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

[Cameron Shorter]

Jo, for most decisions in Open projects, I believe in being fully 
transparent. The exception I believe is in a competitive selection such 
as this, where it is important to allow selectors to be frank in their 
opinions, and also be respectful with regards to information shared with 
other applicants. I propose Jo, Matteo and I start with a video call to 
discuss early next week.

Maria, I don't have visibility as to who officially registered for 
Google Season of Docs, or whether an application wasn't filled in on 
time, or similar.

Cheers, Cameron

On 5/7/19 9:19 pm, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a denied access to that list. Is this because I am not 
> officially a mentor? Did I miss some step?
>
> Anyway, I'm fine delegating that decision on you.
On 5/7/19 9:19 pm, Jo Cook wrote:
> Hi Cameron,
>
> That works for me. Is there a way we can capture comments/thoughts 
> about the applicants somewhere?
>
> Jo
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 12:17 PM Cameron Shorter 
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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
>>
>>
>>     	
>>     	
>>     	
>>
>     -- 
>     Cameron Shorter
>     Technology Demystifier
>     Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>
>     M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>
>
>
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Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier
Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant

M +61 (0) 419 142 254

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