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Coordinate Wikimedia's participation in Google Summer of Code 2020 and Outreachy Round 20
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More about these programs

Outreachy: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy
GSoC: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code

Timeline

Outreachy: https://www.outreachy.org/apply/project-selection/
GSoC: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline

TODO

Before the program starts
  • Recruit organization administrators
  • Recruit ideas for projects and mentors
  • Setup Zulip chat stream for GSoC 2020 and Outreach Round 20
  • Set up a GSoC 2020 and Outreachy Round 20 page on MediaWiki.org
  • Create a Google-Summer-of-Code-2020 & Outreachy-Round-20 project tag on Phabricator
  • Sign up as a mentoring organization on Google Summer of Code and Outreachy's website
  • Get mentors to submit their project proposal on Outreachy's website.
After the applications open
  • Promote Wikimedia's participation in GSoC and Outreachy
  • Optional: Participate in the Outreachy Twitter chat
After the application deadline
  • Start an email thread with mentors and facilitate the selection process
After the results are announced
  • Send accepted participants a congratulations email and instructions to join Zulip, community building, etc.
  • Send rejected participants an email with opportunities to stay involved
  • Update the program page on MediaWiki with necessary information (accepted candidates, next steps, etc)
During the program
  • Remind students to continue working on projects and write reports
  • Outreachy contract renewal
After the program
  • Host a project showcase
  • Write a blog post
  • Archive the workboards on Phabricator

EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • First call for projects and mentors
  • Accepted as a mentoring organization
  • Accepted projects list

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StatusSubtypeAssignedTask
 ResolvedsrishakatuxT241016 Coordinate Wikimedia's participation in Google Summer of Code 2020 and Outreachy Round 20
 ResolvedsrishakatuxT241019 Recruit ideas for projects and mentors for Google Summer of Code 2020 and Outreachy Round 20
 ResolvedPavithraesT242950 Set up a Zulip chat Stream for GSoC 2020 and Outreachy Round 20
 ResolvedPavithraesT242951 Set up a GSoC 2020 and Outreachy Round 20 page on MediaWiki.org
 ResolvedsrishakatuxT243244 Sign up as a mentoring organization on Google Summer of Code and Outreachy's website
 ResolvedPavithraesT243348 Provide support to GSoC 2020 and Outreachy Round 20 candidates in Zulip
 ResolvedsrishakatuxT243353 Document all big announcements made via email, Zulip, etc on Administrators/Announcements pages on MediaWiki.org
 ResolvedsrishakatuxT244496 Promote Wikimedia's participation in GSoC 2020 / Outreachy 20 to prospective candidates
 ResolvedPavithraesT244539 Participate in the Outreachy Twitter Chat
 ResolvedsrishakatuxT246150 Invite mentors to sign-up on the GSoC site
 ResolvedsrishakatuxT249389 Facilitate the intern selection process with mentors
 ResolvedPavithraesT250697 Update the program pages on MediaWiki.org for community bonding and internship phase
 ResolvedsrishakatuxT251365 Send accepted participants a congratulations email with instructions for community bonding+internship phase.
 ResolvedPavithraesT251366 Send rejected participants an email with opportunities to stay involved
 ResolvedPavithraesT259227 Write blog post reflecting on GSoC 2020 and Outreachy 20 programs
 ResolvedPavithraesT262095 Send thank you tokens to mentors
 ResolvedPavithraesT262383 Organize project showcase
 ResolvedPavithraesT262679 Participate in GSoC virtual mentor summit on Oct 15/16, 2020

Event Timeline

srishakatux created this task.Dec 18 2019, 1:01 AM
Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptDec 18 2019, 1:01 AM
srishakatux triaged this task as Medium priority.Dec 18 2019, 1:01 AM
srishakatux added projects: Google-Summer-of-Code, Outreachy.
Pavithraes subscribed.Dec 22 2019, 1:51 PM
Aklapper moved this task from To triage to Backlog on the Developer-Advocacy board.Jan 11 2020, 3:56 PM
Pavithraes updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 16 2020, 8:39 AM
Pavithraes closed subtask T242950: Set up a Zulip chat Stream for GSoC 2020 and Outreachy Round 20 as Resolved.Jan 16 2020, 6:25 PM
srishakatux updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 20 2020, 9:23 PM
Pavithraes closed subtask T242951: Set up a GSoC 2020 and Outreachy Round 20 page on MediaWiki.org as Resolved.Jan 21 2020, 8:54 AM
Pavithraes updated the task description. (Show Details)
srishakatux edited projects, added Google-Summer-of-Code (2020), Outreachy (Round 20); removed Outreachy, Google-Summer-of-Code.Jan 21 2020, 10:19 PM
srishakatux closed subtask T243244: Sign up as a mentoring organization on Google Summer of Code and Outreachy's website as Resolved.Feb 4 2020, 4:03 AM
srishakatux closed subtask T244496: Promote Wikimedia's participation in GSoC 2020 / Outreachy 20 to prospective candidates as Resolved.Feb 13 2020, 2:02 AM
srishakatux closed subtask T241019: Recruit ideas for projects and mentors for Google Summer of Code 2020 and Outreachy Round 20 as Resolved.Feb 25 2020, 12:58 AM
srishakatux updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 25 2020, 7:40 PM
srishakatux closed subtask T246150: Invite mentors to sign-up on the GSoC site as Resolved.Mar 4 2020, 6:06 PM
srishakatux added a comment.EditedMar 31 2020, 9:45 PM

