select anybody from the
> > program.
>
> Yeah, let's hope we get more people applying this year.
>
> > I think it would be good to participate in this year's December cohort.
>
> Yeah, thanks for your email about this.

So we decided to participate and I just submitted one project:

https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2022-internship-round/communities/git/#unify-ref-filter-formats-with-other-pretty-formats

which is about continuing previous work by GSoC contributors and
Outreachy interns.

The deadline to submit projects is September 29, so next Thursday.

I think Taylor agreed in private discussions with submitting another
project related to improving our https://git-scm.com/ website (which
was discussed previously on the mailing list).

It could help a lot if we could be co-mentoring the project I
submitted and the project about improving our website that Taylor
might also submit. So if you would be interested, don't hesitate to
contact us.

> > September 9th is the initial community application deadline.
> >
> > If we're interested, the project submission deadline is September 23rd
> > By then, we'd need:
> >
> >   - Volunteers to act as mentors
> >   - Updates to our applicant materials on git.github.io (project ideas,
> >     as well as potential microprojects).
> >
> > If folks are interested, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions
> > about participating, and overall logistics of the program.

> Yeah, we need to update our microproject ideas on git.github.io.

We still need to update microproject ideas on git.github.io for
Outreachy applicants.

> About
> project ideas, we need some, but I think we need to add them into
> Outreachy's website.

If there are many possible co-mentors we can still submit more project
ideas into Outreachy's website before the deadline next Thursday.

> It would be nice also if we could discuss with
> Outreachy organizers, and ask them how we could increase our chances
> to get some good applicants.

Such discussions happened privately, but we are not sure yet if we are
going to do something about this. Unfortunately a discussion round
between mentors and potential applicants happened on September 15 when
a lot of us were at the Git Merge.

Thanks!

Re: Git in Outreachy? (December 2022)

[Hariom verma]

HI,

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 3:21 PM Christian Couder
<christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 8:53 AM Christian Couder
> <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 6:57 PM Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
>
> > > Christian and I both got emails from the Outreachy organizers asking if
> > > we are interested in participating again this year. Last year we
> > > submitted projects, but ultimately did not select anybody from the
> > > program.
> >
> > Yeah, let's hope we get more people applying this year.
> >
> > > I think it would be good to participate in this year's December cohort.
> >
> > Yeah, thanks for your email about this.
>
> So we decided to participate and I just submitted one project:
>
> https://www.outreachy.org/outreachy-december-2022-internship-round/communities/git/#unify-ref-filter-formats-with-other-pretty-formats
>
> which is about continuing previous work by GSoC contributors and
> Outreachy interns.
>
> The deadline to submit projects is September 29, so next Thursday.
>
> I think Taylor agreed in private discussions with submitting another
> project related to improving our https://git-scm.com/ website (which
> was discussed previously on the mailing list).
>
> It could help a lot if we could be co-mentoring the project I
> submitted and the project about improving our website that Taylor
> might also submit. So if you would be interested, don't hesitate to
> contact us.
>
> > > September 9th is the initial community application deadline.
> > >
> > > If we're interested, the project submission deadline is September 23rd
> > > By then, we'd need:
> > >
> > >   - Volunteers to act as mentors
> > >   - Updates to our applicant materials on git.github.io (project ideas,
> > >     as well as potential microprojects).
> > >
> > > If folks are interested, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions
> > > about participating, and overall logistics of the program.
>
> > Yeah, we need to update our microproject ideas on git.github.io.
>
> We still need to update microproject ideas on git.github.io for
> Outreachy applicants.
>
> > About
> > project ideas, we need some, but I think we need to add them into
> > Outreachy's website.
>
> If there are many possible co-mentors we can still submit more project
> ideas into Outreachy's website before the deadline next Thursday.
>

Sorry I missed the discussion on the mailing list. But count me it.

I would be happy to co-mentor.

Thanks
Hariom

Re: Git in Outreachy? (December 2022)

[Christian Couder]

Hi,

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 7:52 PM Hariom verma <hariom18599@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 3:21 PM Christian Couder

> > If there are many possible co-mentors we can still submit more project
> > ideas into Outreachy's website before the deadline next Thursday.
>
> Sorry I missed the discussion on the mailing list. But count me it.
>
> I would be happy to co-mentor.

Great, thanks Hariom!

Re: Git in Outreachy? (December 2022)

[Taylor Blau]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 11:51:23AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote:
> The deadline to submit projects is September 29, so next Thursday.

FWIW, this was extended to make October 6th (at 4pm UTC) the deadline
for submitting projects.

> I think Taylor agreed in private discussions with submitting another
> project related to improving our https://git-scm.com/ website (which
> was discussed previously on the mailing list).

That's not quite the case. If I recall correctly, I said that I'd be
excited for somebody to submit that project. But I don't have the
capacity nor the skills to mentor it this cycle. If somebody else is,
I'd be happy to work with them to find funding for it.

Thanks,
Taylor

Re: Git in Outreachy? (December 2022)

[Christian Couder]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 12:34 AM Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 11:51:23AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote:
> > The deadline to submit projects is September 29, so next Thursday.
>
> FWIW, this was extended to make October 6th (at 4pm UTC) the deadline
> for submitting projects.

Yeah, they sent an email to extend it yesterday.

> > I think Taylor agreed in private discussions with submitting another
> > project related to improving our https://git-scm.com/ website (which
> > was discussed previously on the mailing list).
>
> That's not quite the case. If I recall correctly, I said that I'd be
> excited for somebody to submit that project. But I don't have the
> capacity nor the skills to mentor it this cycle. If somebody else is,
> I'd be happy to work with them to find funding for it.

Sorry for misremembering what you said.

The thread where this was publicly discussed started there:

https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAP8UFD2fN=c2JvvzH94Nu8yqt2MOOtXrn29eFxuie9aZ5YVjQw@mail.gmail.com/