[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Google Season of Docs (GSoD) Proposal

[Cameron Shorter]

Thanks for forwarding that on Jeff. I agree, it is a great opportunity 
for collaboration with OSGeo.

I've replied on behalf of the OSGeoLive project and have reached out to 
Sarah Maddox and will be having coffee with her when she is back in 
Sydney (where be both live).

Cheers, Cameron

On 17/10/18 4:53 am, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Forwarding an idea for a possible new initiative, that some OSGeo 
> projects may be interested in.  It would be good to give them feedback 
> either way (through the form).
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> At the Mentor Summit we had Sarah Maddox, a tech writer at Google, 
> come and talk about her idea to bring more technical writers into open 
> source projects. We would like your feedback and ideas about her 
> proposal too! If you are intrigued, please keep reading.
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> Sarah is proposing a Google Season of Docs (GSoD) to give open source 
> projects more opportunities to engage with technical writers, and vice 
> versa. See deck: https://goo.gl/3Bpris.
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> GSoD is similar to Google Summer of Code but focuses on docs and 
> technical writers, rather than on code and students. The target 
> participants are experienced tech writers who can work with you on 
> your docs. The writing part of GSoD will run for 3 months, similar to 
> GSoC. Another difference is that the technical writers will not be 
> earning stipends, they will be doing this to learn more about open 
> source code and working on developer focused docs with code and 
> building their resume. And the writers will often have other jobs, 
> this would be a side project for them (not something they will be 
> focusing on for 30 hours a week - in most cases).
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> We think GSoD will bring benefits for both parties:
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>     Open source projects gain documentation mentors embedded into their
>     community.
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>     Tech writers gain mentorship in OSS and in developer products.
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> This deck has more details, including ideas on how the mentors will 
> work with the tech writers, timing, and suggestions for projects: 
> https://goo.gl/3Bpris
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> We're inviting you to fill out this form to help us gauge interest in 
> the proposal. All feedback is welcome:
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> https://goo.gl/2tfUQQ
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> This is a proposal for a program,  it is not a confirmed program, and 
> it is not clear which team at Google might manage it. Thanks!
>
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> Best,
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> Stephanie Taylor
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