From ea20458e9b0f59d1d223824595f95543b6215f6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Couder Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 11:56:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Microproject Info: add another section about requirements --- General-Microproject-Information.md | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/General-Microproject-Information.md b/General-Microproject-Information.md index 2f1be88b9f..c912331e37 100644 --- a/General-Microproject-Information.md +++ b/General-Microproject-Information.md @@ -326,14 +326,56 @@ to"... It's likely that you will introduce yourself to the community around the same time you are going to start working on a micro-project. +### Tell us about you, or not + We don't require you to send us a special introductory email or to tell us about your skills, interests, experience, background, etc. Feel free to tell us what you want about yourself if you wish though. +### Specify the mentoring program in the subject + But please, make it clear that you are interested in a specific -mentoring program and use the right tag, like [GSoC], [Outreachy], etc -at the beginning of the subject of your emails. +mentoring program and use the right tag, like "[GSoC]", "[Outreachy]", +etc at the beginning of the subject of your emails. + +### Thoroughly check your eligibility in the program + +Before you introduce yourself, it's very important that you thoroughly +check as soon as possible that you are eligible for the mentoring +program you are interested in. + +This is especially important for Outreachy, which has strict rules and +is enforcing them. Their rules are available on: + +https://www.outreachy.org/docs/applicant/#eligibility + +Especially if you are a student, please check the section about the +rules for students, and especially check this one: + +"University students must have 42 consecutive days free from school +and exams during the internship period." + +The Outreachy organizers will check this rule with your university. +They will disqualify you if there is any requirement, especially this +one, that you don't meet. + +If you start applying to the Git project, this will deter others from +applying. We usually have very few projects and can only accept very +few applicants. So if others want to apply, they know they will have +to compete with you and possibly others, and they might prefer to find +another project with less competition. + +It happened recently that only two people applied for a project we +proposed, and both were later found to not be eligible because of +their university requirements. So in the end, we couldn't mentor +anyone for the project we proposed, which is bad for everyone. + +So please thoroughly check your eligibility before introducing +yourself, and please confirm in your introduction that you have +checked all the requirements and that you indeed meet them all. + +### Don't ask us to find a micro-project for you As we usually don't know your interests, skills, experience, background, etc, it's hard for us to select a micro-project for @@ -341,6 +383,8 @@ you, and it's part of your job as an applicant to research a good micro-project for you. It will show us that you will be able to select a good project for you and properly research it. +### Do ask for help, but be specific + You can ask for help if there are things you don't understand in a micro-project description, or if you have some trouble working on your micro-project or even finding a micro-project. But please be very @@ -460,10 +504,14 @@ or another pronoun to talk about you. Programs like Outreachy or GSoC usually have requirements for applicants. Sometimes applicants have to be accepted by the program -after they have shown they satisfy the requirements. +organizers after they have shown they satisfy the requirements. + +In any case it's interesting for us and others to know soon how you +currently stand regarding the requirements and maybe the acceptance +process. -In any case it's interesting for us to know soon how you currently -stand regarding the requirements and maybe the acceptance process. +See also the "Thoroughly check your eligibility in the program" +section above. ### Tell us what steps you have already taken