Welcome Outreachy Summer 2021 Aspirants 🎉🙋‍♀️🙋🙋‍♂️

[cesswairimu]

🎉 Welcome Outreachy applicants Summer 2021 🎉

Hello 👋 and welcome to PublicLab 🎈 We are so excited to have you here ❤️ . This is a discussion issue for all of you. 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. If you would like to checkout our large community you can find us on gitter https://gitter.im/publiclab/publiclab and also we do weekly check-ins where folks say what they are working on and ask for help if blocked. You can find the link to the latest check-in here #5627

First Step 💻

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 https://code.publiclab.org/ along with the guidelines on how to start contributing. Please be sure to 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 #9083 and we will find you one asap.
After you solve the first issue you can browse through our "help-wanted" issues. Feel free to tag @publiclab/mentors or @cesswairimu if you need more context for you to solve an issue.

Outreachy summer 2021 Projects 📝

We have 2 projects for this round.

1. Expand and refine Tag/topic system of PublicLab.org
2. Improve education-related usability and functionality on PublicLab.org

Github discussion: #9257

Call for Proposals 📃

We request applicants to post their proposals on the PublicLab 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 2020 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 30, 2021 4pm UTC is the deadline for applicants to record contributions and create a final application on the Outreachy website

Questions 🤔

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

These tips are general tips.

Are you tensed? overwhelmed? No need to worry!!! We all are there to help you at each stage of the way. Feel free to reach out in case of anything people are very friendly and welcoming here ☺️

[jywarren]

A special welcome to Outreachy applicants, and thank you for your time! We are so honored to have the chance to work with you and want you to know that we're here to help, both in the comments right here, and in our chatroom at https://gitter.im/publiclab/publiclab if you need help in the moment.

I'm Jeff -- he/him -- and I'm one of the code community coordinators here along with @cesswairimu 🙌 and @RuthNjeri ✨ , both of whom joined Public Lab through Outreachy. I like cooking, growing plants, bicycling, and drawing.

I also want to give a shout out to our former Outreachy fellows from months and years past, many of whom i'm sure will be happy to welcome you as well! @publiclab/soc 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

Thanks again and don't be a stranger!

[amiyahfrierson]

Hi! I'm Amiyah and I'm new to FOSS and making contributions, but I am eager to grow my skills through the Outreachy program. 😄

[jcads]

Hi @amiyahfrierson, welcome! Checkout https://code.publiclab.org/ on details on how to start contributing. Feel free to ask any questions here or in the chatroom.

Thank you!! 🎉 🎉

[jywarren]

Hi @amiyahfrierson - welcome!!!

[aliciapaz]

Hi everyone, I'm Alicia. Hoping to make my first contribution soon 🌱

[iamananya]

Hello ! I am ananya .Looking forward to contribute to the projects and get guidance from the awesome community of public labs.

Thank you 🎉

[goodluck1455]

Hello everyone, am Goodluck Stephen by name, always ready to learn and grow at any point in time. I look forward to contributing to the project and as well learn new things.

Thank you.

[jywarren]

Hello @aliciapaz @iamananya @goodluck1455 -- a big welcome to you all!

[omgupta1608]

Hello, I am Om. I am new to FOSS and would like to start my journey. Looking forward to working with great people on great tech. 😊

[RuthNjeri]

Hi everyone! And Welcome @omgupta1608, @aliciapaz, @iamananya, @goodluck1455 and @amiyahfrierson 🎉
We are happy to have you join us in your Open Source journey. I'll be creating a couple of first-timer issues that you could try out in the next few hours. If you are unable to find an issue please reach out to us here, and we'll help you find one. Thank you!

[sahilchalia]

I am a first-timer in FOSS. Looking forward to work with the amazing publiclab community. I am a front-end developer skilled in Web and Mobile Applications development.
Hello everyone!