🌈 Welcome Outreachy Summer 2022 Aspirants and call for Proposals 🎉 👩‍💻 🙋 👨‍💻

[cesswairimu]

🎉 Welcome Outreachy applicants Summer 2022 🎉

Hi! 👋 and welcome to PublicLab 🎈 We are glad to have you here ❤️ . This is a discussion issue for all of you with the mentors. Please say hello in a comment below, so we get to know you. Ask any questions that you might have here and we will be sure to answer them as soon as possible. We do weekly check-ins, where our large community discuss, share ideas where folks say what they are working on and ask for help if blocked, etc. You can find the link to the latest check-in here #9600

We have 2 projects this round:

1. Design a new full-screen user interface for Infragram.org
2. MapKnitter.org Spam Management system

The discussion of the projects is going on here, please feel free to ask any questions about the projects there too.

First Step

Please say hi below and introduce yourself. Kindly checkout our code of conduct before you continue. Our coding landing page is here and our communication channels can be found here.

First Contribution:computer:

We suggest you make a first contribution. We have issues with the first-timer-only label which are specifically tailored for a first time contributor. You can find them here along with the guidelines on how to start contributing. Please check if someone is already working on an issue before you take it up. Kindly leave a comment on the issue to let other people know you are working on an issue. If you can't find any issues that are available, please feel free to leave a comment below or on #10153 and we will find you one as soon as we can (we are prioritizing summer-of-code folks for the next couple of weeks, so please do mention that you are an Outreachy applicant when requesting for a first-timer issue, to help us prioritize. thanks)

Second issue

After you solve the first issue you can browse through our "help-wanted" or bug issues and leave a comment on any you would like to work on. Feel free to ask if you need more context for you to solve an issue, the community is always ready to help.We also encourage contributors to hep each other where they can.

Call for Proposals 📃

We request applicants to post their proposals on the PublicLab website too. We encourage applicants to start drafting their proposals early. This gives the mentors to give you feedback that you can incorporate it in your final application on the Outreachy website.
Here is a link to a call for proposals on the PL website, which also has a template for drafting the template, sample proposals for past interns and helpful pointers while drafting the proposals.
See 2021 winter proposals here. Kindly submit early and post the link here or on gitter so that contributors and mentors can give feedback and help you improve on your proposal before you submit it on the Outreachy website.

Deadline

April 22, 2022 4pm UTC is the deadline for applicants to record contributions and create a final application on the Outreachy website

Helpful Links

Projects discussion Issue
First timer issue request
Developers guides

A few tips for making awesome proposals:

• Please [submit the proposals at publiclab.org] first. After all the reviews you can submit it on the official website.
• Your information so that we can know you better (not mandatory !).
• Include weekly timeline: Explain what you will be doing in which week. Divide the period into months in bigger tasks. Then into weeks into smaller tasks.
• Include demos/images/gifs to demonstrate your idea
• Include Mock-Ups, Flow Charts, Data Flow Diagrams, etc to explain the workflow in simple language. So that people in the logistics department can review your work and suggest changes.
• PRs merged & Issues reported: This is the most crucial aspect of any application. We want people to be well versed with our system. Please mention all the issues reported, PR merged, suggestions etc in the proposal.
• Start early and have many revisions of the proposal to increase your chances.

Questions 🤔

If you have any questions please leave a comment below and we will get back to you.

Welcome again everyone 🎉 🎉 🎉

[moazzammoriani]

Hi, I can't wait to get started! I have found that open source is increasingly taking over my life in the best possible way. I hope to accelerate this process and also learn as much as I can along the way!

[girija0707]

Hello team, extremely delighted and looking forward to working with amazing folks 😄

[BeeBombshell]

Hi Everyone, I am an open-source enthusiast and a frontend developer, looking forward to contributing to the Public Lab Community and participating in Outreachy'22... 😊

[akanbifatimah]

Hi Everyone, My name is Fatimah, an outreachy applicant summer 2022 and I am glad to be here, looking forward to working on this project

[padmajabhol]

Hello everyone! I'm Padmaja. A second year engineering undergrad from India. I have been contributing to open source since a year with organisations that use os softwares to fight climate change. I have been accepted to the initial outreachy round and I'm really excited to open my contributions to Publiclab!