A couple statistics on proposals that we received for GSoC:

  • 107 proposals on GSoC site out of which 51 submissions are on Phabricator.
  • Demographics:
    • 35 proposals from India
    • 5 from Nigeria
    • 2 from Spain
    • 2 from Egypt
    • 1 from Poland
    • 1 from Pakistan
    • 1 from US
    • 1 from Hong Kong

From Google:
"The numbers were much higher than ever before -- over 51,000 students registered for the program this year (a 65% increase from the previous high)! 6,335 students submitted their final proposals and applications for you all to review over these next couple of weeks (that's a 13% increase over last year)."

Pavithraes awarded a token.Apr 1 2020, 1:52 AM
srishakatux moved this task from Backlog to Apr-Jun 2020 on the Developer-Advocacy board.Apr 2 2020, 5:02 PM
srishakatux edited projects, added Developer-Advocacy (Apr-Jun 2020); removed Developer-Advocacy.
srishakatux closed subtask T243353: Document all big announcements made via email, Zulip, etc on Administrators/Announcements pages on MediaWiki.org as Resolved.Apr 3 2020, 10:34 PM
srishakatux added a comment.Apr 7 2020, 7:28 PM

A couple statistics on proposals that we received for Outreachy:

  • 27 proposals on Outreachy site and 8 submissions on Phabricator. (We didn't mandate submissions on Phabricator for all projects, so 27 is the final number)
  • Demographics:
    • 15+ proposals from India
    • 3 from US
    • 1 from Nigeria
    • 1 from Spain
    • 1 from Pakistan
    • 1 from Uganda
    • 1 from Israel
    • 1 from Mexico
    • 1 from Paris
    • 1 from Cameroon
Aklapper added a project: Goal.Apr 10 2020, 4:05 PM
srishakatux closed subtask T249389: Facilitate the intern selection process with mentors as Resolved.May 5 2020, 1:29 AM
srishakatux closed subtask T251365: Send accepted participants a congratulations email with instructions for community bonding+internship phase. as Resolved.May 5 2020, 1:32 AM
Pavithraes closed subtask T250697: Update the program pages on MediaWiki.org for community bonding and internship phase as Resolved.May 5 2020, 8:22 PM
Pavithraes closed subtask T251366: Send rejected participants an email with opportunities to stay involved as Resolved.May 20 2020, 10:15 PM
Pavithraes updated the task description. (Show Details)May 20 2020, 10:19 PM
srishakatux moved this task from Apr-Jun 2020 to Jul-Sep 2020 on the Developer-Advocacy board.Jun 25 2020, 4:13 PM
srishakatux edited projects, added Developer-Advocacy (Jul-Sep 2020); removed Developer-Advocacy (Apr-Jun 2020).
srishakatux removed a project: Goal.Jul 21 2020, 7:04 PM
Pavithraes updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 8 2020, 7:18 PM
srishakatux closed subtask T243348: Provide support to GSoC 2020 and Outreachy Round 20 candidates in Zulip as Resolved.Sep 8 2020, 7:41 PM
Nintendofan885 closed subtask T259227: Write blog post reflecting on GSoC 2020 and Outreachy 20 programs as Resolved.Sep 15 2020, 6:31 PM
Pavithraes closed subtask T262383: Organize project showcase as Resolved.Sep 16 2020, 5:40 PM
Pavithraes closed subtask T262095: Send thank you tokens to mentors as Resolved.Sep 21 2020, 1:22 PM
srishakatux moved this task from Jul-Sep 2020 to Oct-Dec 2020 on the Developer-Advocacy board.Sep 24 2020, 6:08 PM
srishakatux edited projects, added Developer-Advocacy (Oct-Dec 2020); removed Developer-Advocacy (Jul-Sep 2020).
Pavithraes closed subtask T262679: Participate in GSoC virtual mentor summit on Oct 15/16, 2020 as Resolved.Oct 15 2020, 7:28 PM
srishakatux closed this task as Resolved.Nov 6 2020, 7:07 PM

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Past_projects#2020
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Past_projects#Round_20

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