Re: Application for Google Season of Docs

[Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>]

... and the application got accepted:

https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/participants/

I realized quite late we are in once I started to get messages from
potential applicants.

FYI, here's the Timeline for Season of Docs 2020:

https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline

Thanks all who have helped with the process.

pk


On Wed, 6 May 2020 19:40:00 +0200
Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just to keep this group updated, Kristi applied for the program this week,
> details can be found in
> https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/05/gnome-season-of-docs-2020/.
>
> Thank you.
> pk
>
>
> On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 11:23:33 +0200
> Kristi Progri <kprogri gnome org> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > This year GNOME will apply again to be part of the "Season of Docs" Project
> > (https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs).
> > The goal of the project is to give technical writers an opportunity to
> > work on and contribute to open source projects. For three months,
> > technical writers and their mentors will work together to build a
> > documentation set, improve information architecture, or develop a tutorial.
> >
> > Last year we applied with these 3 projects: GNOME Help, GTK
> > Documentation and Set up Pintail on help.gnome.org
> > (https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreach/SeasonofDocs) but we didn't get accepted .
> > This year we are planning to apply again for GNOME help and GTK
> > documentation as there has been progress with the last of these.
> >
> > We are looking for contributors who would like to become mentors for the
> > duration of the program.
> > If you are interested in knowing what the mentors responsibilities are,
> > here is the mentor guide:
> > https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/mentor-guide
> >
> > If you are interested, please get in touch with me so we can get started
> > with the project.
> >
> > The submissions will open on 13th of April, but the sooner you can let
> > us know, the better.
> > Please do not hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions.
> >
> > Kristi