Git in Outreachy? (December 2022)

>
> 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.

> 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.

> > 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.

>
> 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.
>

> > 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.

>
> 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.