Fwd: Re: [GSoC Mentors] Google Season of Docs (GSoD) Proposal - your feedback is appreciated

[Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

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	Hello,

We need something like this to document less the packages we maintain 
(could do that, too) but my concern is more to help communicating how 
these packages do interact. For the technical side of this we have 
Michael and the CWL, but there is of course more to that.

Please give it a all spin.

Cheers,

Steffen


	


   On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 7:47 PM 'sttaylor' via Google Summer of Code
   Mentors List <google-summer-of-code-mentors-list@googlegroups.com
   <mailto:google-summer-of-code-mentors-list@googlegroups.com>> wrote:

       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.


       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.


       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).


       We think GSoD will bring benefits for both parties:

         *

           Open source projects gain documentation mentors embedded
           into their community.

         *

           Tech writers gain mentorship in OSS and in developer products.


       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


       We're inviting you to fill out this form to help us gauge
       interest in the proposal. All feedback is welcome:

       https://goo.gl/2tfUQQ


       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!


       Best,

       Stephanie Taylor

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