[illyShelly]

Hello guys. 🙂 My name is ILONA. I am originally from the Czech Republic (Europe). I studied Economics and worked for a while in that field. However, my dream is to pursue to work in IT finally :) I attended coding Bootcamp in RoR a few years ago and was part of the Portugal Startup programme. Unfortunately, Covid stopped everything. So now I got this opportunity to come back into coding. I hope it helps me gain knowledge, and especially this is my first opportunity to contribute to the actual Open source project, which is quite scary and exciting at once. Good luck all🤞 and happy contribution 👩‍💻 👨‍💻

[PythonCoderUnicorn]

Hello everyone my name is Zane Dax , Transgender Non-Binary from Canada, with a Bachelor's degree in Public Health and really looking forward to having a mentor and learning so much. I want to be a positive impact on this project

Hope someone becomes my mentor

[enelesmai]

Hello! My name is Selene, I'm an Outreachy applicant 'Summer 2022 and I will be happy to contribute to this beautiful project <3

[AbihaFatima]

Hey Everyone! I am Abiha, an Outreachy'22 applicant. Looking forward to contribute to the Infragram project :)

[girija0707]

Hello everyone, I'm a little confused😅 I found infragram very interesting to work on, but should I wait to be assigned with first-timer issue or can I create an issue for infragram can someone help me with my query

[cesswairimu]

Hello and welcome everyone 🎉 nice to e-meet all of you. I am Cess pronouns she/her. I am one of the PublicLab mentors and I am also an Outreachy alumni. I wanted to add that the mentors and the code community is ready to help everyone during this application process. So please ask any questions you may have.

hi @girija0707, if you already found an issue to create or one to work on you can go ahead. You do not have to wait for a first-timer-issue. Thanks!

Thanks all!

[cesswairimu]

Also a heads up: if you are installing the plots2 project on your local, maybe consider using sqlite3 for database
. On step 7 choose the second option,

If sqlite3, run cp config/database.yml.sqlite.example config/database.yml to make a copy of config/database.yml.sqlite.example in config/database.yml. kindly note if you choose to use sqlite some tests may fail. The project was setup initially to use mysql and some tests are tailored for mysql db. No need for alarm, we are working to fix these and this will not interfere with your development process

As we are having issues reported by folks using mysql2

[daluclemas]

Hi guys. Super excited to be working on this

[girija0707]

Also a heads up: if you are installing the plots2 project on your local, maybe consider using sqlite3 for database . On step 7 choose the second option,

If sqlite3, run cp config/database.yml.sqlite.example config/database.yml to make a copy of config/database.yml.sqlite.example in config/database.yml. kindly note if you choose to use sqlite some tests may fail. The project was setup initially to use mysql and some tests are tailored for mysql db. No need for alarm, we are working to fix these and this will not interfere with your development process

As we are having issues reported by folks using mysql2

Ok will keep that in mind 👍

[dawkaka]

Hi, I am Yussif an Outreachy applicant, nice to meet you all.

[barchakuz]

Hellow everyone, I am behroze aslam,an Outreachy applicant, front-end developer from northen areas pakistan, excited to work with mentors and contribute in this project.

[Ms-Error]

Hi Everyone! I am Pranavi, an Outreachy applicant , Looking forward to contribute to the Infragram project.

[stephaniequintana]

Hi, everyone! I just want to introduce myself to the group - and celebrate us all being accepted to Outreachy! 🎆 Congrats to everyone here 🥳 I'm Stephanie, a self-taught developer and a complete newbie to Open Source. I've already completed an f-t-o issue so please feel free to reach out to me if you have questions or would like any help. Just by being here we're all taking an exciting step forward - best of luck to everyone here and happy coding!

[girija0707]

Hi, everyone! I just want to introduce myself to the group - and celebrate us all being accepted to Outreachy! 🎆 Congrats to everyone here 🥳 I'm Stephanie, a self-taught developer and a complete newbie to Open Source. I've already completed an f-t-o issue so please feel free to reach out to me if you have questions or would like any help. Just by being here we're all taking an exciting step forward - best of luck to everyone here and happy coding!

Heey I'm interested in contributing to infragram can you please tell how to proceed with it, do I need to clone the repository, run it and find bugs myself or do I need to install any environment for that?

[stephaniequintana]

@girija0707, on the pulbliclab/infragram README.md you'll find the complete installation instructions. You'll want to start there to get started on your proposal. At the top of that page is a link to the issues. I'm finding that most of the issues are currently on hold as they will be solved once an intern has been selected, but you should definitely peruse to give you some ideas.

As above, your first step should be finding a first-time-only issue to contribute to and begin engaging with the community, the people here are so helpful and welcoming! I can also advise to click on the links, click on all the links...there is an absolute abundance of helpful information around every corner and please don't hesitate to ask anyone for help or clarity.

Best of luck - I look forward to working with you!

