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

[Nick Bearman]

Hi Cameron,

That's fine with me.

Thanks very much.
Nick.


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On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 at 12:17, Cameron Shorter <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.
>
>  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.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> --Andrew Chen and Sarah Maddox
>
>
> Andrew Chen |  Program Manager, Open Source Strategy |
> 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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Nick Bearman
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