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What are the fedora repositories that are going to participate in this outreachy's round?
by Omar Agiez 14 Mar '25

14 Mar '25

Hi there, I’m Omar, and I’m excited to join the Fedora community as part of the Outreachy contribution phase! I have experience in software testing and Python, and I’m eager to learn more about Fedora’s open-source projects while contributing wherever I can. I’d like to know which repositories will be participating in Outreachy this round. Are there any specific projects or areas where new contributors should focus?

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Fwd: Good news! Changes to Outreachy
by Justin W. Flory (he/him) 18 Nov '21

18 Nov '21

Some new changes for the next Outreachy cycle beginning in the December 2021 round. Note that invoices for participating communities are not impacted until the December 2022 round. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Outreachy] Good news! Changes to Outreachy Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:59:36 -0800 From: Sage Sharp - Outreachy Organizer <organizers(a)outreachy.org> Reply-To: Sage Sharp - Outreachy Organizer <organizers(a)outreachy.org> To: mentors(a)lists.outreachy.org Hi Outreachy mentors and coordinators, We are pleased to announce some significant changes that the Outreachy organizational team been working on for a long time. Outreachy will be changing the intern stipend, hourly participation requirements, payment schedule, and intern feedback schedule. These changes will take effect for the December 2021 cohort, and be in place for all future intern cohorts. Summary of the changes: - Interns will be paid $7,000 USD total - Interns will only be required to participate in the internship for 30 hours/week - Interns will be paid in two payments (by Jan 20 and by Mar 4) - Internship feedback will be collected 4 times during the internship - Internships can be extended during any of the four feedback check points Policy change details --- The biggest change is that interns will now be paid $7,000 USD total. We are not increasing the amount we are invoicing sponsors for the December 2021 cohort or the May 2022 cohort. We will be working with communities and sponsors to discuss changes to our sponsorship levels and internship costs. We are targeting the December 2022 cohort for changes to the sponsorship costs to take place. This allows a full year for communities and sponsors to plan and have discussions with us about their concerns. The payment schedule will change so that interns will be paid in 2 payments instead of 3 payments. Interns will be paid a $3,000 initial stipend b y January 20, 2022, and a $4,000 final stipend by March 4, 2022. We expect the new payment schedule will be advantageous to interns, as they will be paid more money earlier in the internship. The increased internship stipend will apply for all Outreachy interns around the world. Outreachy is also making changes to how many hours per week we expect interns to be putting effort into the internship. We will now only require all interns to participate 30 hours per week. During the pandemic, we reduced the hourly requirements in this way for anyone who was impacted by the pandemic. We found the change resulted in successful internships, and we want to make the change permanent for all interns. We're also increasing the number of times that we collect internship feedback. Intern and mentor feedback will now be collected 4 times during the internship. Two of the feedback check points will be associated with the two payments. While this does add to the mentor res ponsibilities, the additional two feedback points will allow Outreachy organizers to help Outreachy organizers effectively support both interns and mentors. We hope that these changes help Outreachy continue to sustainably grow the number of interns we accept each cohort! We so appreciate your work as an Outreachy mentor, it's making a real difference! We are also grateful to all of our donors, grantmakers and sponsors, who have made it possible to make these much needed changes to the program. If you have any questions or concerns about these changes, please read the details below. Then privately email <organizers(a)outreachy.org> or reply to the mentor mailing list. Detailed Schedule --- The full feedback and payment schedule will be updated on the Outreachy website in the coming weeks. In the meantime, please reference the detailed schedule below: Dec 6 - Internship starts Dec 13 - Feedback #1 due - used to determine whether to pay the initial p ayment Jan 10 - Feedback #2 due Jan 20 - Initial payment sent by this date Jan 31 - Feedback #3 due - used to determine whether to pay the final payment Feb 21 - Feedback #4 due Mar 4 - Internship ends Mar 4 - Final payment sent by this date Background --- Outreachy is a diversity initiative of the Software Freedom Conservancy. Outreachy interns are self-employed contractors for Conservancy. Conservancy collects tax paperwork and payment information for all Outreachy interns. Conservancy also handles payments to all interns. Why is three payments an issue? --- Conservancy staff and Outreachy organizers have been looking at our estimated number of interns going forward both excitement and worry. We expect the program to keep growing, but even at the current level, it is very challenging to pay interns three payments. The process for paying interns is manual and time-consuming, and our staff is small. The staff time it takes to pay interns will be greatly reduced by switching to two payments from three payments. If Outreachy accepts 70 interns per cohort, switching to two payments means Conservancy processes 280 intern payments per year, instead of 420. Communication to applicants --- All interns accepted to the December 2021 cohort will receive an email explaining the payment schedule changes. That email will ask applicants to contact us if the payment schedule would cause a financial hardship. We will also create a blog post explaining the changes. We will also email the Outreachy announcement mailing list. What about fraud? --- Another popular internship program has seen a number of interns who become non-responsive after receiving the initial $500 USD intern stipend. For people in lower-socioeconomic countries, $500 is a lot of money. Some of that program's interns submit an application, and then stop working after receiving the first payment. Outreachy has only had one known case that is similar. One intern stopped communicating during the first two weeks of the internship. The mentor communicated the issue to Outreachy organizers, and we delayed paying intern's initial payment while the issue was discussed. After the intern continued to miss meetings and not answer emails, the internship was terminated. The intern was not paid their initial stipend, and the mentor chose another applicant to work with. While this type of fraud has been rare for Outreachy in the past, we are making plans to support communities, should the situation occur. What if fraud happens? --- If we find cases of fraud after making changes to the payment schedule, Outreachy organizers will support communities who are impacted. If an applicant stops communicating during the first 1-3 weeks of the internship, Outreachy organizers will work with mentors who wish to pick another intern. The new internship will then be extended by the same number of weeks. If a n intern stops communicating after receiving the initial payment, and we suspect fraud, Outreachy will credit the community half of the initial payment ($1,500) for a future internship cohort. We feel this is fair, since the mentor plays a major role in which interns Outreachy selects, and has a hand in making sure the applicant is invested in the project during the contribution period. Unfortunately, if an intern stops communicating after week 4, there will not be time for mentors to pick another intern. Internships can only be extended by up to five weeks, and it would be too risky to set up a new internship in week 5. Why have 4 feedback checkpoints? --- In order to pay interns two payment stipends, Outreachy organizers need to collect feedback in week 2 and in week 9. We felt the two check points were too far apart (seven weeks) for Outreachy organizers to support interns and mentors, should issues arise. Outreachy organizers have noticed that int ernships tend to run into problems in week 5 or 6. We wanted to add another feedback point in between the week 2 and week 9 feedback. Collecting feedback in week 5 is not great during the December cohort. Collecting feedback in week 5 means the feedback would be due on January 3 for the December cohort. Outreachy organizers felt that was too soon after end-of-year holidays. Therefore, we decided to collect feedback in week 6. We also decided to add a feedback point in week 12 of the internship, so that we could collect final thoughts on the experience. Questions? Concerns? --- Phew, that was a lot! Apologies for the long email. We know these are some major changes, and we wanted to be transparent about why we were making them. If you have any concerns about these changes, please let us know by privately replying to <organizers(a)outreachy.org> or by replying to the mentor mailing list. Sage Sharp, Outreachy Organizer _____________________________ __________________ Mentors mailing list Mentors(a)lists.outreachy.org https://lists.outreachy.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mentors

