[SeasonOfDocs] [Season of Docs] Technical writer applications and proposals for Open Source Geospatial Foundation

[Cameron Shorter]

Hi OSGeo SeasonOfDocs folks,

Those of us CCed on this email are the people who have officially 
registered with Google as a SeasonOfDocs admin or mentor for OSGeo, and 
as such are officially considered by Google to be part of the 
SeasonOfDocs initiative.

(One of the lessons I've gained from a friendly Googler was that I 
should have been clearer in distinguishing between official SeasonOfDocs 
participants and general volunteers from our projects.)

I have access to the list of applicants (link below), and I assume the 
others CCed do as well. (The document is restricted to the public).

We have 4 applicants, and we now need to decide which of these 
applicants to select. I propose that the 3 admin volunteers: me, Jo and 
Matteo - should discuss and then vote on who we pick.

Jo, Matteo, is that ok with you? Mentors (CCed), do you have any 
objections to us admins taking responsibility for selection the stipend 
role? Please speak up by Monday 8 July if you have a comment to add.

Warm regards, Cameron

On 5/7/19 3:00 pm, Andrew Chen wrote:
> Hello open source administrators and mentors,
>
> Thank you again for your patience. We received over 440 technical 
> writer applications, so there is quite a lot of enthusiasm from the 
> technical writing community. Every single organization received 
> multiple technical writer project proposals!
>
> We have been busy processing and reviewing the applications to make 
> sure they follow our guidelines and rules. Consequently, there were a 
> few that we had to remove. There are also some that don't violate any 
> of our guidelines or rules, but they contain irrelevant content or 
> perhaps the applicant may have misunderstood the purpose of Season of 
> Docs. We have decided not to censor those and are leaving it up to you 
> to dismiss or reroute them as appropriate for your organization.
>
> Attached is a link to a Google Sheets export of the technical writer 
> applications to your specific organization. We decided that a 
> spreadsheet would be the easiest format for you to manipulate and 
> consume the form data; however, if you would like us to generate a 
> separate email message per project proposal, please contact us on the 
> support list, season-of-docs-support at googlegroups.com 
> <mailto:season-of-docs-support at googlegroups.com>.
>
> Season of Docs - Open Source Geospatial Foundat... 
> <https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vdWFRLhS875tVcWE5AzNFVZ1vsQCsfnzhRlCkuAJrHk/edit?usp=drive_web>
>
> When assessing a project proposal, org admins and mentors should 
> assess the proposal based on the content of the fields in the form, 
> without examining any linked docs. (It's fine to follow links for tech 
> writing experience or resumes.) The reasons are (a) we must avoid any 
> potential for people to add to their proposal after the deadline date 
> has passed, and (b) we just ensure all applicants are on equal 
> footing. The tech writer guidelines state clearly that the proposal 
> description should be in the form itself: 
> https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/tech-writer-application-hints#project_proposal
>
> Later, we will send out a form for you to enter in your organization's 
> technical writer/project proposal choice and alternates in order of 
> preference.
>
> If you have any questions, contact us at 
> season-of-docs-support at googlegroups.com 
> <mailto:season-of-docs-support at googlegroups.com>.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> --Andrew Chen and Sarah Maddox
>
>
> Andrew Chen | 	 Program Manager, Open Source Strategy | 
> chenopis at google.com <mailto:chenopis at google.com> | 	 650-495-4987
>
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-- 
Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier
Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant

M +61 (0) 419 142 254

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