More about these programs
Outreachy: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_28
GSoC: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2024
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: @Sheilakaruku
- Setup Zulip chat stream for GSoC 2024 and Outreachy Round 28
- Set up a Outreachy Round 28 and GSOC 2024 page on MediaWiki.org
- Create a Google-Summer-of-Code-2024 & Outreachy-Round-28 project tag on Phabricator
- Sign up as a mentoring organization on Google Summer of Code and Outreachy's website
- Recruit ideas for projects and mentors. Call for projects announcement in the following possible venues:
- Wikitech-l : https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/Y7PRNX3SMKLTT6ABLGYADTLT2NQ7MKJE/
- Wikimedia-l
- Wikidata-I
- Wikimedia Foundation Optional mailing list
- Telegram channels https://t.me/wmhack/11307 and https://t.me/WikimediaGeneral/20837
- Newsletters (Wikimedia Technical Community)
- Maybe Twitter/ Facebook (wikimediatech, Wikimedia)
- English Wikimedia Discord #technical channel
- Get mentors to submit their project proposal on Outreachy's website.
- Create a private stream on Zulip for mentors where they can ask each other questions about the program.
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 Notified on Phabricator tickets.
- Update the program page on MediaWiki with necessary information (accepted candidates, next steps, etc)
- Organize a welcome call for mentors and interns
During the program
- Remind students to continue working on projects and write reports.
- Host three sessions for interns to allow space for peer-to-peer sharing.
- Opening
- Middle
- Closing
- Outreachy contract renewal.
- Ask a tech admin in WMF to provide latest doc for generating contract request
- Provide relevant info in the contract doc
- Ask tech admin to enter it in Coupa for legal review
- In the meantime obtain invoice from SFC
- Add finance members to the Coupa request to review it and make payment
- Organize a check-in session for mentors
- Publish monthly highlights for both programs
After the program
- Host a project showcase (Optional)
- Write a blog post / Announce results on mailing lists
- Archive the workboards on Phabricator
- Update wiki pages https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Past_projects, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Past_projects
- Participate in the GSoC mentor summit