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[Design Applicants] Thank you!
by Marie Nordin 11 May '21

11 May '21

Hi folks! This seemed like the most visible place to send a *huge* THANK YOU to all of the applicants for the Develop and Design Assets for the Outreachy Community Revamp internship. We received 20 full applications for this position, more than I have seen yet for an internship I have mentored. We had an abundance of designs that were generated during this application cycle, and I am truly impressed by the efforts and motivation you have all displayed. I would like to invite each of you to stay in the Fedora community and continue to learn and grow. Mentorship is a bit different when it isn't Outreachy application time, but the Design Team still works with regular frequency and there are plenty of places to be involved(beyond design, too!). Again, thank you all for your efforts and I hope you continue to be a part of Fedora :) Best wishes, -- Marie Nordin Fedora Community Action and Impact Coordinator Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com/> • Fedora Project <https://getfedora.org/> She/Her/Hers T: +1.973.800.4967 IRC: riecatnor <https://red.ht/sig>

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Upcoming Fedora Outreachy Social Hour on Saturday, 17 Apr 2021
by Akashdeep Dhar 17 Apr '21

17 Apr '21

Hello everyone, I hope that you are doing well. I write this mail to let you know that we have an upcoming Fedora Outreachy social hour this Saturday, that is on 17th April 2021 at 13:30hrs UTC for an hour (or longer?). This meeting would take place on https://app.element.io/#/room/#fedora-social-hour:matrix.org. Please drop by if you have questions/concerns to talk about or if you just want to say hello and make new friends. Everyone is welcome! :) Regards, Akashdeep Dhar (he/him) General Mentor, Outreachy '21 - Fedora Project t0xic0der

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Introduction: Outreacy '21 Applicant
by Aditi Singh 15 Apr '21

15 Apr '21

Hey everyone! I am Aditi Singh, a sophomore from Birla Institute Of Technology Mesra, India. I'm proficient in HTML,CSS, Javascript and React JS. I'm always excited to learn new technologies, interact with people and learn new things from them. I'm interested in contributing to Project #2 i.e, Improve Fedora QA Dashboard. I have joined the telegram channels: @joinfedora, @fedoraSummerCoding and @fedoraqa to get familiarized with the work here and connect with my mentor. I have also created a FAS account, went through the issues listed in Fedora-qa to find something to work on. But a little confused how to move forward from here. I would be very grateful if someone guides me in this :) Thank you Aditi singh

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Re: Announcement about Upcoming Social Hour for Outreachy Applicants!
by rimpi 10 Apr '21

10 Apr '21

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To post to this list
by Aditi Singh 10 Apr '21

10 Apr '21

My email is: aditisingx(a)gmail.com

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Announcement about Upcoming Social Hour for Outreachy Applicants!
by Akashdeep Dhar 02 Apr '21

02 Apr '21

Hello to all Outreachy Applicants, This is to let you know that we would be soon having a social hour for Outreachy where the applicants can interact with project mentors and general mentors. This is your opportunity to obtain more information about the projects you are interested in and about the mentors, you would be potentially working with so it is highly recommended to attend this. We do not have a fixed date and time so far as to when this would happen but it is most likely going to be within the next two weeks. So you ask what you can do by then? Well, I would suggest you start with listing all doubts and questions that you have regarding the projects of your choice or about general participation stuff. If you have solution ideas for the project or anything else, we would be glad to hear them too! Please note that we appreciate asking doubts and no questions are stupid. We would very soon let you know about the date and time when this would go down and by then, we wish you good luck in your participation! Regards, Akashdeep Dhar (he/him) General Mentor, Outreachy '21 - Fedora Project t0xic0der

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Introduction: Outreachy Summer 2021
by Joshua Young 02 Apr '21

02 Apr '21

Hello, My name is Joshua Young, I am an applicant for the Outreachy Summer 2021 Internship Program. This is my first time applying for Outreachy, and I looking forward to seeing what I can learn from the program as well as how I can utilize my skills to further progress the efforts of another company or community. I am Digital Designer with knowledge and experience using majority of programs within the Adobe Suite. I specialize in Graphic and Web design and I am currently advancing my skills in UX/UI and Animation. I have always been more comfortable working on my own, and I am hoping through the experience of working in this program can help me gather more confidence to expand my horizons as well as work and collaborate with other individuals who have similar interests in design and technology as I do. Looking forward to working with everyone, Best Regards.

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Introduction-Outreachy'21 participant introduction
by Rimpi Rani Baruah 01 Apr '21

01 Apr '21

Hello everyone,I am Rimpi Rani Baruah.I am a Bachelor of Technology sophomore from India.I am very much interested in web development,that's why I would like to contribute to the QA dashboard project. I am quite a newbie in Open-source contribution and I am quite excited to contribute and learn from everyone through this project. Since I am a newcomer, I would like to know how can I get started with it.So I would be very grateful if someone guides me in this.Thank you so much

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