[girija0707]

@girija0707, on the pulbliclab/infragram README.md you'll find the complete installation instructions. You'll want to start there to get started on your proposal. At the top of that page is a link to the issues. I'm finding that most of the issues are currently on hold as they will be solved once an intern has been selected, but you should definitely peruse to give you some ideas.

As above, your first step should be finding a first-time-only issue to contribute to and begin engaging with the community, the people here are so helpful and welcoming! I can also advise to click on the links, click on all the links...there is an absolute abundance of helpful information around every corner and please don't hesitate to ask anyone for help or clarity.

Best of luck - I look forward to working with you!

Thanks a ton for your help and guidance .I'll go through all the links you've mentioned, excited to work with this amazing community✨☺️

[stephaniequintana]

@sanskruti-shahu, I think you're in pretty good company - every one here has something they're "very new with." I'm a self-taught developer and am finding every day that there is something I have absolutely NO IDEA about 😬 We're all here to learn, though - we're so glad you could join us! Please don't hesitate to ask anyone for help or direction and happy coding ✨

[sanskruti-shahu]

@stephaniequintana Thank you for such a pleasant welcome 😊.

[Paridhicodes]

Hello, I am Paridhi Jain . I am an Outreachy'22 applicant, and I am trained in front-end web development and basic back-end development. I am excited to contribute towards this project. Can you help me in finding a first-timer issue, not worked upon by others?

[PeculiarE]

Welcome to the community, Paridhi! 🎉 🎉 ....Please visit this thread (#10153) to request for a first-timer issue.

[Ishhha]

Hello, I am Isha Agarwal, an Outreachy'22 applicant, and I am trained in front-end web development. I am excited to work with mentors and contribute to the Infragram project. I have solved the first-timer issue, Can u help me in finding other issues on which I can work?

[akanbifatimah]

welcome @Ishhha , visit this thread for a FTO #10153

[Ishhha]

Hii @akanbifatimah, I have solved the FTO, I want to work on the UI part of the Infragram. Can u suggest some other issues related to the designing part?

[Grace229]

Hello, I'm Grace, a frontend developer, and an outreachy applicant, this is my first time contributing to an open source project and I'm soo excited to be here.

[shikha2961]

Hi Everyone!
Myself Shikha. I am a B.Tech. CSE sophomore at IGDTUW, India. I am looking forward to working and contributing to designing a new full-screen user interface for the Infragram.org project through the Outreachy program. The idea behind this project is amazing. I'm so excited to be here.
Thank You!!

[BioMeindinyo]

Hello everyone, I'm Bio (pronounced as Beeyo). I've always love open source(even though this is my first time contributing) and all that it stands for and I'm looking forward to working and contributing to this project.

[cavcarlosavieira]

Hello! I'm Carlos, an Outreachy applicant. This is my first time contributing to an open source project and I'm so excited to be here. And I need help, guys. What's the next path?

[muskan2901]

Hello Everyone! I am Muskan. A second-year undergrad at IGDTUW, India. I have been accepted to the initial Outreachy round and I'm very excited to open my contribution to Publiclab.

[jywarren]

Hi and hi everyone - so humbled by the number of people showing up here! Welcome all!

@cavcarlosavieira - We’re trying to collect a lot of Q&A on the program here in this discussion issue: #10754 - I hope it's helpful.

Please also feel free introduce yourself in our chatroom at https://publiclab.org/chat

Then if you haven’t already, request a first-timer issue at #10153

Thank you and we're grateful for your interest in the program!!

[jywarren]

Also, due to the high number of applicants for our programs this year, we are closing the Outreachy projects to new contributors in 24 hours, so please be sure to begin your proposal on the Outreachy site before we close it!

We want to see your proposal on PublicLab.org at https://publiclab.org/notes/cess/04-04-2022/call-for-proposals-outreachy-summer-2022 but in order to participate in the program you must open an Outreachy.org proposal as well. Thank you very much!

[jywarren]

And sorry i should have said - you don't have to have completed or submitted it until the deadline on the 22nd, but you must begin it now or you won't be able to using the interface on their site. Thank you!!! 🎉

[sarxxt]

Hello! @jywarren should we provide the link to public lab proposal or draft it all on on outreachy website too? Also can we edit the proposal once we have published it on public lab ?

[RaviAnand111]

Yes @sarxxt, We can edit proposal after publishing.

[sarxxt]

@RaviAnand111 thanks!

[Deepthi562]

@TildaDares hello!. Can I get a first-timers issue assigned?. Thank you.

[TildaDares]

Hi @Deepthi562, there’s one in publiclab/infragram#391 you can work on.

[jywarren]

Thank you again everyone! Closing this now.

[jywarren]

Thank you again everyone! Closing this now.